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Agent gets developers to drive up price for family home

By Jay Garcia
18 September 2015 | 5 minute read
Australia

An agent has achieved a strong result for an old, unattractive home after tapping into his commercial database.

First National Metro principal George Koukides sold a 1920s Queenslander for $1.05 million to an owner-occupier, but was able to generate competition by alerting developers as well.

Mr Koukides told REB that the 1,050-square-metre site in the Brisbane suburb of Hendra was suitable for developers, but would probably be retained in its current state.

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“There was a range of people interested from developers and builders to families who wanted a large block of land,” he said.

“I think the buyer is undecided at the moment, but I got the impression that they wanted to own-occupy.”

According to Mr Koukides, the property brought in 80 inquiries and 12 bidders at auction.

“The marketing campaign was a combination of online and print, plus we have an extensive database that is both residential and commercial since we have a commercial part of our business as well,” he said.

“Our commercial database has a lot of developers in there, which helped us optimise the price on a development site.”

The home, which is within 10 kilometres of the city centre, looks tired and unimpressive.

Hendra’s median house price is $835,000, according to CoreLogic RP Data.

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