Zango is Canberra’s largest locally owned and operated property portal, invested in, built and backed by Canberra’s biggest real estate brands. Zango’s network of real estate specialists cover Canberra and the surrounding areas from top to bottom and no one knows our own backyard like Zango.
Zango’s industry-owned model enables an unrivalled perspective and insight on Canberra’s real estate scene. The most trusted real estate brands with decades of industry knowledge and experience working together to provide your single source of expert opinion to give buyers and sellers confidence and the complete picture when it comes to their most significant asset. Plus, it’s all at a price point that delivers exceptional value.
Tell us about the people behind Zango.
The “people” behind Zango are the local real estate industry – large, small, established or boutique agency brands all united right across the region. Our people represent thousands of years of combined industry, agency and agent experience focussed on results and better value.
One of these is Col McIntyre from McIntyre Property, who says Zango’s stakeholders are united in a common goal “to provide Canberra with a cost effective, locally owned, easy to use real estate website”.
What was the inspiration for starting Zango?
It seems the common expectation is that “everything” should cost you more these days, even for services whose products haven’t necessarily changed over the years.
Canberrans invest significantly in their property journey and Zango wants to ensure that vendors get the absolute best return on that investment when it comes time to sell.
Zango proves it is possible to get great industry knowledge and experience and get great results for great value. That it simply shouldn’t cost you the earth to sell your piece of land, and you can win the property game come auction day.
According to Mr McIntyre, “the biggest driver was to support Canberra and the local region with their own local website, keeping the profits within our community. Zango has also created competition within Canberra’s real estate website market, therefore there is no longer a monopoly in this space.”
Holly Komorowski, Principal of home.by holly agrees. “A desire to give industry and consumers choice,” she explains.
What services does Zango provide to Canberra?
Looking to sell or lease? Zango has the knowledge, experience and reach to get your best result.
Looking to buy or rent? Zango has Canberra covered to find your ideal place to belong.
Auction results and industry news to keep you fully informed on your asset or area of interest.
“Zango offers everything just like any other portal in real estate at a cost which is reasonable to vendors and landlords with such great value,” says Troy Thompson, Director, LJ Hooker Gungahlin.
What are your core values as a business?
Trust, knowledge, reputation, community, and success are just a few values that ensure we get the best outcomes for buyers and sellers.
For sellers, it is getting results. That Zango’s united industry-owned focus provides an incredible advantage. This, combined with decades of personal experience and industry knowledge, comes with the reliability and trust vendors need to get the result they want.
For buyers and renters, it’s about connecting people with their ideal place to belong in Canberra and its surrounding areas. No one knows our own backyard like Zango’s network of agencies and agents.
“We’re a locally owned portal that supports locally owned businesses, communities and sporting teams,” Mr Thompson says.
Why is Canberra important to Zango?
The real estate industry is a significant factor in Canberra’s prosperity. A healthy real estate industry is a healthy Canberra: employment and thousands of jobs; supporting contractors and third parties (photographers, videographers, stylists, media outlets); sponsorships, community and clubs support.
Zango is “locally owned, locally operated and supports our local economy and keeping business within Canberra”, says Ms Komorowski.
United, we can positively impact the street, suburb, community in which we choose to live.
What are Zango’s goals?
The local real estate industry is invested in Zango in more ways than one to ensure that after three years, we’re continually driven by results and our goal to continue providing Canberrans with choice and a better value way of selling and searching real estate.
What has been your biggest highlight so far?
“Things are getting tough financially in households,” says Mr Thompson, “and having a portal that is great value like Zango can give the consumer confidence and will deliver.”
For Ms Komorwski, it’s about results. The agency recently achieved a record sale in Giralang for a property that attracted 40 buyer groups through the first open home. It sold prior to auction in the first week, smashing the previous suburb record by $500,000.
The results speak for Mr McIntyre, too. “Collectively, as an office we have successfully sold well over 600 properties using only Zango for the local marketplace, saving our vendors thousands of dollars in unnecessary marketing costs whilst still achieving an excellent result for them,” he says.
What does the next 12 months look like?
With current market conditions, now more than ever you need an experienced hand to provide real and relevant guidance and advice. Someone you can build a trusted partnership with to see you along your successful selling or searching real estate journey.
“With Zango now having proved itself as a significant player in the Canberra real estate market, I can honestly recommend Zango to our vendors and landlords knowing the buyers/tenants are across all three real estate websites,” Mr McIntyre says.
“So, I suggest speaking with an agent who gives you every advertising option before selling or leasing your home.”
Get in touch
If you’re selling, ask your agent about the benefits of selling with Zango or visit zango.com.au
