Buying or Selling My Home?
Looking to rent or manage my home?

“Make sure you select the right real estate agent for one of the most important decisions in your life!”.

Please Consider the following points when selecting the best real estate agent to work for you:

• Look for testimonials from previous clients
• Ask the question “What is it going to cost to sell my home?"
• Look at recent sales they have made in your local area
• Make sure the agent knows about the general market
• Have a look at the advertising and marketing they use to sell your home
• Make sure they have a regular communication policy
• Do they stand by a code of ethics?

You can find a lot of this information on Ausrea.com.au’s fact sheets for your local agents across the country.

Just choose the service that you require and we will send the information direct to your inbox!

Just want to know how much my home is worth?
Looking at buying a property, who are the agents in the local area?
I need to find somewhere to rent my next home
I need a new property manager to look after my home

These are some of the duties of a real estate agent:

• The agent must provide you with comparitive sales in the area to give you a market appraisal of your home
• They must recommend the correct method to sell your home, e.g. auction or private treaty
• Advise you on how they are going to attract buyers, Eg. Marketing strategy
• Remember as a seller the agent is working for you. Negotiating the best sale price is the number 1 priority
• Don’t always go for the cheapest commission. The difference between a good agent and a not so good agent can be a loss of thousands of dollars in the sale price

Other things to consider when selling “My Home”:

• Find out how much it is going to cost to discharge your current mortgage Make sure you order a home loan comparrison report it’s amazing how much you can save..Click here
• Make sure you more than one market appraisal from your local real estate agents
• Have a look at the recent sales in your area this will give you an indication of how much you think your home is worth
• Look for a solicitor/conveyancer to get your contracts for sale drawn up click here for the national directory
• Once you have the contracts drawn up you will have to organise for them to be sent to the agent that you have appointed
• Prepare your home for sale
• Organise trades people to fix those little things you haven’t had time to do.
• Think as though you’re the buyer, what would impress them? You want them walking out saying “This is going to be my home”
• It’s vital that you get feedback from your agent, the price of your home must meet the market otherwise you will have a hard time selling your home.
• If you are selling by auction make sure you set your reserve price a day or two prior to the auction.