Discreet marketing is one of the latest trends in selling property, but it’s not the right solution for every sale. There is often a strong case for marketing the property in as many different ways as possible to ensure that the right buyer can access it.
What is discreet marketing?
Discreet marketing describes a process of selling a house without advertising it in the public realm. The appeal for sellers is that no one will know that they are selling their property until the sale goes through – depending on your employer or your family, this may sound ideal! In practice, instead of the property for sale being shared across the estate agent’s own website, on larger property sites like Zoopla and Rightmove, and a For Sale sign going up outside the house, the property will be directly marketed to likely buyers.
Our estate agents at Henry Wiltshire’s Bow office explain more. “We have a variety of potential buyers on our contact list, and when a seller comes to us with the right property for a particular buyer, we will usually contact them directly. In some cases, we don’t need to do any more marketing – the property is sold without us having to put it on our website.”
Marketing property for sale in East London
However, while the discreet marketing trend appears to be working in the provinces, the London property market usually moves faster and presents different challenges. Our agents say: “According to a recent report from the Post Office, properties in London take, on average, just four weeks to sell, compared with six to ten weeks in the rest of the country. This makes it more likely that the potential London buyers we contacted first have already found a new home, meaning that we have to market the property more widely.”
Advertising London property online and offline
Henry Wiltshire usually markets properties publicly as well as contacting potential buyers directly, as this ensures that the property has the maximum visibility and increases the chance of the sale going through promptly.
As well as showcasing properties on the Henry Wiltshire website and sharing them on social media, Jas and the team of Bow estate agents add them to Rightmove and Zoopla. Properties are advertised in the windows of the estate agency and are emailed out through the monthly newsletter. Henry Wiltshire finds this combined approach to be the most effective – last month saw a property in E17 sell in under a week.
Selling property in Bow, East London
Our team are experts at selling property in East London. To find out more about how they can help you sell your house, contact Henry Wiltshire’s Bow office on 020 3696 9610.
