Best 10 Real Estate Agents In Gunnedah [2024]

Which Real Estate Agent's Best Gunnedah Agents

Good agent selection means you increase your chances dramatically of a higher property price and an easy, quick sale. We can calculate a shortlist of top agents through our agent comparison tool.

To start selling, it's best to speak with a top-performing local real estate agent who has experience with properties like yours and can work well with you.

A suitable agent should be focused on selling property near yours (bonus for the same street!), experienced at selling property like yours, have a strong history of successful negotiations, and possess a personality that works well with potential buyers and yourself. Most agents have a particular focus, e.g. units within a certain area, price bracket, and a ranking within their agency. We do everything we can to identify these agents for you.

What To Pay Your Gunnedah Agent

The lowest fee should not be your top requirement in an agent. Rather, you should look for agents that can strongly back up their fee structure and commission rate.

An agent with a strong sales background in selling quickly and for a higher price will often cover their fee and more. Receive a shortlist of top agents in the local Gunnedah area from our agent comparison tool to sell confidently.

Gunnedah is one of the more expensive suburbs in Australia when it comes to real estate agent commission rates. Experience has shown us that real estate agent commission rates in Gunnedah average around 3%.

Compared to other areas in Australia, the commission rate in Gunnedah is higher - remember that you can negotiate with your real estate agent about their fees and commissions, as well as inclusions on marketing fees.

Use the real estate agent fee calculator below to determine how much it may cost to sell your property in New South Wales. Amounts calculated include 10% GST, but exclude other costs an agent may charge such as advertising and marketing.

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Gunnedah Suburb Overview

Gunnedah is a town and Local government area in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. 12 007 people lived in the town of Gunnedah in 2006 , including 931 indigenous people .

Gunnedah is located on the Oxley and Kamilaroi Highways providing road links to the state capital Sydney at a distance of 475 kilometres and the nearest regional centre Tamworth is 75 kilometres . It is also linked to Sydney by rail. The town is served by the daily Countrylink Xplorer service between Sydney and Moree.

The major industry is agriculture, with 80% of the shire area devoted to farming. Gunnedah’s primary exports are cotton, coal, beef, lamb and pork, and cereal and oilseed grains. Gunnedah is also home to AgQuip, Australia’s largest annual exhibition of agricultural equipment.

It claims the title “Koala Capital of World”. A title also claimed by the Port Stephens area north of Newcastle and Port Macquarie, whose local koala population has led to the development of a specialised koala hospital.

Gunnedah and the surrounding areas were originally inhabited by Aborigines who spoke the Kamilaroi language. The area now occupied by the town was settled by European sheep farmers in 1833 or 1834. With settlement in the area focused on wool production, Gunnedah was initially known as ‘The Woolshed’ until taking its name from the local Indigenous people who called themselves the Gunn-e-darr, the most famous of whom was Cumbo Gunnerah.

Dorothea Mackellar wrote her famous poem My Country about her family’s farm near Gunnedah. This is remembered by the annual Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards for school students held in Gunnedah.

Coal was discovered on Black Jack Hill in 1877. By 1891, 6,000 tons of coal had been raised from shafts. The Gunnedah Colliery Company was registered in May 1899 and by 22 June a private railway some 5.7 kilometres in length had been completed from the railway station to their mine. In September 1957, the Government Railway took over the working of the line.

In early 2012 Gunnedah experienced a mining boom resulting in rental properties being leased by mining companies for up to $1,350 per week. Bigstreet. An 4.2 magnitude earthquake occurred in June 2012, and the shockwaves were felt in towns over 120km away.

Gunnedah Shire is situated 264 metres above sea level on the Liverpool Plains in the Namoi River valley. It is very flat;the tallest hills are 400 to 500 metres above sea level. The climate is hot in summer, mild in winter and dry, although rainstorms in catchment areas occasionally cause flooding of the Namoi River. Major floods cut transport links to the town, briefly isolating it from the outside world.

The Gunnedah area is noted for its abundance of native wildlife, including kangaroos, echidnas and koalas. Koalas can often be found in trees within the town, as well as in the surrounding countryside with the help of signs placed by the local tourist centre.

Local media include the Namoi Valley Independent newspaper and the radio stations 2MO and 2GGG. 2MO claims to be the first station established in Australia outside the capital cities.

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