There is a version of this that plays out regularly. A vendor lists at a number that feels right to them - maybe it reflects what they paid, what they spent on renovations, what a neighbour got three years ago. The first two weeks pass with thin enquiry. Then the feedback starts coming in. Then the price drops. By that point the damage is already d… Read More

The opening days of a campaign carry more weight than most vendors realise. The buyers who have been watching the market, waiting for the right property to appear, will engage quickly when something new arrives at the right price. When they do not engage - when the first week produces thin enquiry and the second is quieter still - it is usually tel… Read More

The appraisal process is where a significant number of Gawler vendor campaigns go wrong - not because of anything that happens after launch, but because of the number written on a piece of paper during a thirty-minute presentation. That number shapes the price. The price shapes the buyer response. The buyer response shapes everything that follows.… Read More

It happens often enough that it barely surprises anyone working in this market. A vendor goes live at a price built on hope rather than evidence. The buyer pool - well-informed, actively comparing, not particularly patient - encounters the listing, registers that it is above where comparable properties have sold, and moves on. Not with an offer. No… Read More

Pull up any property portal and scroll for sixty seconds. The difference between a listing that stops you and one you skip past is immediate - visible before you read a single word of copy. One pulls you in. The other does not register. The property underneath might be identical. What is different is everything around it.Marketing does not … Read More