The highs & lows of sales progression!
By The Katie Fox TeamThis job is one of the most challenging yet rewarding. The exciting part; having your offer accepted! Planning where you are going to put your furniture, what colour to paint the walls, what needs updating are just a few things...
Why list you home on Boxing Day!
By The Katie Fox TeamLaunching your home to the market on Boxing Day takes advantage of the boom in active house hunting over the festive season. With excellent marketing, you could have a line of people wanting to view your home as the New Year...
The life of an estate agent! (Its not like selling sunset)
By Katie FoxThe life of an estate agent! (Its not like selling sunset) I have come back from my summer holiday and thought I would reflect and share with you. Obviously, as an estate agent I love to meet people, so as usual within a few hours...
Jasmines Top Selling Tip
By The Katie Fox TeamJasmine says "When choosing your ‘moving team’ i.e your estate agents, mortgage brokers and solicitors make sure you do your research. Choosing the wrong company/person to represent you can be costly! My advice is to look...
Top Tips For Selling
By The Katie Fox TeamFirst impressions, last impressions! Here are 4 of our top tips for selling.......
Katie's Market News & Views Feb/March 2023
By The Katie Fox TeamIS THE MARKET CRASHING OR RESETTING? 👇👇👇 Over the past month there has been so much speculation about the market with buyers & sellers making their own predictions based on what they are reading or seeing in the media...
Five Ways You Can Plan Your Move in Advance
By The Katie Fox TeamIn this three-minute read, we share our five-point plan for a smooth move in six months’ time. Moving can be stressful – some people rate it right up there with divorce in the aggravation stakes – but there are ways you...
Katies Market Predictions for 2023
By The Katie Fox TeamI wanted to discuss the market and predicted forecasts for the New Year in the property world. Having been an estate agent for over 23 years in the Ashley Cross / Lower Parkstone area, I have worked through both tough markets and...
Don't use the 99p strategy
By The Katie Fox TeamThis is one of my most important tips when selling your home... When selling a property it is so important to get your price right and ensuring your property falls in the correct search brackets on Rightmove and similar sites....
Stanton Court- North Road | Lower Parkstone, Poole
By The Katie Fox Team7.6% OVER ASKING PRICE ACHIEVED! Another great case study for George. George sold the owner this flat over a year ago but due to a change in circumstance he had to sell. We were delighted to hear he wasn.t getting anyone else to...
We don't just sell houses, we build relationships!
By The Katie Fox TeamIt’s so weird how our world works... I am having conversations with four individual past sellers. Each for various reasons mostly none property related, just because I am now friends of Facebook with them. And ironically I moved...
Autumn Budget Announcement
By The Katie Fox TeamSo the budget we have all been waiting for has finally been announced! Personally, I am taking a huge sigh of relief as I am sure many others are too. It was the uncertainty and lack of direction which was creating caution and...
The Cross
By The Katie Fox TeamSuper excited that 12,000 copies of our new newspaper are hitting the local streets as we speak! If you havent received a copy we have some in our office so feel free to pop in. Being part of the community is so important to me so...
Why we don't have window cards!
By The Katie Fox TeamSo many people comment on the fact we don’t have window cards in our Ashley Cross office? Simple answer: we want to meet to potential buyers and get a proper feel of what they are looking for. A blank canvas of a detached/semi...
The Cross Newspaper
By The Katie Fox TeamSuper excited to be bringing this fabulous newspaper back to our community. It will be going through 12,000 doors (previously only 8000) in Ashley Cross, Lower Parkstone, Whitecliff, Lilliput and Penn Hill every 2 months. We have...
Our 10 Point Plan to Success
By The Katie Fox TeamOur work is never about us – it’s about you and what you want from your move. There's one thing that is important you know about us though. Everyone in our team is different, but we’ve all got the same simple goal – to...
Five Reasons to Leave Property Viewings to the Experts
By The Katie Fox TeamIn this two-minute read, we look at why it pays to get an experienced estate agent to handle viewings. When it comes to selling a property, many people overlook the important role viewings play in the process. They mistakenly...
The "suck it and see" approach to Estate Agency
By The Katie Fox TeamWhen I tell people I’m an estate agent I often receive a variety of interesting responses, or I’m told tales of past moves – the good, the bad, and the ugly. But from time to time I also receive a brash comment or two, such...
Five Ways Your home Might Change in 2030
By The Katie Fox TeamIn this two-minute read, we gaze into our crystal ball while doing a quick Google search, to see what homes in 2030 might look like, work like and contain. Back in 1989 the BBC technology show Tomorrow’s World looked at what the...
Has life under lockdown changed you?
By The Katie Fox TeamIn this two-minute read, we look at some of the changes people are making in Poole & Bournemouth during life under lockdown, and how that will shape our community’s future. We have been under lockdown since the Government’s...
How to Spot a Committed Buyer When Selling Your Home
By The Katie Fox TeamIn this two-minute read, we look at ways sellers can identify genuine buyers. With demand currently outstripping supply in the housing market, sellers are in the driver’s seat, but there is still one hazard that could derail a...