Earlier this month, our very own Director Amber Werchon was approached by The REIQ for a mini-series they were reporting about; Five Women Bossing it In Real Estate.
Women Working In Real Estate
Nearly 40 years ago, men made up almost 80%1 of all sales agents in real estate. 20 years later, that number was down to 67%2. Today, it’s just 53.5%3. Suffice to say, real estate is no longer a boy’s club. Women are breaking down barriers and achieving unbridled success in the property game. The REIQ took the time to reach out to five of Queensland’s most prominent real estate women. And yes, it was painfully difficult narrowing down the shortlist to just five. In our opinion, there are hundreds across the State who are absolutely ‘bossing it’.
Among them is the multi-award-winning, business-owning mother of three, Amber Werchon.
A Born Salesperson
As the daughter of a car salesman, Werchon made her first sale in the schoolyard, aged six. “Later I worked in retail and did well in that, so it was obvious to me I should work in sales,” she says. “And houses are the biggest thing to sell.” Werchon started in real estate aged 17 as a receptionist. She did her registration course and began selling aged 18 when a sales position became available. “My passion was to sell, and I knew I wasn’t old enough but I was willing to do anything to get in the door,” she says.
“As an 18-year-old, agents told me I’d be eaten up by the industry.”
From there, Werchon set out on a rapid upwards trajectory. At 20 she won REIQ Rookie Salesperson of the Year, and a year later won REIQ’s People’s Choice Award. At 22 she won REIQ Salesperson of the Year for Sunshine Coast, and in the following three years won the same award for Queensland. Then at 26, Werchon launched her own agency: Amber Werchon Property. Six years later, the business won REIQ Medium Residential Agency of the Year. Two years after that, Werchon received the accolade she remains the most proud of: being featured on Financial Review’s Fast 100 list for 2016. “It’s all industries, it’s national, and it’s nothing to do with the individual – just how the business is performing,” she says. “I was chuffed about that one.”
The biggest highlight of all though? “Meeting my husband and having three beautiful boys.”
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