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PRIVACY STATEMENT and POLICY

Your privacy is important to PropertyNow. This privacy statement provides information about the personal information that PropertyNow collects, and the ways in which PropertyNow uses that personal information.

Personal information collection

PropertyNow may collect and use the following kinds of personal information:

l [information about your use of this website (including duration of visit and type of activity

l [information that you provide using for the purpose of registering with the website (including name, phone m numbers and email addresses )

l [information about transactions carried out over this website (includingcredit card details )

l [information that you provide for the purpose of subscribing to the website services and

l [any other information that you send to PropertyNow

Using personal information

PropertyNow may use your personal information to:

l [administer this website;]

l [personalize the website for you;]

l [enable your access to and use of the website services;]

l [publish information about you on the website;]

l [send to you products that you purchase;]

l [supply to you services that you purchase;]

l [send you statements and invoices;]

l [collect payments from you; and]

l [send you marketing communications.]

Where PropertyNow discloses your personal information to its agents or sub-contractors for these purposes, the agent or sub-contractor in question will be obligated to use that personal information in accordance with the terms of this privacy statement.

In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere above, PropertyNow may disclose your personal information to the extent that it is required to do so by law, in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, and in order to establish, exercise or defend its legal rights.

Securing your data

PropertyNow will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

PropertyNow will store all the personal information you provide on its secure servers.

[Information relating to electronic transactions entered into via this website will be protected by encryption technology.]

Cross-border data transfers

Information that PropertyNow collects may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which PropertyNow operates to enable the use of the information in accordance with this privacy policy.

[In addition, personal information that you submit for publication on the website will be published on the internet and may be available around the world.]

You agree to such cross-border transfers of personal information.

Updating this statement

PropertyNow may update this privacy policy by posting a new version on this website.

You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are familiar with any changes.

Other websites

This website contains links to other websites.

PropertyNow is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third party.

Contact PropertyNow

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or [NAME'S] treatment of your personal information, please write to:

l by phone on 00408 000 552 or via our contact form accessible at our front page.

This privacy statement

This privacy statement is based on a precedent created by employmentlawcontracts.co.uk and published by freenetlaw.com .

What's Included with our Services

Webmaster — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:54:42 +0000

Your Property seen on all these - $495 for a quarter of a year or $330 for 1 month

	1 Month	3 Months
www.realestate.com.au
www.domain.com.au
www.justlisted.com.au
www.homehound.com.au
www.myhome.com.au

www.propertynow.com.au
www.estate-real.org
www.private-sell.com
www.usellproperty.com
www.soldiy.com
www.australianrealestatesale.com

NineMSN
http://ebay.domain.com.au
Google Maps
Google Base

Professional For Sale Sign

	$330	$495

Want to see what your listings will look like - be our guest by clicking here

Now that you know what you're getting, let us answer the main questions which people have asked us over the past few years.

Q: How quickly can our property be seen on all the sites? - Always within 24 hours and sometimes within hours if we have your images, text and payment.

Q: Are the portals such as Domain and Realestate.com.au aware of the PropertyNow service? - Absolutely yes. We have been offering domain for nearly four years and realestate.com.au in NSW for several months. Because we take the enquiry and are Licensed agents the listings are tolerated by the portals ( yes we actually work harder than your average local agent ) Remember we are marketing your property for you NOT selling it.

Q: Is PropertyNow an agency? - Yes we are indeed a Licensed Real Estate Agency. We are based in Coffs Harbour and do Traditional ( but heavily discounted ) sales in our local area also. However with our web based marketing we are not acting as a real estate agent but rather helping you to sell yourown home and thus saving you huge sums of money.

Q: How can you offer such a service at such an astonishingly low price? - What can we say, we work incredibly hard, keep our costs as low as possible and enjoy huge rankings in Google which reduces our need to advertise

Q: What hidden costs are there? - None , the cost is a simple upfront $495 a quarter year ( 3 months ) or if you prefer $330 for a month. No other costs. A sign is included with the 3 month package if you want it ? ( not included in 1 month package ) Individual signs may be purchased for $110 if desired and that price includes postage anywhere in Australia.

Q: What do I need to get started? - At least one image, your text ( description and info about your property ) and payment.

Q: Can I change my add once it's up on the net? - Yes you can, we do it for you and there is no cost.

Q: What does the owner have to do? - You contact a Solicitor or a conveyancer to create your contract. In general you must have a Contract to sell your property. You decide on your asking price through your own research or we can arrange a Valuation for you in your area.

Q: Does this work? - Of course it does and PropertyNow has marketed more than 400 properties to a successful conclusion ( a sale ) in exactly this fashion.

Q: What makes PropertyNow the best Agent Assisted system in Australia? - Some say its our amazing service, some say it's our low price and some say it's our incredible Google rankings

What's Included with our Services

Webmaster — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:54:42 +0000

Your Property seen on all these - $495 for a quarter of a year or $330 for 1 month

	1 Month	3 Months
www.realestate.com.au (NSW properties only)
www.domain.com.au
www.justlisted.com.au
www.homehound.com.au
www.myhome.com.au

www.propertynow.com.au
www.estate-real.org
www.private-sell.com
www.usellproperty.com
www.soldiy.com
www.australianrealestatesale.com

NineMSN
http://ebay.domain.com.au
Google Maps
Google Base

Professional For Sale Sign

	$330	$495

Want to see what your listings will look like - be our guest by clicking here

Now that you know what you're getting, let us answer the main questions which people have asked us over the past few years.

Q: How quickly can our property be seen on all the sites? - Always within 24 hours and sometimes within hours if we have your images, text and payment.

Q: What do I need to get started? - At least one image, your text ( description and info about your property ) and payment.

Q: Can I change my add once it's up on the net? - Yes you can, we do it for you and there is no cost.

Q: Does this work? - Of course it does and PropertyNow has marketed more than 400 properties to a successful conclusion ( a sale ) in exactly this fashion.

Q: What makes PropertyNow the best Agent Assisted system in Australia? - Some say its our amazing service, some say it's our low price and some say it's our incredible Google rankings

No results returned - Claim this Category!

Webmaster — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:14:43 +0000

Unfortunately no results were returned for your search. That means that the city and category you searched for can still be claimed! If you provide a trade or service you can own your entire suburb or town for only $33 a month.

You’ll dominate your service in your local area, on the highest ranked privately owned real estate website in Australia. Be quick before your competitor grabs your whole suburb

Click here to add your listing!

To add your listing you must be a registered and logged in member. Please use the Member Login box on your left to register (if you're not already) and login.

Once you own your suburb none of your competitors get a look in. You are the only service that will appear when our visitors search your town or suburb. For trades or services wanting multiple suburbs contact Andrew at PropertyNow and we’ll work out a bulk deal for you.

Sold

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Houses for Rent

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:43:19 +0000

If you are a landlord and you need help in finding a tenant for your investment property, then we can place your rental property on domain for just $110 a month.

We're also building a rental search and rental signups into our site within the next week or so, but in the meantime, if you would like to place your rental property on the portals just email us here sales@propertynow.com.au or phone us to discuss how it works on 02 6651 5004

If you're looking for a place to rent just search your suburb using the dropdown menus in the search box at the very top of our front page here - property rentals

Virtual Tours

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:09:22 +0000

Let your audio tour do the work for you. Buyers will love to sit back and listen to an inviting,lively informative script read by a professional who is enthusiast about your home.

If you want to add some extra power and class to your property listing, then we can easily arrange a stunning audio virtual tour of your property and we'll add the tour to Domain so that it looks like this ( turn your computers speakers on first ) - virtual tour

We partnered with Agent Audio to bring you this fantastic new way to highlight your property.

The audio tour flows like a movie, it's slick, inexpensive ( just $125 ) and highly professional.

The audio track is produced by a Professional voice over artist who talks about your property like it's the only one in town! Voice overs help to create a high impact message. Voice overs will complement and strengthen anything you do and make your listing stand out from the crowd.

To arrange your audio tour, simply email your request to sales@propertynow.com.au

You can also call us 7 days on 02 6651 5004

Optional Selling Tools

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:34:30 +0000

As a further service to it's customers ( private house sellers )we have added some fantastic optional ancillary selling tools.

The first of these is AgentAudio.

Agentaudio brings you a great new way to promote your property portfolio.

Agent Audio is a slick, cost effective and professional alternative to the slow real estate virtual tour.

It's a TV style advert, with professional voice-overs that guide buyers around your property.

Your Professional Voice over can mention a wealth of features about the property and your services.

Promote your property with agentaudio tour for a once only investment of just $125

To see what the service does for your property click the following link to see what one of these tours actually looks like in action on Domain - real estate virtual tour

If you want your property featured in this manner just phone PropertyNow with your request on 02 6651 5004

If you are already a customer of PropertyNow then chances are we have the photos for your property already and can use those as well as some new text or text from your existing PropertyNow ad.

If you're a new customer we can just bundle this optionla virtual tour with your purchase , so just give us a call to request that.

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You are now logged in and have access to a range of members only features.

Here are some quick links to get your started

To claim a city/category in our local services directory you can add your business by visiting www.propertynow.com.au/addmyservice or clicking here

You might also like to upload a real estate listing by clicking here

Or post your feedback over on our blog

Free Listing

Sat, 09 May 2009 16:59:00 +0000

To take advantage of our free listing services you need to create an account on this site and login

Once you've done that click New Free Listing on the selling menu.

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Local Services

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When you’re buying a house or selling your property, you need access to a range of services… and we’ve made this so easy for you.

To access any of our trades or services within your local area, just choose the category you need on our right side menu. After you click on the category you need, you will then be asked to type in a town or suburb on the next page.

If you get no results in your area it just means that the category and area hasn’t been filled yet and is still available for local services to claim.

How NOT to sell a home

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:39:15 +0000

Our promise to you. If you closely follow all the suggestions made below accurately and conscientiously then you have our guarantee, that your home will remain in your possession.

Overprice your property. This one is self explanatory but let’s give you some clarity. What you need to do specifically is get 3 real estate agents appraisals. Select the highest one of the 3 and then inflate that by a further 10% because your home is much better.
Limit your marketing. On no account have a signboard. Such a tacky and unsightly object has no place on the front lawn of your masterpiece. If you must erect one then a piece of cardboard or a sliced off cut section from an abandoned real estate agent sign should suffice.
List with 5 real estate agents so that you get 5 times the marketing exposure.
Limit the ability for people to view the property. We suggest allowing inspections just once a week on a Sunday between 9am and 10 am, so that it clashes with religious services. If you are involved in the inspections yourself, i.e. as an fsbo seller, then those times may be difficult for you to keep also. In that case try to fix a time that conflicts with the timing of a local sporting event. etc.
Select the most arrogant and aggressive agent(s) you can find. Such an agent won’t molly coddle buyers who want to bring you an offer that’s lower than your own expectation.
At all times limit the marketing exposure. List with an agent whose website was built in the 90’s or if selling privately list with a classic private selling company who rank strongly in Google for private sales. That way almost no buyers will find your property.
Sell when the market bottoms and at a price that wasn’t achievable during the bull market 2 years earlier.
Say no to all offers and be very clear with your agent that you ” don’t need to sell ” and you “are happy to just wait for the right person who’ll pay what you want “
Screw your agent down hard on commission. Make it so low that she is forced to sell your home at cost or even a loss to his business. After all she’s driving a Mercedes so she’s fair game.
Don’t bother with presentation. Stick to your guns on this one and under no circumstances let the fact that you are selling your largest asset change how you keep your property. It’s your house and there’s no need to change how you live just for an inspection

I’m supremely confident that if you stick closely to all these golden rules, you’ll have the peace of mind that comes with staying in your property. No removalists, no changing services over. No headaches over what to do with your profits etc.
If you do all the above and someone still wants to purchase your home, then your only option is to further increase the price because your home is in such high demand.

Of course if you are one of those people who harbour a genuine desire to actually sell your home then you can always contact this site – sell my house or discuss things at our real estate blog.

Introduction & Argument for Private Selling

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:59:13 +0000

I want to write the definitive private sale article. The object is to provide some clarity to people who are perhaps toying with the idea of selling their own home. Let me state categorically and from the outset, that this article is completely and unashamedly biased in its viewpoint. Now that we’ve cleared the air on that, away we go.

During this article I will be using the phrases, private seller and fsbo to describe the same event. A private seller in this context is someone who is selling their own home with little or no real estate agent assistance. FSBO refers to exactly the same thing and is the phrase more commonly used in the United States to describe a “no agent “sale.

I guess the most obvious question and the one that’s most often posed by a private seller is – “Can I do this by myself? “ Well it’s self evident that you can, so perhaps the better question would be “ Can I do as good a job of selling my own property, as an agent would do? “

Even when we break that question down still further, what is really being asked is this – ‘can I perform as well as a real estate agent?’ and... ‘will I save money overall?’ The first question is very subjective. After all how well do agents perform? And while you’re wrestling with that one ‘how tall is the sky?’ Are they measured only on performance in a monetary sense? i.e. how much money you end up with after they negotiate and take a commission.

Or is their performance partly measured by how easy and/or how fast the sales process is?
Whichever way these things are measured there can never be a definitive answer, as there are great agents, as well as lousy agents. There are easy home to sell as well as difficult homes to sell.

Ok so what have we learned thus far? First, that both real estate agent sales and private sales are a subjective experience and second that every situation is unique. For example you are more apt to require the services of an agent if your property for sale is 100 miles from your home and you have no other ability to arrange inspections from a distance. But for the sake of this exploration of FSBO selling let’s assume you have the time and ability to show the property for sale at least one day per week.

Now the question becomes somewhat simpler. Beyond your own personal preference and your own belief system, it now becomes a question of whether you can achieve the same marketing exposure as the agent. That’s because, assuming you are reaching at least as many buyers as the real estate agents, then you will have negotiating money up your sleeve via the substantial commission savings. That’s provided of course that the marketing cost isn’t excessively high for you to achieve that same level of exposure as the agents.

So we might surmise that so long as you have the time, the desire and the marketing clout needed, then private selling is absolutely a better way to go.The agent will disagree vehemently.

The agent will insist that you’ll save commission but lose money through your lack of negotiation skills.
That of course is just about the flimsiest argument imaginable. There is to my knowledge, not one single study that ever has or ever could draw such a conclusion.

It’s an agent’s argument that can’t be proven and so is an easy claim to make. Given that it can’t be proven we may apply either logic or empirical evidence.

Logically agents should be better negotiators because they have more experience right? Well, by the same logic my dog should now be able to read as I have been trying to teach her for the past 10 years. Experience does not always equate to greater skill. Remember agents have the decided disadvantage (in a negotiation over a house sale) that they have to earn enough to cover the commission. Otherwise there is no point, is there?

Well, for some of us there is a point. Some of us just don’t want the hassle of dealing with a buyer. Ah but here’s the catch. As a seller you have 2 choices. You can sell privately and deal with the buyer or you can sell with an agent and deal with the agent! Either way you cannot escape the negotiation process, the inspection process or the sales process. Essentially you just divert the stress from one area to another.

So now a quick review, private sales are as easy or as hard as agent sales. Private sales may or may not save you money. Private selling need not be hard and real estate agent selling need not be easy.

Have I lost you yet? Stick with me because all that I’m saying is that on the law of averages you will save a lot of money, all things being equal, by private selling your house. For an agent to draw level they have to, by definition, get you $10,000 more than you can get by yourself (on average)

But here’s the big caveat. Private selling must still be approached professionally. When you sell your own house you are competing with every other house that’s similar in price, locality and features, to your own. That means to compete against other homes you are competing against the agents and even against other private fsbo’s. (For sale by owners)

And all that means is that you must have the same or better resources at your disposal, as the agents. In a nutshell that means you must have very, very good exposure. You should have a quality sign and you should have quality internet coverage.

If you have that aspect covered, then yes, private sale is definitely a great way to go. Don’t get me wrong. You may still encounter significant issues but my point is that most issues will occur in either form of sale. Issues seldom relate to whether it’s an fsbo sale or a real estate agent sale. Issues arise from individual personalities and individual situations.

Let me give you an example. You’re selling with an agent and the agent accepts a conditional offer subject to a finance clause. The buyer misses getting their finance and they withdraw. Is that the fault of the agent? Not at all, now what if you’re a private seller and someone comes through your house and lifts a piece of jewellery? Is that because you are selling privately? Of course not, and the same would have occurred with an agent sale. What if you are selling privately and the property refuses to sell for 12 months. Is Private sale the problem? No! Is price the problem? Yes!

This begs the question. Can agents price a property better than you can? I can only report what I know from a decade of working with agents and that is that they make massive blunders on price often and so do some private sellers.

So I hope a clear pattern has emerged. Private sale is as hard or as easy as you and the market make it. On balance it’s my strongly held belief that the average home seller will do a better job than the average agent, not because the agent is incompetent but simply because an owner’s knowledge of the property is superior, their motivation is greater and the commission is non existent.

What's the difference between a free listing and a premium one?

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:38:36 +0000

Sometimes people get confused about a free and premium options so we've detailed some of the biggest differences between the two. We believe if you're serious about selling you should opt for the Premium listing which includes significantly more exposure for your property.

Past experience has shown that our premium listings sell faster and more frequently than our free listings.

Free Listing

You upload and maintain your own listing
We do not handle your enquiry
Your listing is advertised on www.propertynow.com.au (and the PropertyNow network) only. Your listing is not advertised on the major portals (Domain, MyHome, HomeHound etc)
Free Listings are just that - completely free of charge

Premium Listing

You send details of your property and we upload and mantain your listing
We handle your enquiry for you
Your property is advertised on www.propertynow.com.au and the major portals
We maintain an enquiry database for you
We supply free help and advice
We may also supply a professional for sale sign'
Our premium service has a quarterly fee

Full information of Premium Listings is available by clicking here

Craig

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:16:30 +0000

I very much appreciate your assistance with the marketing of the property. Our listing on your websites was a significant factor in our success. I will certainly use your services again next time I sell and would recommend Property Now to other people who plan to sell privately.

Sue

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:15:56 +0000

Great service and very efficient. I saved myself over $10 000 with Property Now. I would definitely sell this way again - highly recommended!

Denis

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:15:17 +0000

Just a note to thank you for your terrific service and help in selling my property privately. It was sold within six days, and I achieved the price I wanted, plus! Dealing with the prospective buyers personally and being honest and up front with them sure paid off. As you can see I'm still getting calls! I would strongly urge anybody selling their property to avoid Real Estate agents if possible as I found their very poor attitude to details and communication is frustrating and a disservice to the vendor.

Gen

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:13:14 +0000

Just to let you know that we now have an unconditional contract which we are really pleased with. Just for your records, I managed to get $18k more than the agent when he had it for sale a few months back and contract fell through, so in the end was approx $30k better off - and all tax free! Is amazing - as a stay at home mum, it will allow me to stay home for longer!

David T

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:12:10 +0000

Just writing to let you know that the property is under contract after only 36 hours on the market. I will continue to accept enquiries until the one month contract with you is due incase the sale should fall through. Thank you for your help, and as soon as we get settled into our new place I will contact you and we can discuss the website based business.

Christina

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:10:21 +0000

We would like to say how much we have appreciated the help and assistance of Andrew and “PropertyNow” in selling our home in NSW. Andrew has been friendly, informative, and always on the end of the phone or Email system if any hiccups arise. He talked us through sending him the photos for the Web (us not being too au fait with this) and helped us by placing ads in magazines, newspapers, and of course the many websites etc. His expertise has been invaluable and with his assistance we had an offer within 3 weeks which is now about to settle.

Fiona

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:08:48 +0000

What a marvelous service we sold our house in Sydney in three weeks and got more than we expected . The Domain and other websites really drew
attention to our property and the liaison between the buyers and ourselves was very professional handled by Propertynow ,Andrew was also very helpful
with all aspects of selling a property and could offer us as much advice as needed.We saved thousands and would definitely recommend it to anyone

Fiona

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:02:12 +0000

Deb

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:01:32 +0000

We have just exchanged contracts! “it worked for me" Many thanks for being there and offering a very good service,
We settle on the 7th so please come up and have afternoon tea on us

Janice

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:59:48 +0000

I just want to thank you for your great service and advice on selling our property. It goes to show that with a bit of hard work and preparation anything is possible. We are glad that we took this path to sell the property on our own as despite common belief that you need an agent it is not true. I believe we as property owners know our house better than anyone and if you have the time and energy it is well worth it. Engaging your company to assist us to list our house for sale has greatly assisted us. We have had invaluable exposure on various property sites which have given us good leads. We are really happy with the results and would definitely recommend your site to our friends.

Annette

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:58:16 +0000

Selling your home can be stressful, but using PropertyNow made it easy as I was in control of the sale. I could show the home when it was convenient to me and there wasn't any extra charges for advertising ect.The commission we saved was about $15,000. This alone should be an incentive to give your service ago. We had one open house and an offer that day. The buyer was very happy as well as they could talk to me about the property and get the right answers straight away. The best part was there was no pressure, it went very smoothly. We are recommending you to all of our friends as it was so easy to do.

Lisa

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:57:23 +0000

That was so exciting!! the open inspection went really well - Paul from yesterday put an offer in (asking price) and 3 other couples spent AGES
walking around and asking questions, all in all around 13 sets of people came through and an estate agent that said he was surprised at my
professionalism and brochures etc.

Mary

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:56:31 +0000

We have accepted an offer and taken a deposit for our property. We can't believe the house sold to the very first buyer and within 2 weeks of being listed. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for providing such a professional service at an extremely reasonable cost. We've had several friends ask us "how did you do it?", so, no doubt, you'll be hearing from them soon.

Bob & Victoria

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:53:34 +0000

Using Property Now was so easy and cost-effective. Covering the major websites for such a low price plus handling all those enquires was a dream
come true. The phone was ringing off the hook. They made the whole process of selling my home so effortless. I have sold a few houses in my time but
never like this. Usually its quite taxing, these guys made it stress free. Its such a great idea, I wish I had thought of it. I know who I will be calling first next time

Kim & Kay

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:54:55 +0000

Thank you for your encouragement when we started out to sell our house by private sale. We took the option of having you put our home on the major websites, and we bought a sign. Within four hours of putting up the sign we had the first customer knocking at the door. He lived in our street and was already thinking of moving out of his rental house. Then we got a customer who saw the house on Domain.com, or was that two?

Our purchasers, a local newly married couple, were already looking for a house in our suburb. They drove past, saw the sign, rang your number, then rang us. The next morning they came to inspect. The house sold itself to them in twenty minutes. They came back with Dad that afternoon, he was impressed. The next day, after making an offer that we politely refused, they agreed to the asking price.

We had engaged an independent valuer and we set the sale at that price. By doing this we were able to say, "No offers, please. This is a professional valuation price. We've added no extra and we can take no less. Compare anything else in the area in this price range and our house is the standout inner." By pricing the house right we could be confident in our sales approach. All we needed was an introduction to the buyer. This is what PropertyNow did for us.

Julie

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:53:56 +0000

We would also like to say how thrilled we are with the service Property Now provided. We saved thousands in agent fees and sold the property after only the second open house – after it had lounged for a year with an agent! Hope the new year brings you and your team the great success you deserve.

S & D McKenzie

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:53:18 +0000

The whole concept is great and has worked really well for us. We’ve saved $1000’s in real estate agent commissions and have got the result we wanted at the price we wanted, with no hassles. Thank again for all your help

Roland

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:51:42 +0000

Thank you once again for providing a great platform for selling another one of our properties – this time our own home. Full price offer and savings in agent’s commission of $12,500.00. Not only that: Most of the agents’ so-called ‘appraisals’ were way lower than our asking price, so they could have achieved a quick sale (at our expense!) rather than work hard. None of them was willing to offer discounted commissions, even though it was them contacting me as a result of my listings on the Internet.

Elaine & Kevin

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:50:45 +0000

Many thanks for walking us through what we imagined to be a daunting task of listing our property on the web, not being at all computer savvy. But to our amazement the procedure was painless and very fast. We had a serious buyer within 2 hours of being listed but then had another buyer a couple of days later which we accepted.now seriously packing!

Ahmad

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:50:07 +0000

I would like to congratulate and thank you for the outstanding service and professional support that you provided me during my recent sale. It is very rare to experience such outstanding customer service and for this I am extremely thankful. This experience made me feel that there is little need for real estate agents as you saved me fees as well as providing sound advice in terms of legal and accounting aspects. I will happily recommend your services to all and sundry. I am happy for you to use this appreciation in any marketing.

Sue

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:49:29 +0000

When I decided to sell my own house my biggest dilema was advertising. Then I was lucky enough to locate "Property Now" on the internet and
all my advertising problems were solved at a very reasonable price. I sold my house to the first person who saw the advertisment so I would recommend "Property Now" to anyone wanting to sell their own property, thankyou for this wonderful site.

Wendy Masters

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:47:09 +0000

Good news, I've sold my unit which settles on 23rd May! Thank you so much for all your help. Your service provides great value, and you are so helpful.

Ben

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:45:44 +0000

Propertynow is clearly leaps and bounds ahead of its competition. A wonderful model for real estate sales, in particular private sales, with the added bonus of a dedicated principal who is passionate about his business. Once making contact with Propertynow you will immediately know what I mean. Thanks Andrew. This is how uncomplicated easy and affordable selling ones home should be.

Emma & Damien

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:44:39 +0000

Our cooling off period ended on Friday so I guess you can put sold on the ad. Many thanks again! We have already been reccommending your great service to everyone we know. Who needs an agent??!! We're really happy that we got more than our asking price & sold so quickly- now justing hunting for a new home!

Kellie

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:43:51 +0000

Just to let you know we have now sold our house!! The buyer found us through one of your websites :) Thanks for saving us thousands in commission. I will highly recommend your service to others. It's been a pleasure dealing with you and Joanne.

Penne

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:43:18 +0000

Yes we did it with no agent and no commission!! I would highly recommend Property Now to sell your real estate - easy, even for the novice (like us). We sold within six weeks and there are houses around us still for sale! We spent time on the garden, a full colour flyer, a sign in the window and couple of Saturday afternoons holding 'Open for Inspection' sessions. These were quite well attended, often by people who had seen the ad on the internet through Property Now. We have saved just over $7,000!! If we can do it, anyone can!

Keith & Andrea

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:42:35 +0000

Thank you for all your help in the sell of our house. I will highly recommend PropertyNow to anyone selling their home. I don`t know why ANYONE would use a real estate agent and pay those high fees. I was also very impressed with the great support that you provided. Any questions I had were quickly answered. Not only would I use PropertyNow again, but I will encourage other people to utilise this efficient, fast, money-saving service. Many thanks to PropertyNow, you took a difficult, overwhelming situation and made it an effortless, positive experience.

Raoul & Suzie

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:36:29 +0000

Within 48 hours of listing our family home with Property Now, several clients, including the eventual purchasers, contacted us to arrange a private viewing. In just 5 days, we received and accepted an agreeable offer and the sale process was initiated.

We can attribute our success directly to Property Now’s listing strategies. Potential buyers were notified of our listing via e-mail and for a nominal extra cost our property was listed on the four main real estate sites. The people who subsequently arranged to view our home were genuine buyers and not ‘lookers’ or curious locals as were many who had traipsed through on Open Home days prior to listing with Property Now.

We received very prompt, courteous and helpful responses to our queries and communications with staff at Property Now, whether via phone or e-mail. Suzie and I would highly recommend Property Now’s services to anyone contemplating selling their property by private treaty.

Mitchell Macleod

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:35:27 +0000

These guys were very helpful and efficient. Putting the advertisement up was easy and fast, as was their service. We wanted to make a change to the ad and emailed it. It was changed extremely promptly and we were notified promptly too. Everything was easy, smooth and efficient...and it worked!

Daryl & Roz

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:34:26 +0000

I want to once again thank you for the excellent service you provided during the recent sale of our home. We received numerous enquiries from serious buyers within a couple of days of the ads going onto the Web, and were able to settle on a good price within a week of going to market. The best part was being able to meet both potential and our final buyers and discuss the sale in an open and friendly manner. The advice and support you provided was invaluable and I would not have any hesitation in recommending your service or the private selling approach to other sellers.

Faith

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:33:53 +0000

I am officially sold! Contracts have been exchanged and I move out in a few weeks. What an amazing experience and so easy. I simply followed the advice given on the website. Once listed the house sold within weeks and I saved close to $8000 in fees, plus I sold for more than the real estate agents thougt they could. I cannot say enough about Andrew. He is so helpful and will answer all your questions and explain everything you need to know. I have been recommending this site to all my friends and contacts. Three Cheers for Property Now!

Petros

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:33:28 +0000

A big THANK YOU to Andrew and the PropertyNow Team for helping me with the sale of my house in Wycheproof, Victoria. My phone/email enquiries were always answered promptly, help was always there, and action was taken quickly with regard to any requests I made. Your service saved my roughly $3,000 in agent fees on a property that sold for $59,000 so I can only imagine the saving for more expensive properties. I'll be sure to list any future properties with you.

Caroline

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:32:45 +0000

I was definitely impressed with PropertyNow. The amount we paid to advertise for three months on 14 websites was less than it would have cost to advertise on Domain alone, and Andrew and Joanne were flawlessly professional, responsive and friendly. When we needed changes made to our ads, they were updated within an hour of our requests - even on weekends. Andrew also provided me with plenty of helpful advice and support all throughout the sale. I honestly believe that I got better service than I would have gotten from some of the real estate agents who were expecting us to pay them $20,000! If I ever sell another property, I will definitely be using PropertyNow again.

Anne

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:32:09 +0000

Thank you both for all the help and advice you gave us. We were really happy to save so much in fees yet get our home advertised on so many well known sites. To sell in three weeks was so good! We will definitely be advising others to sell their homes through your web-site.