AWN Client-agent relationships built on trust and respect have seen AWN’s real estate arm grow in leaps and bounds across the nation.
To say vendors are sold on the idea of selling through their livestock, sheep or wool specialist, with the full support of the property team, would be an understatement and buyers are impressed with the honesty, integrity and knowledge of these agents who have sometimes had a longer association with the land they are selling than the actual owner.
National Property Business Development Manager Steven Jeffery says AWN brings together specialists who can achieve the best outcome for the vendor.
“We are now servicing NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia, and rolling out in South Australia. We also have plans to extend our reach to Queensland early in the new year. Using the assisted real estate model, livestock and wool brokers who hold a real estate licence, are selling properties with the administrative roles carried out for them and it is proving to be a huge success,’’ he said.
The results speak for themselves with ‘Tarraweena’, an 1190-acre property 15km from Gundagai in NSW, attracting the attention of buyers far and wide with the power of marketing and database use ensuring a successful sale.
Tim McKean from AWN Wagga Wagga said the beautiful property on river flats was sold after an effective advertising campaign.
“We put out expressions of interest and had more than 200 enquiries. What was comforting for the purchaser was that I knew every paddock, what the country could do and what it could run in good and bad times. Essentially, I knew the history and what I was talking about,’’ Tim said.
“I’ve been a stock agent for 31 years and done a fair bit of real estate. My relationship with my clients is built on trust and when a client wants to sell, they come to me to list it as I’ve probably been their stockie for 15-16 years.
“We stick to the truth, facts and figures and people like that. This buyer said his purchase was so professional and so easy and that’s what we like to hear. As a result, I hope to be able to retain the business of the new owner.’’
Established just on 12 months, the real estate branch of AWN in Tasmania reported the successful signing of a $10.3 million contract within four weeks.
AWN Tasmania’s Cade Ebdon said the 7300-acre property ‘Rotherwood’ at Lower Marshes near Jericho was good wool growing country.
“It was great to be able to sell this property for an existing client and the relationships we have forged with the vendor usually ensure we can retain the business from the property after it is sold. The new owner will be running merinos, fat lambs and cattle so the ongoing business is important to us,’’ he said.
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