Mike Van Wagoner has been actively involved in residential sales for over 32 years He owns the real estate company Emphasis Real Estate Ltd REAA2018 He is a licenced and registered auctioneer, a role he has enjoyed for over 21 years Emphasis Real Estate was started 5 years ago to bring fairness to an out of date, excessive corporate real estate percentage-based-commission structures Thirty years ago, agents earned their money even if it was still high Corporate real estate commissions have not altered in over 30 years The price of houses has sky-rocketed and so have the commission charges from [...]

IT CONTINUES TO AMAZE ME AFTER THIRTY ODD YEARS IN RESIDENTIAL SALES, THAT SELLERS ON TODAY'S MARKET, CONTINUE TO BE SO NAIVE AS TO ACCEPT THAT THEY MUST LIST WITH A CORPORATE REAL ESTATE AGENCY IF YOU ARE READING THIS POST, I ASK YOU TO SIMPLY DO ONE THING AND THAT IS, TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL BE READING, AND APPLY LOGIC TO YOUR REASONINGS ABOUT PAYING EXCESSIVE COMMISSIONS ON THE SALE OF YOUR HOME WHY WOULD YOU PAY THIRY FIVE THOUSAND TO FIFTY ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS TO A CORPORATE COMPANY FOR THE SALE OF YOUR PROPERTY, [...]

IT CONTINUES TO AMAZE ME AFTER THIRTY ODD YEARS IN RESIDENTIAL SALES, THAT SELLERS ON TODAY'S MARKET, CONTINUE TO BE SO NAIVE AS TO ACCEPT THAT THEY MUST LIST WITH A CORPORATE REAL ESTATE AGENCY IF YOU ARE READING THIS POST, I ASK YOU TO SIMPLY DO ONE THING AND THAT IS, TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL BE READING, AND APPLY LOGIC TO YOUR REASONINGS ABOUT PAYING EXCESSIVE COMMISSIONS ON THE SALE OF YOUR HOME WHY WOULD YOU PAY THIRY FIVE THOUSAND TO FIFTY ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS TO A CORPORATE COMPANY FOR THE SALE OF YOUR PROPERTY, [...]

We live in Wellington and, being an older couple, decided it was time to sell our Auckland rental unit. While we were in Auckland preparing the unit for sale, we received a flyer in the mailbox for Emphasis Real Estate. Deciding the ‘No Junk Mail’ drop was Fate, we gave Emphasis a call - and the rest is history!   Leading up to the initial marketing, Mike’s knowledge was very helpful. In the selling stage, they had to work hard regarding a couple of perceived issues with the unit. Catherine is a pleasant, friendly, honest agent. With us not living in [...]