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Win the listing before you walk in (and be the most interesting agent in the lounge room)

Coach Claudio Encina joined Samantha McLean at Transform XIV to show how he shapes a listing appointment before, during and after the moment – and how AI now does the prep.

How Jaidyn Brown lined up buyers before a Bella Vista campaign launched
Agent Stories

How Jaidyn Brown lined up buyers before a Bella Vista campaign launched

Jaidyn Brown matched buyers to a Bella Vista house before relaunching it, using an auction deadline and post-auction negotiation to reach $1,990,000.

Eli Zhang's preparation-first approach sells Crawley apartment in under a week
Agent Stories

Eli Zhang’s preparation-first approach sells Crawley apartment in under a week

Eli Zhang of Shellabears says a deep clean, AI-staged photos and a location three minutes' walk from UWA…

The $2.44 million bedroom: What buyers are paying for extra space
Industry News

The $2.44 million bedroom: What buyers are paying for extra space

A fourth bedroom could cost buyers as little as $60,000 in one Melbourne suburb or an extraordinary $2.44…

WA proposes apartment buildings up to 20 storeys near train stations
Industry News

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…

Sharehouse tenancy rules are overdue for an update, researcher says
Industry News

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.

Features

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.

Property Management

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.

Elite Agent TV

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…

Features

Why good agents resist change – and what great leaders do differently

Features

The problem with the one-agent-does-it-all model

Elite Agent TV

Can you teach trust? John Cunningham on hiring good people

Real Estate Agent Events

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…

News

Chelsea Pottenger’s practical resets for a more sustainable working day

Real Estate Agent Events

Dom Thurbon’s challenge to turn conference ideas into action

News

Quinn Darragh’s three questions for moving through setbacks

Franchise News

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…

Industry News

Data centres leapfrog offices and warehouses as $18.3bn construction pipeline takes shape

Industry News

Commercial property sales jump 21 per cent, but rate hikes threaten recovery

Commercial

Why lease expiry talks should start well before the deadline

Why some real estate teams outperform others – and what leaders can do differently

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,…

Contributor

Stop relaying offers – start actually negotiating them

Why passing numbers back and forth isn't negotiation, and what to ask buyers instead to…

Contributor

You still have to be their person

My LinkedIn feed scored 36% human. What does that mean for agents trying to build…

Managing Editor

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…

Contributor

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…

Contributor

Shorts

AI & Technology
Gen Z Agents Are Turning Listing Tours Into TikTok Skits

When property listings become TikTok comedy

Gen Z real estate agents are reinventing property marketing by turning listing tours into TikTok…

The legal AI boom is hiding a serious insurance problem

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…