Friday, April 10, 2009

The process


Location, location, location’ is all-important and a search agent should be able to help you here. They should be able to suggest places you might not have considered and they should have good local contacts, so they hear about property for sale that is not listed with local estate agents.
Search agents should prevent buyers from making costly mistakes. Buyers might want to buy in an area where they have happily holidayed in the past but experienced property search agents say this is not always a good idea. Just because a location is ideal for two weeks in the height of the season doesn’t mean it will have year-round appeal. Consider the ski resort that buzzes for four months in winter but closes up completely for the other eight months, making even buying food a difficult chore.Expert knowledge of a country or region is a vital part of the role of the property finder but where they can really add value is in helping buyers clarify exactly what they want. Unrealistic expectations about everything from the weather to day-to-day living can lead to disappointment.
“We attract clients who are busy or don’t know where to start,” says Jan Pratt of Shortcuts Agency, based in Majorca. “We provide impartial advice and listen carefully to what they want. We can be unemotional and steer them away from an expensive mistake. For example, if they have fallen in love with a house hidden away in the mountains but have several teenage children, we get them to consider whether they are too isolated


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