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How to Choose The Right Property Agent for Yourself?

Property agents are known to market themselves aggressively. We get their flyers stuffed into our letterboxes everyday. But how do you pick the right one out of so many dolled up faces you see on the flyers? Or should you just rely on referrals?

Traditionally, people simply expect housing agents to just have the knowledge about the property they intend to sell. But today the expectations of homebuyers going beyond that. Now buyers expect an agent to be able to analyze the market and update them with market pricing of the different locations be it in the North, South, East, West or the Core Central area. It’s not just about those projects they are selling only.

Agents should no longer concentrate on just buying and selling. Today they need to know extra information such as bank interest rate, loan schemes available for their clients etc. Then they can give good advise to potential buyers on financial matters and even estimate the monthly returns for the buyer.

A good agent is also someone who reads the paper daily to know what is happening in the country and around the world. How the stock market or Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is progressing can easily affect the buying/selling price. These are factors that drive consumer sentiments. And the property market is largely driven by sentiments. Continue reading

Property agent loses appeal

A PROPERTY agent, jailed a year and 10 months by a district court in July for absconding with $69,500 of her client’s money, lost her appeal against conviction on Friday.

Serene Poh Kim Kheng was ordered to start her jail term next Thursday.

Poh, 35, was convicted of criminal breach of trust and sentenced by a district court on July 31.

She committed the offence soon after buying a four-room Tampines flat from Madam Ang Suan, 49.

Dismissing her appeal, Justice Choo Han Teck allowed Poh to start her jail term next week to allow her to make arrangements for an eye operastion for her mother in November.

Source : Straits Times – 16 Oct 2009