{"id":33510,"date":"2021-07-21T11:23:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T23:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=33510"},"modified":"2021-07-21T11:23:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T23:23:20","slug":"real-estate-agents-are-door-knocking-like-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/real-estate-agents-are-door-knocking-like-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Estate Agents are door knocking like CRAZY"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOTO: HOME DEMAND: Agents are door knocking across regional Australia trying to convince their owners to take advantage of rising prices.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Real estate agents<\/a> are in a battle to coax home owners in regional Australia to sell up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Agents say they have never seen rivalry so fierce with big rewards on offer in the booming rural housing market, especially in areas within commuting distance of the capital cities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Some agencies are now paying sales staff more in commission to secure new listings than for the actual sales. The commission is paid when a home is sold.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Agencies have ramped up some traditional tactics and are trying out some new ones as well after\u00a0exhausting their inventories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Selling a house in the country is not the problem at the moment,” veteran Ballarat agent and Real Estate Institute of Victoria member Trevor Petrie said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“For every successful sale, and there’s been a lot of them, there are three or four people missing out who want to move to the country, we are all trying to find houses for them.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Today’s “ramped up” tricks of the trade are:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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