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💭 The highest offer can be the most expensive mistake you make.The best offer and the highest offer are rarely the same ...
18/06/2026

💭 The highest offer can be the most expensive mistake you make.
The best offer and the highest offer are rarely the same thing.

One buyer offers more.
Another buyer offers certainty.
One buyer promises the world.
Another buyer actually gets to completion.

Most sellers focus on the number.
The best negotiators focus on the outcome.

The strongest offer isn’t always the highest. It’s the offer most likely to get you moved.

If you’re thinking of moving in the next 3, 6 or 12 months, particularly within Charnwood’s upper-quartile market, or your property is already on the market and you’re wondering whether a different approach could achieve a better result, let’s have a conversation.

We’d be happy to show you what’s happening in your local market, where sellers are leaving money on the table, and how we’d approach the sale and launch of your home from day one.

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🌳 The Charnwood Borough Estate Agent — Graham Howell — The Avenue Estate Agents
🌳 Helping you move forward with confidence, local knowledge, and a service built on passion, not pressure.
📱 07972 616405 ☎️ 01509 426783
📧 [email protected]
🌐 https://theavenue.co.uk/agent-profile/graham-howell

07/06/2026

🤔 Your home has been on the market for six months.
What is your estate agent doing today that they weren’t doing on day one?

Not when they wanted the instruction.

Not when they wanted the photos.

Not when they wanted the contract signed.
Today.
Because here’s the uncomfortable truth.

In the executive upper-quartile LE7 7 market, the village-based agent in Quorn, the village-based agent in Anstey, and the two village-based agents in Rothley are all showing average times on market exceeding 200 days.

Think about that.

Over half a year.

And if that’s your home, there’s a serious question worth asking.
What’s changed since day one?

Because if the answer is nothing…

Why would the result be any different?

Watch this month’s market update and see what the data is really telling us.

🌳 The Charnwood Borough Estate Agent — Graham Howell — The Avenue Estate Agents
🌳 Helping you move forward with confidence, local knowledge, and a service built on passion, not pressure.
📱 07972 616405 ☎️ 01509 426783
📧 [email protected]
🌐 https://theavenue.co.uk/agent-profile/graham-howell

06/06/2026

🚨 By the time most agents start doing viewings, we’ve already got offers.
Think about that for a second.

Today is our open house in Thurcaston.
But before we’ve even opened the doors, we’ve already had:
✅ Early bird viewings
✅ Second viewings
✅ Offers on the table
✅ Double-digit viewings booked

Coincidence?
Not a chance.

Because the best results rarely come from simply putting a property on Rightmove and hoping for the best.

They come from creating anticipation.
Creating momentum.
Creating competition.
It’s exactly the same process we used on our previous two launches.

Both of which went on to achieve 5% over the asking price.
That’s why I keep talking about the difference between listing a property and launching one.

One creates exposure.
The other creates demand.

👉🏻 So let me ask you a question…

If you were selling your biggest asset, would you rather be listed?
Or launched?

🌳 The Charnwood Borough Estate Agent — Graham Howell — The Avenue Estate Agents
🌳 Helping you move forward with confidence, local knowledge, and a service built on passion, not pressure.
📱 07972 616405
☎️ 01509 426783
📧 [email protected]
🌐 https://theavenue.co.uk/agent-profile/graham-howell

05/06/2026

🏡 Most sellers ask the wrong question.
They ask:
“What’s my home worth?”
The better question is:
“What happens after I’ve chosen my agent?”

Because that’s where the biggest difference is made.

The photographs.
The video.
The launch strategy.
The timing.
The anticipation.
The competition.
The follow-up.
The negotiation.

The difference between a property that sits on the market and one that creates genuine momentum often starts long before the first viewing takes place.

This weekend we’re hosting another open house in one of the Charnwood Borough’s most desirable villages.
And once again, we’re seeing exactly the same pattern.

Early bird viewings.
Offers already on the table.
Double-digit viewings booked.
Second viewings taking place before the open house has even happened.

Coincidence?

Definitely not.

Because once you see the same pattern repeat itself time and time again, you quickly realise there’s a huge difference.

So if you were choosing an agent tomorrow…

Would you rather be listed?

Or launched?

👉🏻 I’d genuinely love to hear your thoughts.

🌳 The Charnwood Borough Estate Agent — Graham Howell — The Avenue Estate Agents
🌳 Helping you move forward with confidence, local knowledge, and a service built on passion, not pressure.
📱 07972 616405
☎️ 01509 426783
📧 [email protected]
https://theavenue.co.uk/agent-profile/graham-howell

04/06/2026

🤔 If you’d told me twenty years ago that one day I’d be living on a narrowboat, discussing solar panels in a marina, whilst handling offers, second viewings and double-digit appointments on a property launch, I’d have laughed you out of the room.

Yet here we are.
48 hours ago, I was flat on my back with a bug that’s absolutely wiped me out.

Today, I’m heading to Mercia Marina.
The Owl and the Butterfly is about to gain four new solar panels.

Meanwhile, back in the property world, Saturday’s launch is already building serious momentum.
Double-digit viewings booked.
Second viewings taking place.
Offers already on the table.

And tomorrow, we’re moving another step forward on plans for a prime development opportunity that could create six to eight new homes.

It’s funny really.

When people ask what life looks like these days, the honest answer is…

I haven’t got a clue what a normal day looks like anymore. 🚤☀️
And I wouldn’t change it for the world.

🌳 The Charnwood Borough Estate Agent — Graham Howell — The Avenue Estate Agents
🌳 Helping you move forward with confidence, local knowledge, and a service built on passion, not pressure.
📱 07972 616405 ☎️ 01509 426783
📧 [email protected]
🌐 https://theavenue.co.uk/agent-profile/graham-howel

01/06/2026

🏡 The biggest estate agents don’t always sell the most homes.
In fact, the latest LE12 8 data reveals something that many sellers won’t expect.

The agents with the most stock.
The agents with the most new instructions.
The agents with the most boards.

Weren’t the agents agreeing the most sales.

👀 Interesting, isn’t it?

So before choosing an estate agent based on how many boards you see around the area, perhaps ask a different question:
Are they listing homes…
Or are they launching them?

Watch the video below and let me know your thoughts.
👇 I’d genuinely be interested to hear what sellers think.

🌳 The Charnwood Borough Estate Agent — Graham Howell — The Avenue Estate Agents
🌳 Helping you move forward with confidence, local knowledge, and a service built on passion, not pressure.
📱 07972 616405
☎️ 01509 426783
📧 [email protected]
🌐 https://theavenue.co.uk/agent-profile/graham-howell

30/05/2026

🏡 This isn’t the first time.
It isn’t the second time.
And now it’s happened for a third time.

Another property. Another wave of early interest. Another round of buyers wanting to get through the door before the Open House.

The question is why?
Because buyers don’t suddenly appear.
The right buyers are attracted by the right marketing, the right strategy, and the right exposure.

If your home is currently on the market and you’re wondering why the phone isn’t ringing, why viewings have slowed down, or why things have gone quiet, perhaps the question isn’t the market.

Perhaps it’s the marketing.
No gimmicks.
No false promises.
Just putting your home in front of the people most likely to buy it.

So, if you’re wondering who to call, it isn’t the Ghostbusters.
It’s myself and JJ.
We’re simply focused on one thing:
Getting homes noticed.

If you’re thinking of moving and would like a constructive conversation about your options, drop me a message.

🌳 The Charnwood Borough Estate Agent — Graham Howell — The Avenue Estate Agents
🌳Helping you move forward with confidence, local knowledge, and a service built on passion, not pressure.
📱 07972 616405 ☎️ 01509 426783
📧 [email protected]
🌐 https://theavenue.co.uk/agent-profile/graham-howell

29/05/2026

🌉 Most homeowners aren’t losing money because of the market.

They’re losing money because they’re following advice from 2015 in 2026.

That’s the uncomfortable conversation nobody wants to have.

Every week I hear the same things:

❌ “The market’s slow.”
❌ “Nobody’s moving.”
❌ “Social media doesn’t sell houses.”
❌ “Let’s just stick it on Rightmove and see what happens.”

Yet our first two Charnwood Borough launches both sold subject to contract at 5% above asking price.

Both had offers on the table before the open house.

Coincidence?

I don’t think so.

The biggest shift I’ve seen in over 20 years isn’t interest rates, politics or the economy.

It’s this:

There are still agents listing properties.

And there are agents launching properties.

They’re not the same thing.

A listing hopes buyers will find it.

A launch makes sure they do.

👨🏻‍💼 Early bird viewings.
📱 Social media campaigns.
🎯 Targeted buyer exposure.
🏡 Open house strategy.
🤝 Strong negotiation.
📞 Proactive progression once a sale is agreed.

Because getting an offer is only part of the job.

Keeping it together through to exchange is where the real work starts.

As we move from spring into summer, we’ve got some exciting opportunities coming to market, including a prime development opportunity and several upper-quartile homes across the Charnwood Borough.

So here’s my question…

If two agents put the same home online tomorrow, why do some achieve exceptional results while others blame the market?

I’d love to hear your thoughts below. 👇🏻. 🌳 The Charnwood Borough Estate Agent — Graham Howell — The Avenue Estate Agents
🌳Helping you move forward with confidence, local knowledge, and a service built on passion, not pressure.
📱 07972 616405 ☎️ 01509 426783
📧 [email protected]
🌐 https://theavenue.co.uk/agent-profile/graham-howell

Funny thing is… some people still think the property market is “dead.”Yet over the past few weeks, life’s felt anything ...
28/05/2026

Funny thing is… some people still think the property market is “dead.”
Yet over the past few weeks, life’s felt anything but.

Half-term sunsets on the canal.
Time with Amy and the dudes.
Watching Stan thrive with the Leicester Riders and getting invited back again for further sessions. Proper proud moment for us all. 🏀

At the same time, Jack and I have quietly been building behind the scenes.
Two launches.
Two sales.
Both achieving over 5% above asking price.
One of those homes had previously sat on the market for nearly two years with two agents, one being Fine & Country.

We changed the strategy completely:
Early bird viewings.
Open house launch.
Targeted social media.
Creating momentum before the market even saw it properly.
Offers landed before the open house even began.

That’s why I keep saying:
it’s not always “the market.”
Sometimes it’s the presentation.
Sometimes it’s the strategy.
Sometimes it’s simply making people feel something again.

Another exciting launch is already building momentum before full release, plus several more homes and a brilliant development opportunity coming soon towards the end of June.
But away from property for a second…

Thank you.
To Amy.
To Stan.
To Jack.
And to everybody supporting, following, commenting and recommending us along the way.
We genuinely don’t take any of it for granted. 🌳

🌳 The Charnwood Borough Estate Agent — Graham Howell — The Avenue Estate Agents
🌳Helping you move forward with confidence, local knowledge, and a service built on passion, not pressure.
📱 07972 616405
☎️ 01509 426783
📧 [email protected]
🌐 https://theavenue.co.uk/agent-profile/graham-howell

22/05/2026

🌳 Most homes are easy to scroll past.
Every now and again, one quietly makes you stop.
Not because it’s shouting for attention…
but because you can instantly picture the life that comes with it 🌳

Coming soon to Thurcaston — one of the Charnwood Borough’s most desirable villages.
A substantial detached home set within approximately 0.6 acres, backing onto paddock land, with beautifully established gardens, space to entertain, work from home, unwind, and properly switch off from the outside world.

And the interesting part?

From the road, you would never fully realise what sits behind those front doors.
No onward chain.
Open House launch.
Saturday 6th June.
10:30am – 12:30pm.
By appointment only.

If you would like early details before the full launch, DM me the word “COTTAGE” 📩

🌳 The Charnwood Borough Estate Agent — Graham Howell — The Avenue Estate Agents
🌳 Helping you move forward with confidence, local knowledge, and a service built on passion, not pressure.
📱 07972 616405
☎️ 01509 426783
📧 [email protected]
🌐 https://theavenue.co.uk/agent-profile/graham-howell

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