With experience in over 6,000 property transaction we are the most experienced selling partnership in the Manawatu, backed by the largest real estate franchise company in the world.

Few realtors have the credentials better equipped to give real estate advice than John.

When John and Michelle van Lienen sold their award-winning real estate agency JVL Prestige Realty in 2014, they chose to go back to selling real estate at the coalface.

John and Michelle’s innovative reputation is well known to the Manawatu and has seen them constantly achieve benchmark results for their clients and the property market in the region.

Looking back, John says he is proud of the fact he has recruited and developed many of today’s leading real estate people.

The same can be said about their team, made up of Licensed Sales Assistant Kristen Lowndes who works alongside Michelle and John to provide a formidable team.

John is the most experienced real estate auctioneer in the Manawatu and a former two-time Australasian Auctioneer of the Year for the Real Estate Results Network, and selected as a judge of the REINZ NZ Auctioneer of the Year. He has conducted thousands of auctions and has a distinct auctioneer’s patter people like with his livestock sale yard auctioneering background.

Giving back has always been a part of John’s DNA. For ten years he was an active Real Estate Institute of New Zealand committee member for the Manawatu-Whanganui region.

His sporting passion lead him back to his football roots to become a board member of Young Heart Manawatu Football Club and help get them back into National League status. In recent years, the position of chairman of the board for Bike Manawatu.

John also enjoys commentating the annual UCI International cycling event The Gravel and Tar Classic as well as his weekly Real Estate News and Interviews show on Facebook.

Real estate is in John’s blood and together with Michelle their journey has been remarkable. They are high-energy people with a humble respect. Their reputation and experience to sell property with a high level of integrity is a breath of fresh air for clients in all economic climates and their results speak for themselves.

Our experience, market knowledge, enthusiasm and proven results have been the difference between our clients selling their property often for above market value and in the shortest possible timeframe so they can move on with their lives, versus people waiting a longer time to sell and often for a price that is under their expectation.

We are proud of our Team JVL reputation and results. We are passionate real estate professionals who will work solely on your property to provide you with a personalised service through all levels of the marketing and selling processes until sold. We can’t wait to introduce you to our exceptional team of licensed sales and marketing assistant Kristen Lowndes and personal assistant Tracy Eagles.

The benefit to you: A truly team-focused approach to selling your property, versus an agent with a personal assistant working in a large group of people with varying experience spread across on a large number of properties. Our long-standing 5,000 strong client base and referral network of people is a continual source of potential buyers and sellers we know and have conducted business with over time.

We have ongoing access to qualified buyers and a referral network for your property that other agents don’t have access to.

For higher-end residential and lifestyle property, we hold the dominant market share of properties sold in the Palmerston North area.