PHOTO: BAYLEYS Mackys Real Estate-Bayleys in Whangarei had eight offers in by 4pm on Thursday, the first day of the lockdown.
Property auctions have been stalled throughout the country, but that hasn’t stopped one property changing the sales method and selling unconditionally on the second day of lockdown.
Tony Grindle, Northland general manager of Macky’s Real Estate-Bayleys in Whangarei says the property, listed by Sam Swinburne, had already attracted around 30 groups through before the lockdown.
“When we were forced to change the sale method to ‘present all offers’, we expected to lose a few buyers, thinking that Covid-19 would account for a few, and others would get scared off,” Grindle says.
“Our process was that we sent an email to every interested party (on Thursday, the first day of lockdown) advising them that we wanted all offers to be presented by 4:00pm. The email included a sale and purchase agreement and copy of our multiple offer protocols.”
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