Neil Jenman has been fairly vocal about his opposition to Auctions claiming that they only get lower prices for sellers.  In fact he lists 9 reasons why they get lower prices.  Jenman has claimed that he will and has bought at Auctions but he has never sold by Auction

Well it was with some shock that opening up Saturday’s edition of the Gold Coast Bulletin and I found Fox’s Real Estate, a fully fledged Jenman Approved agency  advertising 10 Clinton Street, Labrador as an auction for sale.

It all seems pretty hypocritical to me but is that really surprising?

Unfortunately this raises a few unanswered questions.

So is Jenman now Auction friendly? Are we about to see Jenman join the ranks of the Auction brigade?

Should the owner of this property be concerned that the agent selling their home actually believes that they will get less during this method?

Does anybody know any other Jenman Approved agencies conducting Auctions?

Will Today Tonight run a story on this change of heart ?

******************* UPDATE   13th of November *********************
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This site seems to have been around for well over a year but I have only just discovered it and thought that there must be plenty of others who have not stumbled across it yet. The website is www.jenman.org

The site owners are also conducting an adwords campaign to spread the word against Mr Jenman.
It is a collection of articles from numerous sources about Jenman and includes the parodies of the Jenman slogan “Promoting Himself in Real Estate” and one of Jenman’s pet quotes….. “Stay Safe – Don’t Sign Anything from a Jenman Agent”.
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In October I wrote a post about the Jenman System [read it here] and in particular the man himself. Apart from a smattering of press in the past few years he seems to have faded into insignificance.

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Now that we have entered tougher times for selling, is the Jenman System fading away? My view is yes. The rise of the Jenman System advocating that marketing a property (amongst other ideologies) actually brings down the value of a property is fast fading.
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Neil Jenman is passionate, he is also a smart cunning businessman. Take an Industry where eithics are questioned in some parts of the media and add a maverick and you have a human headline.
Neil Jenman is a smart man, maybe just too smart for his own boots! Having followed his views in real estate guides and through a hungry media I cannot help but see “tell them what they want to hear” come through in all he has to say.
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