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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Caitlin Cassidy

Handwritten notes, door-knocking, recipes: real estate agents turn ‘desperate’ across Australia

A flyer that looks handwritten delivered to along a Sydney street is one method real estate agents are using to lure sellers.
A flyer that looks handwritten delivered along a Sydney street is one method real estate agents are using to lure sellers. Photograph: Kristin O'Connell

The first time Neha Samar received a handwritten note in her letterbox asking if she would be willing to sell her home, she threw it in the bin and forgot about it. The third time she received a similar note, it felt “creepy”.

Samar has lived in her Shepparton property, north-east of Melbourne, since 2018, but this is the first year real estate agents have come knocking.

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