Advantages of selling your home on a Sole Mandate – advice from a RE/MAX agent

With almost two decades’ experience selling property on the North Coast, it goes without saying that RE/MAX Dolphin Realtors agent, John Mutton, is a force to be reckoned with.

Together with his right-hand lady and personal assistant, Bev Low, a former estate agent covering Durban and surrounds, the unstoppable duo have a combined 30 years of real estate experience.

“We assist and advise our wonderful clients in making the correct property decisions from an investment point of view and from their primary home perspective,” said Mutton.

“We also guide and help younger agents in understanding the real estate industry, enabling them to fulfill their goals and careers.

“Our focus lies mainly on free standing houses both inside and outside of estates, and recently we have combined this with the commercial needs of our clients both in renting and sales of commercial buildings.”

“We were very pleased and honoured to be the number one team for the second year running at RE/MAX Dolphin Realtors.”

Advantages of selling your home on a Sole Mandate

“There are three fundamental reasons why sole mandates or controlling mandates are so important.”

• Control and security

To have a number of agencies and agents marketing a home often causes massive concerns with security, especially regarding access to a property.

With so many people accessing the property you cannot control what goes on in the property.

“Combine this with all the different pricing, this often results in a property with multiple asking prices in the market place, which confuses buyers.”

• Competition

“The property market is very competitive. On an open mandate you would have upwards of 500 agents with various years of experience, all advising you and prospective buyers on the property.

“This causes immense problems with inaccurate information on the property but also incorrect updates on the property, especially if it stays on the market for longer than two months.

• Marketing

The most important aspect of selling a property is the advertising and marketing of a property.

If you put yourselves in the sellers’ shoes they want their home sold within a reasonable amount time for the correct price.

“This means intentional and purposeful advertising in order to expose the property to as many people as possible.

“Only under a mandate can an agent afford the cost of such marketing with the average promotional cost per property coming to over R25,000, with some costing up to R100,000 from start date to completion.”

For more information, email John or call 032 946 0881 or find John Mutton’s listings HERE.