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Currumbin Waters House Sold in 5 Days
What does it take to attract 51 groups through your first open home, and sell the property in just 5 days for $50,000 over the asking price?
David Hamilton, Principal at First National Palm Beach believes an excellent agent with a good marketing plan is the key.
“We are seeing more and more real estate companies offering cut-price commissions, pushing off-market sales or offering little or no marketing, which sadly is just false economy. We have seen time and again that when you’re selling your biggest asset, the best prices are achieved from having the correct marketing plan in place for your property, not the cheapest,” said David Hamilton.
The marketing plan for 12 Hoffschildt St was designed to get the maximum amount of exposure to the widest audience possible, and included a Premiere listing on realestate.com.au, professional photography, a professional video, social media marketing, and e-newsletter marketing.
“Being a real estate agent in this day and age means realizing that your pool of buyers now includes people who are interstate, overseas, may not speak English, may have never bought a property from you before or bought a property at all - but they are technology savvy and know how to use the internet to find exactly what they want to invest in. I don’t feel like I’m doing my job unless I make sure my listings have a proper digital marketing strategy to reach these people and give them an opportunity to make an offer,” said First National agent Rhys Wildermoth, who listed and sold 12 Hoffschildt St in just 5 days.
First National is finding that interactive technology in particular, like 3D virtual tours and virtual reality, are helping to build new relationships with local, interstate and international buyers.
“3D virtual tours have become a must-have for our agents,” said David Hamilton.
“After just 10 months of using the technology we have recorded 132 virtual tours which have had over 90,000 views. They are extremely popular and have proven time and again to bring in more offers, especially from interstate and overseas buyers. Virtual reality is also starting to take off. It’s an exciting time for the industry and as an agency we make sure we are on the cutting edge of utilizing these technologies.”
The results speak for themselves. Just days after the listing appeared online, 3 offers were received on 12 Hoffschildt St from interstate buyers who had only seen the property on the 3D virtual tour. An additional 51 groups turned up to the first open home including the prospective new owners who put an offer in on the day.
Rick and Tracey at 12 Hoffschildt St were over the moon about the result. “Rhys and First National did a fantastic job negotiating the sale for $50,000 over the asking price. We are very happy.”
“When you consider that the difference between mediocre marketing and great marketing is about $2,000, it is really a no brainer” said David Hamilton.
by Nikki Tuarau
Currumbin Waters House Sold in 5 Days
palmbeachfn.com.au November 2016 First National Palm Beach 15 Palm Beach Ave Palm Beach, Queensland 4221
Phone:
07 5559 9600