Lake Hawea, Otago
Lake Hawea, Otago is home to 49 active real estate agents and 18 active real estate agencies. There are 2 agents who are known for their trustworthiness, and 13 agents known for being pricing experts.
Over the past 12 months there have been 85 active and sold properties, with 82 reviews in total. This is a 58% decrease compared to the previous 12 months.
Latest reviews in Lake Hawea
Siobhan took the time to understand our situation and meet our expectations, her appraisal range was bang on which ment there were no surprises or difficult conversations. Even in the current slow winter market we were lucky enough to hit the top of her range. We couldn’t have asked for better communication and the updates during the selling process were very insightful. We look forward to using her again in the future and would highly recommend to anyone selling there property.
Gavin and Bel were great when it came to communicating what was happening at open homes, who was coming through the property and what their main interests were
Super responsive, courteous, always responsive to reply and factual with her information. Non pushy like some agents, a pleasure to deal with.
Kate was kind, thoughtful and very aware of our circumstances. She worked tirelessly behind the scenes to provide us with multiple offers. Kate was a wonderful communicator, keeping us in the loop with how things were progressing, and gave us some insight into what she thought we should do regarding the offers we had. We really appreciated her very much.
Kate was extremely helpful, professional and easy to deal with. The property files were well layed out. Her communication was clear, easy to understand and made the whole process easy and enjoyable. I will be recommending Kate and the team in the future
Bel was excellent to deal with, very responsive to my many queries, easy going, and I never felt like she was trying to sell me something.
Our online research indicated Sharon is a top agent at Bayleys and testimonials indicated she is a good operator. Our first meeting with her confirmed this. No full-on sales pitch as to how brilliant she is, or any other ego driven natter occurred. She was to the point, gave a realistic opinion on property value and when various offers were received was straight up as to her suggestions without trying any pressure tactics. Other agents we've dealt with over the years could take a leaf out of her book. Thankyou Donnelly Team for getting the job done!
Gavin and Bel were amazing from the get go! Great communication and advice, which continued through their campaign.
We had a great experience with Siobhan, Lucy and Kay selling our home in Lake Hāwea. They were personable, always available, understood the local market and gave us straight advice when we needed it. When our circumstances changed and we needed to sell quickly, they adapted the strategy and got us the result we needed to make our next move. Would happily recommend the Century 21 Wānaka team.
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Local market insights
50% of sellers reported being happy with their sale price in the last 12 months.
Median sale prices for houses is up 5% YoY making it a great time to consult local agents about selling.
13 agents have earned the Price Expert badge - reflecting their ability to achieve a price that meets or exceeds their clients expectations.
Property market insights
Price and performance data by property type for Lake Hawea.
Median price snapshot for houses
The median sale price for houses in Lake Hawea is $1.13m, down 1% over the last 12 months. The number of houses sold has decreased by 116% over the last 12 months.
Happy sellers in Lake Hawea
Lake Hawea stands out for consistently delivering exceptional satisfaction and strong market results for homeowners.
This is based on voluntary sentiment collected from 53 reviews in Lake Hawea over the last 12 months.
Top agencies by market share
Over the 12 months Harcourts Wanaka have sold 35 properties, which accounts for 41% of the property sales in Lake Hawea. This is followed by Century 21 Wanaka with 19 property sales (22%) and Bayleys Wanaka at 17 property sales (20%).
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