Date
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
2015 May
May
Suburb
Hampton
Malvern East
Ashburton
Brighton
Malvern East
* Kew
* Hawthorn
Glen Iris
Caulfield
Camberwell
Brighton East
Toorak
Malvern
Kew
** Camberwell
Toorak
Glen Iris
Kew
Kew
Malvern
Malvern East
Hampton
Malvern
Inner Melbourne
Home Type
Family Home
Reno
Family Home
Land
Land
Family Home
Family Home
Family Home
Reno
Land
Family Home
Land
Reno
Family Home
Family Home
Townhouse
Family Home
Family Home
Family Home
Land
Family Home
Family Home
Apartment
Family Home
Agent
Kylie Charlton
John Morrisby
Tim Dwyer
Greg Costello
Steve Burke
Tom Ryan
Stuart Evans
Daniel Wheeler
Gary Peer
Michael Hingston
Rob Strickland
Jock Langley
Joanna Nairn
David Banks
James Tostevin
Michael Ebeling
Zali Reynolds
James Tostevin
Dien Tran
Mark Wridgway
John Morrisby
Nick Johnstone
Mark Teasdale
Mixed
Sale Type
Auction
Auction
Auction
Auction
Auction
Auction
Auction
Auction
Auction
Auction
Auction
Off Market
Off Market
Auction
Auction
Auction/OffMarket
Auction
Auction
Auction
Auction
Auction
Auction
Private Sale
Mostly Auction
Comment
Before
Under hammer
Before
Under hammer
Under hammer
Under hammer
Under hammer
Boardroom
Pass-In After
Strong
Before
n/a
n/a
Strong
Pass-In After
Before
Boardroom
Before
Before
Under hammer
Strong
Before
n/a
26% Under Hammer
Price
$1m+
$2m+
$2m+
$8m+
$1m+
$2m+
$1m+
$2m+
$4m+
$2m+
$2m+
$4m+
$3m+
$1m+
$1m+
$2m+
$2m+
$4m+
$3m+
$2m+
$2m+
$2m+
<$1m+
$2m-$4m
Agent Quote Range
30%+Below
20%+ Below
30%+ Below
20%+ Below
30%+Below
20%+ Below
15%+ Below
20%+ Below
10%+ Below
30%+ Below
20%+Below
At Quote
At Quote
20%+ Below
At Quote
10% Below
10%+ Below
10%+Below
30%+ Below
40%+Below
20%+Below
20%+ Below
At Quote
35% Accuracy
Our Quote Range Bidders
Within
4
Within
2
Below
6
Within
6
Within
2
Below
2
Within
5
Within
3
Above
3
Within
6
Within
3
Within
1
Below
1
Within
4
Within
2
Within
2
Within
2
Below
3
Below
2
Below
5
Within
2
Within
2
Within
1
70% Accuracy
3
OS Bid Bids With Us
1
1
Yes
1
Yes
1
1
Yes
1
2
Yes
1
1
Yes
1
Yes
1
2
3
1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
48%
2
2
1
1
1
3
2
2
1-2 bids
Weeks
3
3
3
2
16
12
21
8
12
2
2
3
42
3
Success
Yes
Yes
Missed
Missed
Missed
Yes
Yes
Yes
Missed
Missed
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
17
6
2
4
2
34
8
8
9 - 10 weeks
Missed
Yes
Yes
Missed
Missed
Yes
Yes
Yes
60% -70%
* Sales by clients whom we have bought for in 2015
** Sales by clients who we have not yet bought for in 2015
*** Three other clients seriously prepared for offering but didn’t follow through
Real Buying Facts
What the James Stats Mean
1. The average buying time is 9-10 weeks, you don’t have to bid time after time and get beaten 3, 5 or 7 times. You don’t have to, our stats show that.
2. The average number of bidders you will compete against at 3, however on popular properties its considerably more
3. With James Buyer Advocates you have an approximately 2 in 3 chance of being successful
4. While everybody thinks it’s all a matter of putting your hand up at auction, this continues to be incorrect as 3 in 4 properties we at James bought WERE NOT under the hammer
5. Quoting Accuracy was 1 in 3 for selling agents. Our quoting accuracy in a boom market was double that. Chinese bidding is in part the reason for our drop in accuracy.
6. While everybody thinks it’s about money, if it was just money then our success rate should have been 33% - eg 1 in 3. At James it was double that.
7. Overseas bidding is a real force - being a factor in roughly half our auctions, spread across Inner Melbourne.
8. We do buy off market and I think 1 in 10 is an accurate reflection of the % v overall buys
Using a professional buyer advocate. The two main reasons people don't:
1. They don’t know what we do - hey we buy homes , we do what needs to be done to buy homes
2. We cost money. True, but our fee is 10% of the market increase of the last few months AND you still haven’t bought a home
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