After a successful first12 months of trading, Gympie Real Estate Agents John and Amanda Bambling celebrated the first birthday of Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au with chocolate cake and a cup of tea at their real estate agency office located on Bruce Highway, Gympie.  Balloons, signs, and lots of chocolate marked the milestone for John and Amanda Bambling, their 3 children David, Elizabeth and Sally, dedicated staff members Mike Ostwald and Melinda Meerman as well as clients and friends who dropped in during the day.

Reflecting on the past 12 months in business for Bambling Rural, John said ‘we are very pleased with how far we have come this year given the challenging market and world economic climate of recent times.’  He said ‘Although there have been some slow times, we still have sold over $20.4 million in property over the last year, which to me indicates that contrary to the negativity in the media and on the street, there are still buyers out there for sellers who are prepared to meet the market.’

John went on to say ‘In my experience I have seen that buyers become sellers and sellers become buyers eventually. He said’ I believe the secret to succeeding in a slower market is knowing who is buying and where their circumstances are at any given point. 

He said ‘This is the advantage of being in the industry for long enough to know where the buyers are and what type of property interests them.  Another advantage is intimate knowledge of the properties and the history of the area which comes from years of experience buying and selling real estate in the Gympie Region and being able to draw on years of repeat business and loyalty from former clients and associates.’

Analysis of Sales statistics released by Bambling Rural and gympierealestate.com.au show that in the last 12 months the properties sold reveal a market where families are downsizing to reduce commitments, investors are taking advantage of lower prices and better returns and the lifestyle market starting to move again taking advantage of  lower property prices and value for money compared with Coastal or Brisbane markets.  A Summary of Bambling Rural and gympierealestate.com.au’s sales statistics and demographics shows:

Top 4 Reasons for Selling

Downsizing to reduce commitments - 50%
Relocating Health and Lifestyle –  23%
Expanding Business Investments -  18%
Upsizing current home/lifestyle –  9%

Top 4 Reasons for Buying

Small acreage Investors from Coast and Brisbane – 30%
Expanding farm and business investment – 30%
Larger acreage for better farming returns – 20%
Relocating Health and lifestyle upsizing and downsizing – 20%   

In addition to these demographic factors, Bambling Rural and gympierealestate.com.au sales statistics show where the buyers for the last 12 months have been found:

Top 5 Sources for buyers

Agent Personal contacts/referral – 45.8%
Websites/internet -  25.2%
Qld Country Life – 12.5%
Signs –  8.3%
Walk ins Highway position  –  8.2%

John Bambling commented ‘Our sales statistics highlight an important message that is often lost when it comes to choosing an agent to market your property.  Number one is experience and knowledge your agent has of the people and the area and number two is a dominant online presence when it comes to sourcing the right buyer for your property.’

John and Mike went on to say ‘Often times it is the offer of free advertising cited as reason for choosing one agent over another. We believe, there is a lot more to it as can be seen, the majority of our sales result from personal contacts and referral, our website and online presence.  The remainder of buyers being sourced through the Qld Country Life, signs on properties and Walk-ins from Bruce Highway. ‘

John and Mike agreed that ‘The same goes for open versus exclusive listings.  Everybody in the industry knows an open listing may generate more enquiry, however, does not necessarily translate to a sale or a better price.  Time, attention and motivation in a competitive market makes sure that exclusive listings get exclusive attention.  Our own sales statistics supports this showing that exclusive listings represented 64% of the value of our sales for the last year.

For more information on listing, advertising and selling Gympie real estate with Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au contact 07 5482 3666, via email on Bamblingrural@gympierealestate.com.au, visit our website on www.gympierealestate.com.au or drop in to see us on Bruce Highway, Gympie (next to pizza hut). Or visit our new websites:

www.bamblingrural.com.au
www.gympieruralrealestate.com.au
www.gympiefarmsonline.com.au

Registered Trademark gympierealestate.com.au
March Makeover – Bringing More Gympie Real Estate Buyers and Sellers Together Online

Gympie Real Estate Agents, John and Amanda Bambling, owners of Bambling Rural and gympierealestate.com.au in Gympie have recently revamped their unique trademarked gympierealestate.com.au online real estate agency with a new modern look to complement their Gympie rural real estate business Bambling Rural.

gympierealestate.com.au has been trading on line and in Gympie since 2000 being a well known real estate agency specialising in residential and commercial property in the Gympie Region. Amanda and John Bambling in 2010 purchased the business, business name and website as a valuable asset to their other real estate agency Bambling Rural, specialising in selling farms and rural properties in the Gympie Region.

John said ‘We thought it was time for a makeover of gympierealestate.com.au and to let people know that Yes, in addition to our successful rural real estate business Bambling Rural, we also have a residential and commercial arm to our business. By revamping the gympierealestate.com.au logo and bringing it to the fore, we aim to ramp up this side of the business’.

Amanda went on to say ‘Gympierealestate.com.au is a simple and unique brand which is very effective when used in all aspects of marketing residential and commercial property in Gympie, particularly because it is easy to remember and it stands out. This is what is needed if homes are to stand out from the crowd in this very competitive residential market at the moment.’

John and Amanda believe that the success of gympierealestate.com.au is due to its consistently prominent and leading position on the internet and via google search results for people looking for Gympie Real Estate online.

Amanda said ‘The internet is used by approximately 80% of people searching for real estate in the Gympie Region and accounts for approximately 65% of our enquiry for properties sold to buyers outside of the Gympie area.‘

Amanda went on to say ‘The remaining enquiry and sales come from other sources such as personal referrals, our prominent highway position and our signs which attract attention when placed strategically on properties for sale.’

‘However, we believe our trademark gympierealestate.com.au website is by far the single most effective marketing tool for our vendors to advertise their properties on the internet, when it comes to what works and value for money.’ Amanda said.

For the first time offered in Gympie, John and Amanda Bambling have also decided to extend the use of gympierealestate.com.au trademark website to others who want to sell their property privately without an agent. For a small monthly fee of $35 private sellers can list and advertise their property on gympierealestate.com.au to access the huge benefits of advertising online.’

John Bambling said ‘Although most people recognise the benefit of engaging experienced real estate agents to sell their property, there are people who prefer to do it themselves and gympierealestate.com.au gives those people access to a much larger pool of buyers.’

John went on to say, ‘Of course, for our valued clients who engage Bambling Rural and gympierealestate.com.au as real estate agents, advertising their property via our trademark website is free and part of our overall service in marketing their property effectively’.

For more information on listing, advertising and selling Gympie real estate with gympierealestate.com.au contact Bambling Rural and gympierealestate.com.au on 07 5482 3666, via email on info@gympierealestate.com.au , visit our website on www.gympierealestate.com.au, or drop in to see us on Bruce Highway, Gympie (next to pizza hut). Or visit our other websites:

www.bamblingrural.com.au
www.gympieruralrealestate.com.au
www.gympiefarmsonline.com.au

There are good signs that the Gympie Real Estate market is starting to move with Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au reporting an increase in sales at the top and bottom end of the market in recent months, with properties priced from around $350,000 to $900,000 remaining steady.  The good news is there are definitely signs of a brighter outlook for the new year.  

Since starting business in April 2010 Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au has sold $18.1 million of properties in the Gympie region.  These properties have mostly been small vacant acreage blocks up to $265,000 and large rural farms and properties over $900,000.  

John Bambling said “The types of properties that buyers are looking at are the cheaper priced lifestyle blocks to build their own home, or long term investment opportunities in the larger rural properties with the major attraction being so close to the coast and to Brisbane.”  

When asked about the long term outlook of the Gympie Real Estate market, John went on to say “Real Estate in the Gympie Region will always be an attractive investment being so relatively cheap when compared with other regions nearby such as Cooroy, Maleny and Buderim.  These towns are really so close to Gympie, yet Gympie still is the best value and best kept secret of the southeast.”  

John said “The market has certainly slowed in recent times, however, once all of the bad news is out the way, I am confident things will start to improve.  You only have to look at the housing shortage in Qld and the number of people moving to Queensland from other states as well as Governments printing money all over the western world.” 

Mike Ostwald agreed saying ‘This must increase the value of land because you might be able to print more money but you can’t make more land. Every time governments start printing money two things go up, the price of gold and the price of land.  I would encourage buyers now is an excellent time to buy to maximise value for the dollar particularly in these uncertain times.” 

John and Mike also would like to say a big thank you and happy Christmas to all of their loyal clients – “it is because of these people that we are able to do what we do at Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au”. 

The office on the Bruce Highway will be shut from Saturday 25^th December through to Tuesday 4 January 2011, however, John and Mike will be available for inspections over that period by prior appointment. Please do not hesitate to call John on 0418 715 165 or Mike on 0429 008 491 for all enquiries over the holiday period. 

Best wishes from all of us for a safe and fun festive season from John, Mike, Amanda, Melinda and Melissa.

Huge Price Reduction

Macadamias and Cattle

608 Acres in 3 Freehold Adjoining Titles 25kms North East of Gympie 25 mins Beach

* 15,000 producing Macadamias * Prime pastures carrying 100 breeders * 4 water licences * creek access and 2 dams (one 450 megs) * high rainfall region * Numerous sheds and full inventory of

Machinery * As new stylish brick open plan homestead * plus second 3 bedroom timber home

Vendors purchased elsewhere

Priced to Sell $3m 

John Bambling 0418 715 165

More info here

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Exceptional Living

 150 Fertile Acres at Lower Wonga

• 65 acres under fully automated solid set irrigation • 8 Ha water license, permanent creek, well

• 5 meg dam • Steel cattleyards, machinery shed, lock up garage • 2 x 24 pallet cold rooms

• 15 x 10 pack white room • Executive style homestead, 4 bedrooms, office, ensuite, spa bath

• Ducted air-con, open plan living • Inground pool, covered, tiled outdoor entertaining area

$1,450,000

Mike Ostwald 0429 008 491 John Bambling 0418 715 165

More info here

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Rangeview’ 685 Acres Rare Opportunity to Acquire a Renowned

Fattening Property in the Tightly Held

Barambah District of the South Burnett

45 mins Kingaroy & Gympie 2 hrs Toowoomba * Top quality grazing country with high open forest plus fertile creek flats * Fully fenced into 3 grazing + 5 horse paddocks * Timber stockyards * vet bail * calf cradle * loading ramp *Creek, dams, bore and rainwater tanks * Very liveable solar powered 3 bed home * Extra income possible from quality ironbark timber

Auction: Friday 17th December at 10am

Gympie Muster Inn Bruce Highway Gympie

WILL BE SOLD, SOLE OWNER/OPERATOR RETIRING

Mike Ostwald 0429 008 491 John Bambling 0418 715 165

 More info here

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In the pouring rain with only the truly dedicated farmers and bargain hunters attending a recent clearing sale at Glen Echo, Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au raised a total of $1,653 for the Brainchild Foundation by running a sausage sizzle and canteen. 

The Brainchild Foundation is a charitable organisation established in 2010 by a group of medical professionals, dedicated parents and friends of children who are affected by brain and spinal cord tumours.  The clearing sale was held by Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au in conjunction with Sullivan’s Livestock and Rural Services and was attended by approximately 250 people.  Over $125,000 worth of farm machinery was sold on the day to both local farmers and others who had travelled as far as Yarraman to attend. 

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The canteen for the sale was organised by Amanda Bambling of Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au specifically to raise funds for the Brainchild Foundation providing a sausage sizzle, sandwiches, cake and drinks for those attending the sale. 

Amanda and John Bambling of Bambling Rural recently made the decision to sponsor Brainchild Foundation as their charity of choice and to help with raising awareness and fundraising activities in their local community to help beat childhood brain tumours and to ensure better tomorrows for affected children.   

Amanda Bambling said ‘After much research, it became clear that the Brainchild Foundation was the only organisation in Australia that specifically raises funds for research into causes and treatments of childhood brain tumours as well as providing support to affected children and their families’.  

‘Brainchild provides a much needed resource for families to go to for financial assistance while their child is in hospital as well as providing scholarships for tutors to assist children with any learning difficulties resulting from treatment for their tumours.’ 

Amanda went on to say ‘We have a wonderful community here in Gympie and the surrounding districts, made clear by the overwhelming generosity towards our fundraiser which included an effort to fill a giant whisky bottle with small change.

We couldn’t believe how many people put notes instead of change in the bottle in support of Brainchild, and we thank all of those people who donated so generously.’ She also said ‘For all of those people wondering how we were going to get the notes out of the bottle without breaking it, we found a wire coat hanger did the trick!’ 

‘We would also like to thank those very special people of our community who volunteered their time to help for such a good cause without whom it all would not happen.  A big thank you to the star helpers, Sonia Lynch, Kellie Nalder, Melinda Meerman, Melissa Payne, Tom Bambling, Edward Bambling and Neil Sharpe who served the hungry crowd with sausages and sandwiches regardless of the wind and rain.  A big thank you also to Geoff Buckley Butcher, Stewart Terrace Gympie for donating 100 delicious beef sausages for the day. ‘ 

‘In total we raised $1,653 which included proceeds from the canteen, fill the bottle donations and proceeds donated from a tractor slasher and a solar hot water system sold at the clearing sale, which Bambling Rural has forwarded to the Brainchild Foundation.’Amanda said. 

For more information about Brainchild and how you can help contact Amanda Bambling on 0408 846 140 or visit the website at www.brainchild.org.au.

Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au proudly sponsors The Brainchild Foundation as their charity of choice. We are committed to raising awareness and conducting fundraising activities in our local community to help beat childhood brain tumours and to ensure better tomorrows for affected children.
The Brainchild Foundation is the only organisation in Australia that specifically raises funds for research into causes and treatments of childhood brain tumours as well as providing support to affected children and their families.  For more information about Brainchild and how you can help contact Amanda Bambling on 0408 846 140 or visit the website at www.brainchild.org.au

The Brainchild Foundation
info@brainchild.org.au
www.brainchild.org.au 
Suite 2, Level 5, Mater Private Clinic
550 Stanley Street, South Brisbane, QLD 4101

$8.1 million Properties SOLD , $1.05 million UNDER CONTRACT for June 2010  

After 2 months of trading Bambling Rural gympierealesate.com.au has sold over $8.1 million dollars worth of real estate with a further $1.05 million under contract for the month of June. 

Properties sold by Agent Mike Ostwald of Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au for the month of June include a beautiful home and rural property located at Theebine (25 minutes North Gympie), a large cotton and irrigation property located in the Theodore Moura area, a professional commercial complex at Noosa Junction and 2 one and half acre vacant blocks at Chatsworth (5 minutes North of Gympie). 

Mike Ostwald said “I was very pleased to be able to bring the vendors and buyers together on these properties after sitting down and having a good chat about what their prospective plans were”.  Getting to the bottom of what people are about and where they are headed whether buying or selling can really make the difference in matching the right property with the right person. “There are always people looking to buy and sell property regardless of the market as circumstances are always changing for people, whether relocating for work, retiring, or looking for an investment for the future.”  

Mike went on to say “What we are finding at the moment is that buyers are both price sensitive and reluctant to commit to a purchase without the security of having sold their own property and/or being in the position to cover repayments on borrowings.” 

 “People have been hurt and are still hurting from the aftermath of the global financial crisis and are much more conservative in their approach to buying real estate.  It just means we have to work harder to maintain and build trust with both vendors and buyers alike to achieve the best outcome for our clients” Mike said. 

John Bambling of Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au is also negotiating a a number of contracts between people at the moment.  He said “I agree with Mike, there are definitely people looking for all types of property at the moment, and it is just a matter of being on the ground talking to people and finding out who is out there and finding the right property for them.”  

John said “It seems basic, but sometimes it is just a matter of sitting down and having a cup of tea or a beer with people to find out whats happening in people’s lives and where they are at.  I have always enjoyed doing business that way and gain a lot of pleasure out of meeting a wide range of people from all walks of life.” 

For more information about Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au services contact Agent John Bambling on 0418 715 165, or Agent Mike Ostwald on 0429 008 491. Or drop in to our office on the Bruce Highway, Next to Pizza Hut, Gympie, Qld, 4570.

Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au Launches New Website on 28 May  2010 

After the successful launch of the new family owned and operated gympie real estate agency in April 2010, Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au launched their new, modern and user friendly website gympierealestate.com.au on 28 May 2010.

As part of the purchase of the real estate agency and premises, John and Amanda Bambling also purchased the domain name gympierealestate.com.au in April 2010 building on 10 years of successful marketing via the internet attracting buyers locally, interstate and overseas looking for real estate in the gympie region via the very popular and well established website gympierealestate.com.au. 

John and Amanda sought the professional services of graphic designer Jeanette Maynes of Design House to update the website to reflect their new corporate brand of Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au with the aim of creating a modern, relevant and easy to use website to further promote Gympie real estate and the region. 

“In redeveloping our website, we wanted to make it personal by using images from our own farm and information about the experience and background of our team to provide visitors to our website an insight into the people who make up Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au.

“In the same spirit, we also wanted to provide information about related services in the Gympie region when buying real estate to people outside of our local area, and people from interstate and overseas with little or no knowledge of the local area.” Amanda said.

John said “We have had an overwhelmingly positive response from our clients and buyers looking for property for sale in the Gympie region on our website, which has translated in to a contract for sale for one of our clients and a substantial number of enquiries for other properties listed on our website.”  

We invite you to visit our website and would love to hear your personal feedback.  To visit us go to gympierealestate.com.au which will take you straight to our home page.

For more information about Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au services contact Agent John Bambling on 0418 715 165. Or drop in to our office on the Bruce Highway, Next to Pizza Hut, Gympie, Qld, 4570.

From employees to business owners, John and Amanda Bambling are now the proud new owners of Bambling Rural – gympierealestate.com.au. 

The office, which formerly housed Ray White Rural and gympierealestate.com.au is located on the Bruce Highway right next to Pizza Hut and is now complete with a new corporate image plus modern and relevant rebranding of the old identity.  

Long time clients of the business will be pleased to find the same friendly faces of rural property specialists John Bambling and Mike Ostwald. You will find them in the same location but with a change of ownership and a totally new look and feel. 

Amanda Bambling (Johns’ wife) is Principal and Licensee while the experience of Melinda Meerman joins the team as office manager. John and Mike were formerly employed by Ray White Rural Gympie and Amanda Bambling was formerly with gympierealestate.com.au.   

Amanda noted, ‘In creating our new business image, we wanted to retain the gympierealestate.com.au name to include its strong and well regarded affiliation with residential and commercial property as part of our business whilst at the same time incorporate Bambling Rural into the business providing a strong rural focus to reflect the region we live in and to take full advantage of the many years of expertise John and Mike already have in rural property sales.’  

Amanda also mentioned. ‘Our rebranding combines the formerly separate rural and residential real estate agencies to reflect the fact that now we sell all types of real estate including rural, residential, businesses and commercial property throughout the Gympie region.’ 

The real estate office provides clients with a prime position on the Bruce Highway giving maximum exposure for your property to both local and north and south bound traffic. 

The former owner built the building almost 30 years ago and has operated successful real estate agencies from it ever since. John Bambling, who has been operating out of the building as a specialist rural consultant for the past 7 years said ‘we have wanted to open our own real estate business for some time, but like any real estate purchase, we wanted to wait for a premises in the right position to operate from because this is a long term venture for us.’  

John also said, ‘We love Gympie, the people and the rural community we live in and are very proud to market and promote the outstanding real estate of our region.’ 

When asked about Bambling Rural’s future plans Amanda said, ‘Our long term business goals are to combine the strong people connection and experience of John and Mike in rural real estate and the strong residential and commercial connections of the former gympierealestate.com.au business built up over many years to make Bambling Rural – gympierealestate.com.au the premier real estate agency in the Gympie region. 

We believe the experience and expertise of our team combined with our prime position right on the highway and our superior internet marketing via our gympierealestate.com.au website will help us achieve that goal.  

Amanda said, ‘We are very excited about the future and already have had an overwhelming positive response to our new business venture. 

Amanda and John would also like to thank all of those people who have supported us and helped us to get to the point we are at now and we look forward to continuing to serve the people who make up the rich fabric of our community.’

Snapshot of the People who Make up Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au

John Bambling 

Born and bred Gunalda, north of Gympie, John has more than 21 years experience selling rural real estate in the Gympie region as well as being the fourth generation of farmers and cattle producer’s on his own property north of gympie.  John started selling real estate at Dalgetys when he was 24 years old, moving on to Washington Developments and then to operate his own property development business completing and marketing several semi-rural subdivisions near Tewantin and Cooroy for a period of 5 years. After completing those projects John worked for Ray White Rural Gympie for a further 7 years before commencing his own business Bambling Rural gympierealestate.com.au on 15 April 2010. John lives and breathes real estate and is passionate about rural living and bringing people together to share in the lifestyle. 

Amanda Bambling 

Born and bred in Goondiwindi Amanda has over 10 years experience managing their farming and cattle business at Gunalda, Amanda loves working with people and property in the rural sector.  Amanda’s previous work history includes the last two years selling residential and commercial property with Gympie Real Estate. Before moving to Gympie to marry John Amanda worked for local and state governments in research, policy and marketing.  Amanda is half way through a psychology degree studying externally through the University of Southern Qld and also manages her own property investment portfolio.  She believes that it is the experience of her team that counts for successfully selling real estate in the gympie region. 

Mike Ostwald

Born and bred on a dairy farm, Mike owned and operated rural properties in Monto for 17 years before moving to Gympie where he had over 12 years experience selling real estate in the Gympie region and north western Qld. Mike has a passion for the Gympie region, being descendent from some of the first settlers moving to Gympie during the Gold Rush to mine gold.  He is a true bushy at heart.  In recent years he owned and operated a thriving tourist business in the Northern Territory before returning to his property just outside of Gympie in 2007 to continue his passion for real estate in the Gympie region. 

We love Gympie, we love the people and our community and are passionate about marketing and promoting the real estate in our region.  We believe there is so much more to Gympie than the town itself, the ultimate in bush and beach lifestyle surrounded by rural farming communities and rolling hills yet so close to Rainbow Beach, Fraser Island, Tin Can Bay, Noosa, Sunshine Coast and Brisbane.  There is something for everyone in Gympie, and we want everyone to know about it. 

For more information contact us today!