JW REEDY

Average to below average. The real estate agent balked when we wanted our home listed above what he advised (and we had done our own research - our house would be a bargain at his suggested list price). We felt his listing price for our house left us no room for negotiation. He also balked that we did not want to have open houses right away (it was winter and we didn't want people with wet and dirty shoes traipsing thru our house with newly finished hardwood floors). We also selected this agency because we had heard they bring in a lot of foot traffic. We were disappointed. We thought Reedy agents would bring more foot traffic . Our agent tended to harped about our price (after every showing!) and about not having open houses. We acknowledge we were in no big hurry to sell and we took the house off the market during the holidays. On the upside, Reedy did place some ads in the local papers. We went to another agency after the contract was up. As far at the note from Sue Pearce...Sue we didn't use you as our agent, so I'm puzzled as to why you responded to our report. Your opinion about home prices in this troubled market is valid. However, we felt (and was also the opinion of others that had used the same agent) that this agent's methodology was to list low to sell quickly with little effort (on his part).

I contacted JW Reedy in order to find a house in the Western Suburbs. I was put in contact with Sue Pearce who immediately emailed a list of houses that fit within my price range and needs for a home. After going through the list and eliminating those that did not fit, Sue and Malinda spent the majority of their days taking my wife around to see potential properties. Once we had finally found the house that we wanted to bid on, Sue was prompt in delivering the information to the listing agent and keeping us informed of counterbids and how to refine are bidding strategy and expectations. From the beginning of the process until the day of closing Sue and Malinda stayed in contact with me and my wife and promptly returned our calls and answered our questions honestly.