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His current home is now on the market – with an agent. "There's nothing wrong with doing a private sale,” he said, “but my personal view is that I don't want the hassle of negotiating, and I believe firmly that by selling with an agent I will make more than they will cost me in fees.” Patten says he wouldn’t trust himself to be the best judge of how much his property could sell for. He has clients who thought their Auckland home would be worth a maximum of $1.5m – then it sold for $1.8m. Even if the agent fees were $40,000, he said, the couple still made $250,000 more than if th...

After watching their daughter struggle to buy a home, McConnochie and McGrath knew how hard it was for first-time buyers. So when the time came sell their Appleby home, they decided to sell it to first-home buyers in a private sale. A former lawyer, McConnochie had helped others buy and sell privately. But you don’t need specialist knowledge, she’d seen people from all walks of life navigate sales, including a woman in her 90s, she said. Braden Fastier/Stuff Fiona McConnochie and Graeme McGrath said there were ups and downs to selling privately, but overall it was a positive experience.