Kaye Caddick is a real estate agent working from 22 Wilkinsons Rd in Northwood, Christchurch, selling through Holmwood and holding a 5.0 Google rating. Choosing an agent is mostly about evidence: a good one will back the appraisal figure with recent sales on streets like yours rather than quoting the boldest number in the room. In a suburb of broadly comparable housing, those street-level comparisons count, so it pays to meet two or three agencies and ask each for a written marketing plan with the costs spelt out. Notice who listens, too — the agent you pick will run your open homes, negotiate with buyers and handle the paperwork for the length of the campaign, and vendors tend to judge them afterwards on communication as much as price. For sellers in and around Northwood, a 5.0-rated agent on the doorstep is a sensible place to start.