Farm Real Estate has collected Victorian farm sales results and discussed issues with a number of rural real estate agents since 2000 who knows what makes the industry tick.
We have got to know the credible agents who are the best equipped to help farmers and rural property buyers locate suitable country properties.
Reading about their experiences in and their observations of the Victorian farm real estate industry is an education money can’t buy.
So now farmrealestate will post stories of credible rural agents so you can use their valuable insights to help you buy or sell rural or farm land in Victoria’s country property market.
Following is a story of another experienced and credible Victorian farm real estate agent that www.farmrealestate.com.au can vouch for because they serve their community with dedication.
Southern Grampians and Livestock Real Estate director Heath Templeton knows how to link clients looking to sell or buy farm real estate to a world wide market.
He said he has found social media provides benefits to his clients far beyond the old newspaper rural and farm real estate section advertising approach.http://www.sglrealestate.com.au
A facebook campaign to promote a recent 134ha (332 acre) Croxton East rural property auction startled even him when 97,604 people viewed it.
The SGLRE marketing team got plenty of response from the USA, United Kingdom as well as other international recognition to this post.
They believe the image that attracted the views portrayed Heath conducting the farm auction in his “office” that displayed the spectacular Grampians Mountains in the background.
Heath sells farm real estate across South West Victoria
Heath, 41, who is based in Hamilton, grew up on a grazing farm in south west Victoria at Tahara and has been a licensed rural real estate agent since 2005.
His rural and farm real estate listings come from within an area defined by the Grampians in the east, south east towards Mortlake then west along the Victorian coast to the South Australian border.
Farm and rural property types prevalent in Heath’s listings includes mainly cattle and sheep properties but there is also cropping land, dairy farms and timber plantations.
Farm real estate values have tripled in 5 years
Values of rural land from 2018 to 2022 had in cases doubled and tripled in Heath’s sales area depending on improvements, land qualities, low interest rates and higher returns.https://www.farmrealestate.com.au
In the previous 5 years Croxton and surrounding area rural property and farm land prices have increased depending on soil fertility and improvements.
Croxton and Croxton East districts have fertile soils and some farm land values have increased from around $3000 an acre up to $10,000 Heath says.
The facebook campaign auction sold for $7900 an acre and another nearby 125ha (almost 310 acres) farm sold for $8500 an acre.
Macarthur and Hawkesdale south of Hamilton is sheep and cattle grazing country that has increased to between $7000-$9000 an acre.
Merino and Coleraine and surrounding districts is considered prime grazing land that Heath has seen climb to between $6000-$8000 an acre depending on improvements.
Around Penshurst rural property values vary between $7000 and $8000 an acre if there are not too many rocky outcrops.
Inquiry for land for carbon storage has increased
One type of rural real estate that has recently attracted more inquiry in Heath’s sales area is country for carbon storage and timber plantations.
Property for sale in 700mm annual average rainfall zones that is suitable for timber plantations increases its value Heath said.
Plantation timber land in Heath’s sale area exists in pockets north east of Hamilton at Glenthompson, south west towards Heywood and near Branxholme.
(You can read more about Victorian land values and other dedicated rural real estate agents at Rural agents who make Victorian farm sales tick over.)
