About Sparrow Real Estate

 We're a down-to-earth agency designed for today's real estate market


We started Sparrow because we felt that we could improve a number of areas in the Brisbane real estate industry: 

Commission Rates, Marketing Costs, and Vendor Risk.

About Matthew Griffin

Honest, caring, understanding, knowledgeable and experienced, I am most-certainly passionate about property. With a successful background in the real estate industry since 2012, I understand that buying and selling property can be emotional and stressful at times, yet always an incredibly important milestone in people’s lives.

I pride myself on providing a highly personalised service to my clients, involving them in all aspects of the property process and believe I have a genuine ability to make the process of buying and selling homes as painless as possible. 

Having worked for a Jenman Accredited Agency between 2012 – 2015 and Place Estate Agents from 2015-2016, I believe this has given me a unique insight and a greater level of understanding into real estate practices and allows me to provide a more open, and honest level of service to my clients.

Fair Commission Rates

We believe that real estate fees in Brisbane are too high. Back in the 1990's, the average Brisbane house price was about $150,000. Agents generally charged 2.50% commission to sell a property.


Is it harder to sell a property now? Nope – in fact it's easier today, because we have the internet and sites like realestate.com.au.


The reality is that most of the 2.50% that you pay to an agent to sell your property goes back into maintaining the agency's overheads, the premium offices, the luxury vehicles.


At Sparrow, we want to break this trend of ever-increasing agent fees. By avoiding frivolous expenses and instead focusing our efforts on delivering better results for our clients, we can pass on lower fees and ultimately put more in your pocket when you sell.

High Quality, Appropriate Marketing

Quality marketing is absolutely important when it comes to marketing a property. However, agents are often quick to promote high-end, expensive marketing packages to vendors regardless of whether not the package is a smart fit for the property.

At Sparrow, we take particular care to ensure that the marketing strategy we use is a perfect and justifiable fit for the property being sold.
Free Appraisal

No Upfront Fees

When most people list their property for sale, they generally don't think about what would happen if it doesn't sell, or if they end up changing agents. There's nothing wrong with that, it's only natural to have an optimistic outlook when it comes to selling your property.


But time and time again we see vendors who have paid thousands in marketing that then expired because their property didn't sell as quickly as they expected.


With everything to gain, and nothing to lose - selling with Sparrow is a much less stressful experience! If you're thinking of selling, we'd love to talk to you about your property