This particular mistake follows a pattern most agents in the Gawler market recognise immediately. The campaign launches. The first week brings some portal views and maybe a couple of low-commitment enquiries. Week two is quieter. By week three the agent is having a conversation the vendor did not expect to be having this early. The price was too hi

Most vendors approach a sale the same way. They prepare the property, choose an agent, set a price, and wait to see what happens. The campaign unfolds. Offers come or they do not. The result lands somewhere. What is less visible - but consistently present in the campaigns that produce the strongest outcomes - is a layer of strategic thinking that m

Most vendors do not walk into an appraisal intending to be misled. They invite agents through, listen to presentations from people who appear to know the local area, and at the end of it they have a figure. The problem is that not every figure they receive is designed to be accurate. Some are designed to win the listing - and those two objectives a

I was talking to a homeowner a few weeks back who had received three separate appraisals on their Gawler property. The numbers were ranged across a spread of nearly sixty thousand dollars. They were confused — and honestly.That kind of variation is more common than most sellers expect in the Gawler area — and it illustrates the reason

Moving through Gawler over the past few weeks it is difficult to ignore how busy the local property market seems. Listing boards appear regularly — and behind each one is a homeowner who went through the same critical decision about how to price their asset.The pricing question is rarely straightforward. The Gawler SA property market has its