HOW TO ATTRACT INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE BUYERS (2024)

March 22, 2024- We specialise in helping property sellers reach the international buyer market by vetting New Zealand real estate agents - to establish those with superior expertise and competence at marketing properties globally.

Due to the small pool of New Zealand buyers in the multi-million dollar price bracket, seeking out international real estate buyers is necessary. (Expats, Singaporeans and Australians are exempt from the Overseas Investment Office policy)

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CONNECTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE MARKET

International focused real estate agents and companies often have the connections to access this market and have a high level of knowledge and ability in these types of transactions.

This a specialist field and requires the expertise of international real estate agents who have substantial experience, knowledge of government policies and laws, who conduct themselves with diplomacy and integrity and are especially effective price negotiators.

Finding you this calibre of real estate agent iswhat we do - all at no cost for NZ vendors.

"We are under contract to the first person to see the farm; a Kiwi coming back home after 26 years abroad!Best wishes and many thanks for recommending our agent to us" - Vendor, Karen D

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INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE COMPETENCE

International real estate agents must be experts in their field. They project manage what are often complex property sales involving the negotiation of multi-million dollar properties.

Knowledge of relevant Government policies (see below) is something these real estate agents need and must be able to communicate about and facilitate compliance for.

Many real estate agents have little or no experience in marketing and selling multi-million dollar properties to international buyers. With such a lot at stake, it's not a time to leave the outcome up to chance.

You need to make sure you have a bonafide international real estate agent who you can trust to be competent and confident in handling what might well be your most valuable asset.

SPECIALTY KNOWLEDGE UNIQUE TO OVERSEAS REAL ESTATE AGENTS

International real estate agents in New Zealand need to answer queries quickly and facilitate such things as:

• New Zealand immigration policies.
• New Zealand business laws.
• New Zealand taxation policies relating to capital gains.
• Options for exchanging money.
• Stamp Duty.
• Anti money laundering verification.

Any enquires from international buyers need to be responded to promptly when interest in the property is at its peak, and carefully shepherded to maintain engagement.

HOW TO MARKET YOUR HOME TO INTERNATIONAL BUYERS

Luxury and high value property marketing campaigns must be of sufficient quality to ensure your property is appropriately pitched to high calibre buyers.

Whetherbuyers find your property through a Google search, see a brief headline description of your property, watch a video or look at real estate photographs, at each step of the marketing process, the quality must be exemplary.

Photography and any video marketing campaign must be high end, while each and every word used in the marketing package must count.

Your property needs to stand out from all the competition - and your chance to grab buyer attention might amount to seconds

Every aspect of the campaign is vital so it's important to get the best international real estate agent in the field.

To better understand the importance of goodinternational real estate marketing, see the graphs on this page which show two markedly different outcomes in terms of real estate buyer reach.

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