Winning a luxury listing

Winning and selling listings is what being a real estate professional is all about. Sometimes this is easier said than done, but we have some tips to help you win your next listing.

Since the COVID-19 outbreak started, we started analyzing the impact this crisis is having on the Foreign Buyers market. Two months ago, we noticed a strong increase in properties enquiries coming from China (x3). At the time, 81% of buyers told us they were still actively looking.

HurriyetEmlak, leader in Turkey

HurriyetEmlak is the leading real estate website in Turkey. It belongs to Dogan Group, which plays a pioneering role in a wide range of sectors such as e-commerce, energy, industry, automotive marketing, financial services and tourism. Goldman Sachs is also a minority shareholder of Hurriyet Emlak.

Coldwell Banker Spain markets its properties on ListGlobally's network

Spain is a real estate market in which close to 20% of buyers are foreigners (see article on Fotocasa's blog). Indeed last year foreign buyers purchased more than 100 000 properties in Spain, out of the 500 000 transactions recorded in the country (source).

Who are the leading Chinese property portals?

Fang.com(房天下): a leading Chinese property portal

The leading Chinese property portals are Anjuke (安居客) and Fang (房天下). These two property portals are leaders in China, like RightMove and Zoopla are leaders in the United Kingdom. Nobody questions this leadership, and they are hands down the top 2 portals in China.

68.8% of foreign buyers do not get an answer from the real estate agents

You would expect that 100% of foreign buyers get an answer from the real estate agents they contact. After all, real estate agencies pay to list on property portals, to attract domestic buyers as well as foreign buyers.

At ListGlobally, our mission is simple. We help real estate vendors to sell/rent their properties to foreign buyers.

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China in the headlines

China, China, China… buyers from China have been making the headlines in the local real estate press around the world, in Sydney, New York or Lisbon. For any real estate professional interested in marketing their properties to Chinese buyers, the question is always the same how to market properties to chinese buyers? Let's explore this.

The number of foreign buyers in Spain has dramatically increased since 2009, and has stabilized at 13% of total sales nationally, representing a 9 to 10 billion euros market. Yet, what are the most desirable coastal regions and major cities for foreign buyers? Which areas are the property hotspots? At ListGlobally we have analyzed our performance (leads generated for our clients in 2017 and 2018) and compiled some interesting data below.