Many many people in Wellington will be as shocked as I was to hear of the death of Margo McAuley. She was a ‘celebrity’ real-estate sales woman who ran her own series of very tastefully designed and conceived billboards. And she was very very successful at selling real estate, which in turn helped to pay […]
Well, another good idea bites the dust. Joneses Real Estate has gone into voluntary liquidation. I wrote a post here several months back on the Joneses. It seems that any alternative to the commission sale model on selling your house is doomed to failure. Which is a pity as there is a market for it, […]
I’ve just finished watching Sunday on TVNZ . The first story was about the recent spat between the Joneses Real Estate company, and the REINZ (Real Estate Institute of New Zealand). Chris Taylor of the Joneses talked about their flat fee structure. All of their agents are on salary so that, they say, effectively removes […]