What really makes great agents stay, beyond the commission split
Attracting high-performing agents is one challenge, but keeping them is another. Highland founder David Highland explains why culture, career development and a genuine pathway to ownership are becoming increasingly important in an industry where the traditional career ladder is changing.
WA proposes apartment buildings up to 20 storeys near train stations
Eight Perth train station precincts could accommodate apartment buildings of up to 20 storeys under proposed planning changes designed to unlock thousands of new homes, with developers and landowners being…
Habits of successful real estate agents
Experience and market knowledge can only take agents so far. The real difference between average performers and the…
Risk management vs insurance: What’s the difference?
As property managers, you might have heard a landlord say, "That's okay, I have insurance." While insurance is…
Property industry raises over $1 million for homelessness charity
More than 400 people across 57 teams took part in A Night Without Home, with funds from last…
Sharehouse tenancy rules are overdue for an update, researcher says
A Swinburne study of sharehouse renters argues current regulations don't fit shared living, with the ACT's reforms offered as a possible model for the rest of Australia.
The rental market is easing – but are we mistaking slower growth for progress?
As rental growth slows and conditions, Harcourts’ Karmen Costigan explains why affordability remains a challenge and what the changing market means for landlords, tenants and property managers.
Rental boom shifts back to capital cities as regional growth loses momentum
Capital city rents are rising more than twice as fast as those in regional Australia, as new data reveals a widening divide in rental growth despite improving availability.
Power with, not power over – Lisa Pennell on leadership beyond labels
Everyone wants to get to the top. Then you get there and wonder who you can talk to. Barry Plant CEO Lisa Pennell joins Samantha…
Can you teach trust? John Cunningham on hiring good people
What 2026’s BDM Summit Taught Us About Rent Roll Growth
A sold-out room, six very different speakers and one shared focus: rent roll growth. The 2026 BDM Summit looked beyond simply generating more leads to…
Dom Thurbon’s challenge to turn conference ideas into action
Owen White promoted to associate director at RWC Western Sydney
Six years after leaving a career in fitness, the industrial specialist has driven more than $368 million in sales across Western Sydney's M4 and M7…
Why some real estate teams outperform others – and what leaders can do differently
Great real estate teams don't just function, they thrive through connection, communication and collaboration. This piece explores how authentic relationships,…
Stop relaying offers – start actually negotiating them
Why passing numbers back and forth isn't negotiation, and what to ask buyers instead to…
You still have to be their person
My LinkedIn feed scored 36% human. What does that mean for agents trying to build…
Why the agents who double down now will win the recovery
Charles Tarbey says the toughest markets reward those who keep building stock while everyone else…
Buyer demand fell but buyers’ agents’ revenue didn’t budge
New index data shows 76% of buyers' agents have shifted to fixed fees, a structural…
Shorts
The legal AI boom is hiding a serious insurance problem
Generic legal AI tools are flooding the property market, but BuySecure co-founder Richard Bootle warns…
Using a brain to hold a pen
Model Context Protocol is reshaping real estate software by letting AI connect directly to CRMs,…
AI could change who controls the relationship between agents and buyers
A Harvard Business Review analysis suggests AI assistants acting on buyers' behalf could reshape real…
That’s so 2025 (and what to ask AI for instead)
In part two of the Transform XIV highlights, Samantha McLean retires four prompts she used…
How to build a single property website with ChatGPT
I gave ChatGPT 51 property photos and one prompt. Twenty-eight minutes later it handed back…
Complain to your AI (it’s the quickest way to a personal assistant)
Power with, not power over – Lisa Pennell on leadership beyond labels
Can you teach trust? John Cunningham on hiring good people
That’s so 2025 (and what to ask AI for instead)
The chatbot era is dead (and your AI is ready for a real job)
Why good people stay – Andrew McCann on culture and the panic hire
Elite Retreat
20 – 23 May 2028
Nusa Dua, Bali
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REIWA WA Awards for Excellence
Wed 11 Nov 2026
Perth, WA
Real Estate Institute of Western Australia
REIWA Christmas Cocktail Party
Thu 3 Dec 2026
Perth, WA
Real Estate Institute of Western Australia
REIWA Property Managers Christmas Event
Fri 11 Dec 2026
Perth, WA
Real Estate Institute of Western Australia
National Property Management Awards Gala
Sat 12 Dec 2026
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