The Advantages of an
EXCLUSIVE LISTING
With Doug and Jan:

When selecting your Real Estate Salesperson

You have called in a number of real estate companies to appraise your home.  How do you select which one to use?

A top realtor said recently that when selecting your real estate consultant you should ask but one question. 

"How are you going to ensure we achieve the very best price"

1.  TRUST-  Choose a salesperson you can trust. You have to trust the agents you employ to work to achieve the best possible price for your home.  Doug and Jan have earned the trust of all the people they have dealt with.  Please read the sample of references provided by happy clients. Doug & Jan's references

2.  FEE  - Our fee is 0% until you are totally satisfied with the price being offered. Are you going to select the company who offers you the cheapest fees or the company who gets you the best price?  Almost all real estate companies have a basic rate of approximately 3.95% plus $500 plus GST.  Some will cut their fee without being asked. Why? Would you trust them to sell your most valuable asset.  Do you think they will be working to get you the best possible price?   Jan & Doug are very willing to negotiate their fee.  They would hate to think they lost the privilege of selling your home because of fees. Please discuss before listing your home.

"Far too many sellers are being misled into selecting their real estate company based on cost instead of result."  The cheapest company is the one that gets you the best net price.

Example.  A property in Kaitawa Crescent recently sold for $170,000 through a company who offered a discount fee.  The fee saving was less than $2000.  The new owners plans changed and they decided to sell immediately and asked Doug & Jan at Harcourts to market their property.  They sold it for $210,000 exactly 6 weeks after taking possession.  The first company severely under sold in order to achieve a quick sale. The cheapest company is the one that gets you the best net price   Doug & Jan are confident that they will get you the very best price.

3. PRICE -  All real estate companies use the same statistics to estimate what your property is worth.  Please be careful of companies who "BUY" the right to sell your property by telling you they can get you a price much higher than the market is prepared to pay.  This can only lead to utter frustration, anger and disappointment. Jan & Doug will give a realistic price guide and and what steps they will take to have the best possible chance to obtain a premium price for your property.

4. DOUG & JAN'S PROMISE-  Doug and Jan have high ideals and have a motto to give "Service Beyond Expectation" 

 

What Harcourts Can Offer That NO Other Real Estate Company Can

  • HARCOURTS WEBSITE www.harcourts.co.nz Is the largest dedicated real estate company web site in New Zealand with more than 650,000 individual visitors per month. Research shows about 70% (and rising) of buyers use the internet as their first point of call. Another Harcourts special is the use of Google Earth to show the location of the property.


  • LEADING COMPANIES OF THE WORLD WEBSITE www.leadingre.com
    Harcourts has invested about $5million to obtain the Australasian membership rights to the “Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™”. This is a consortium of the best-known local and regional independent real estate names in the world, with annual sales of over $400 billion, more than any other residential real estate organisation. Most overseas people who wish to purchase in New Zealand will visit this website and be directed to the Harcourts website . Do not under estimate the power of this network of top real estate companies.

    Text Box: Source: AC Nielsen / Omnibus 2005
  • HIGHEST NAME RECALL - So
  • HARCOURTS SELL 1 in 3 OF ALL RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE SALES ON THE KAPITI COAST.


  • For the last five years from Paekakariki to Levin, Harcourts has had an average of 33% of the total Real Estate sales.

  • LARGEST REAL ESTATE COMPANY. Harcourts is the largest real estate company in New Zealand with 180 offices in New Zealand alone and nearly 400 Australasia wide. This means a referral network which cannot be beaten. If an agent in another town has a client who is looking to buy in Kapiti the client will be referred to an agent from our office and will be shown properties. It is our experience that over 1/3 of all real estate transactions involve at least one out of town aspect to the transaction hence our huge investment in this field.
  • HARCOURTS IS A NEW ZEALAND OWNED COMPANY
    It is the fastest growing real estate company in Australasia .


  • LARGEST TEAM . Harcourts Paraparaumu has the largest team of any Real Estate company operating on the Coast.

    Beware of real estate companies with a small number of agents. Competition amongst agents is the essential ingredient to getting a premium price.
  • MULTI OFFER FORM . Although other agencies may have a “multi offer form” there is a greater chance of Harcourts using it because of the large team. The multi offer form offers the best chance to get a premium price for your home.
  • AUCTIONS . Harcourts offer auctions at no extra cost. We have performed nearly 4000 auctions. Being successful at auctions is a skill that most other companies don't have. Often our opposition will try to say that is all we do. Harcourts do auctions because we can. Others don't do them because they cannot . We also use tenders, priced properties or price by negotiation. At the end of the day, it is the vendor's choice.
  • BLUEBOOK This publication is recognised by an independent survey as the “Highest Quality Real Estate Publication in New Zealand ”. 50,000 copies are distributed every fortnight locally. Compare this to The Property Press which has a distribution of 12,000 copies.  Bluebook
  • MOBILE AGENT Harcourts agents have a unique system of showing listings to prospective buyers with the use of a hand - held PDA. We would be happy to show it to you.
  • PERSONAL NOTIFIER
    The Personal Notifier is an automated service that alerts buyers to new property listings and upcoming open homes. Currently 66,000 New Zealanders are registered on Harcourts Personal Notifier. To find out more visit http://www.harcourts.co.nz/notifier/about.do
  • OPEN HOME MAP . Harcourts in Paraparaumu has developed this unique system of displaying open home times and addresses in the Kapiti Observer.
  • EMAIL DATABASE . Each week about 4000 emails are sent to prospective buyers telling them of the new listings and the open home times in the Kapiti area.
  • HARCOURTS ACADEMY & TRAINING SYSTEMS. Harcourts has their own training academy and all agents undergo regular intensive training giving them up to ate knowledge about the best way to market & negotiate the successful sale of your home. There is also a strong emphasis on

 

WHAT DOES THE DOUG & JAN TEAM OFFER?

 

THE DOUG & JAN TEAM

 

Jan's previous employment was Manager of Victim Support at the Lower Hutt Police Station. She is also a Justice of the Peace.

 

Doug's previous employment was a maths teacher at Kapiti College where he taught for 18 years. As well as teaching mathematics he was coach of the first fifteen and produced nine musical productions for the college.

 

TRUST

This is a team you can trust. So trust your real estate decisions in the Doug & Jan team.

 
PERSONAL WEBSITE . Our website www.dougpalmer.co.nz has quickly become the first website many buyer's visit when looking to buy houses. We can feature your home on this website too.