The month that was September 2017

THE MONTH THAT WAS September 2017

Month That Was September 2017

102 OFFICES

5,369 OPEN FOR INSPECTIONS

961 SALES PEOPLE APPROX

28 AUCTION DOM 45 PRIVATE TREATY DOM

384,201 BUYERS IN DATABASE

52 EXCLUSIVE AUCTIONEERS

221,771 BUYER ALERTS EMAILED

CHINA DESK ENQUIRIES 156 ASSISTED 39 MEETINGS 0 SALE

53,582 LIKES

982 SALES

32,000 MAGAZINE COPIES

370,944 WEBSITE VIEWS 226,884 UNIQUE VISITS

364 OXYGEN APPROVALS

28 TRAINING EVENTS

32,594 PROPERTIES MANAGED $21.9B VALUE MANAGED APPROX

14.5k FOLLOWERS

36,000+ RENTAL ALERTS EMAILED

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157 Jubilee Road Glendale NSW Todd Mason

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Owner was considering a sale to their tenant for $720k and called us in for a second opinion We suggested giving notice to the tenant, selling with vacant possession and styling the home If the tenant was keen, they were free to also compete in the open market We sold in 3 weeks for $780k to another buyer Vendor relieved and very pleased with the result!

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4 Vaymont Place Little Mountain QLD Carol Carr

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Listed for Auction off the back of a record price of $1.1m we got for 6 Vaymont Place Wednesday we took a buyer from Sydney (McGrath database) for their first inspection Saturday we held first OFI and Sydney buyer had a second inspection Sunday we held a second OFI and one of our other current vendors came through and expressed interest Sunday afternoon and Monday we had a multi offer situation and negotiated an offer $30k higher than my vendors expectation from the Sydney buyers Vendors and buyers were absolutely delighted

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2/23 Parraween Street, Cremorne NSW Piers Van Hamburg and Alex Myers

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Price Guide $1.1m - $1.2m in line with other recent sales and a current listing at the time we launched Received an offer in Week 2 of $1.225m - we updated all parties and increased guide Vendor was tempted to sell but we advised that we should manage the other interest and proceed to auction We sold well over reserve for $1.32m which was $145k more than a near identical apartment in the street sold by another agent

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115/21 Grosvenor Street Neutral Bay NSW

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Gareth Richards •

Property was originally listed with Purple Bricks with only 10 groups through and no offers after 60 days on the market Vendors called McGrath, we listed it and advised to have it fully styled 60 groups came through (some from our database) and 5 offers The property was sold in 7 days with very happy vendors

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10 Simpsons Road Currumbin Waters QLD Kelly King and Ivana Reich

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Clients came in to sign an agency agreement to sell their investment property in Currumbin When they were leaving they took a copy of the McGrath Magazine As they were driving away they saw a house in Carbondale in Brisbane, got excited with the photos and description they called our agent Ivana Reich They arranged an inspection with Ivana and purchased the property the very next day They were already repeat clients (twice!) of McGrath

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