| In this day and age real estate is being marketed | | | | Engaging the right property buying agent allows you |
| very differently from even three years ago. Most | | | | to cast the net further covering every real estate |
| people are finding that properties are hitting the | | | | agent, in every single agency, in your designated |
| internet, or agents are contacting buyers off their | | | | area, in one email broadcast. Our experience tells us |
| data bases, before they even hit the papers. | | | | that in some instances we can be showing our clients |
| As a buyer you would hope that your local real | | | | very few silent sales, but then within a week silent |
| estate agent that you left your details with will | | | | sales can make up 60% of what we're delivering to |
| contact you should one of these "Silent Sales" | | | | our clients to view. |
| become available, but the reality of it is you're not | | | | Buyers agents, such as ourselves, are able to |
| the only buyer out there. | | | | purchase silent sales for their clients through the |
| Premium property buyers, should they attempt to do | | | | following contacts: |
| the house hunt themselves, not only risk revealing | | | | - Private property sellers calling our office direct, and |
| their identity which could cost them thousands of | | | | asking us do we have a buyer for their property on |
| dollars in a negotiation, but also miss out on seeing | | | | our client data base, before they list it with a real |
| some prime silent property. Great real estate sells | | | | estate agent |
| itself, and in most cases within a ten day period. | | | | - Real estate agents calling us direct before the |
| If a premium property vendor can sell their property | | | | property they are selling is publicly listed. |
| quickly and silently without expensive marketing | | | | - Past clients we have purchased for contact us |
| campaigns or invasive open home inspections, while | | | | before listing their property for sale through a real |
| controlling to an extent their confidentiality, they will. | | | | estate agent to see if their property might suit one |
| Buyers should understand that when you give your | | | | of our present clients. |
| details to a real estate agent, that you give them to | | | | - Buyer's agents directly letterbox your favourite |
| the agent, not the whole agency they work in. So as | | | | street in the hope that a selling vendor wants to |
| a buyer you could visit six different agents at their | | | | enter into a private sale, to save on marketing and |
| open inspections and hand over your requirements, | | | | real estate agent selling fees. |
| but your details don't get passed on to all the | | | | - When we sign a new client in most cases they |
| salespeople in their offices. The majority of real | | | | have a property to sell, and should that property |
| estate agents share property listings within the | | | | match up with our client base at the time, we will |
| office, but rarely buyers. | | | | then proceed to negotiate a private sale. |