{"podcast":{"title":"Making Cents","slug":"making-cents-6998736","podcast_index_feed_id":6998736,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/makingcents/","website_url":"https://www.francescook.co.nz/making-cents","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/3f4ddd44-6a56-460b-88eb-950d815bc419/frances-cook-making-cents-podcast-art-no-acast.jpg","author":"Frances Cook","episode_count":266,"summary":"The podcast for people who want financial freedom, without giving up their coffee. That means it's time to make the money world make cents. Join Frances Cook, best-selling author and award-winning journalist, to talk about the proven ways to invest your way to financial independence, buy your first home, or just get your spending under control. Every Monday we have the week's feature interview, with someone who's done something interesting with their money. From paying off a mountain of debt, or investing for financial independence, or starting a new business, these are the ordinary people making the extraordinary possible. On Thursday we have Ask the Experts, where industry insiders answer your questions on the money world. From earning more in your career, to investing, or sticking to a budget, they'll help make money simple. Every now and then you'll get a bonus episode too, but the fun of those is that you never know when they're coming!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T06:17:38.971810+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-cents-6998736"},"episode":{"title":"What Actually Gets You a Better Price for Your House","slug":"what-actually-gets-you-a-better-price-for-your-house","published_at":"2026-06-17T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-cents-6998736/what-actually-gets-you-a-better-price-for-your-house","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-cents-6998736","url":"https://www.francescook.co.nz/making-cents","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/759c9bae-b55a-42bb-b156-c6bbe030e82c.mp3","summary":"You're about to spend thousands getting your house ready to sell. Professional staging. A photographer. Maybe a lick of paint on the fence. But in a buyer's market with interest rates climbing, how do you know what actually moves the needle for getting the house sold? Vanessa Williams from http://realestate.co.nz is back in the hot seat with the actual data on what's working right now. We get into whether professional staging shows up in the sale price, which presentation upgrades are genuinely worth it and which ones aren't, what http://realestate.co.nz sees in listing performance when photos are good versus average, and whether the ROI on all of this changes when buyers have more choice. If you're about to list and wondering where to spend and where to save, this one's for you. In this episode: Does professional staging actually increase your property sale price? Which house upgrades are worth it, and which aren't? Does better photography get more home buyers through the door? How to sell a house in a buyer's market What sellers can do themselves vs where to spend the money The mistakes sellers make that cost them thousands If you have a letter you’d like us to answer, send it through to ask@francescook.co.nz and you might feature on our next episode!","meta_description":"You're about to spend thousands getting your house ready to sell. Professional staging. A photographer. Maybe a lick of paint on the fence. But in a buyer…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1169,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/making-cents-6998736/episodes/what-actually-gets-you-a-better-price-for-your-house/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-cents-6998736/what-actually-gets-you-a-better-price-for-your-house.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}