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INDUSTRY NEWS
Renovate now, pay later adds thousands to properties sale price
A renovate now, pay later home preparation company is helping real estate agents and their vendors achieve hundreds of thousands of dollars above their initial appraisal price.
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Real Estate News
Property values fall in majority of house and unit markets
Almost 80 per cent of Australia’s house and unit markets are now in decline.
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Real Estate News
Top tips to clean up a flood damaged home
Television lifestyle presenter and Rochester resident Walt Collins has offered some critical tips on where to start a home cleanup after a flood.
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Real Estate News
Agents rally in Victorian floods to help clients
Real estate agents across Victoria are counting the cost of the devastating floods that have gripped the state, with some still unclear on the exact amount of damage.
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Real Estate News
Useful real estate links and articles for flood-affected regions
Articles and links, which are designed to assist real estate professionals before, during and after a natural disaster event.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
New Propic AI seeks to generate more leads and save agents time
PropTech innovator, Propic has reinvented its Artificial Intelligence technology, with a trio of revamped products aimed at meeting real estate consumers’ demands for 24/7 service, giving agents more time in their day and generating leads with outbound prospecting.
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Real Estate News
Laing+Simmons appoints new head of property management
Laing+Simmons has appointed a Head of Property Management for the first time to lead its new in-house property management training program to build property managers’ skills and stop the ‘churn and burn’ typically associated with the industry.
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Real Estate News
Mitch Armstrong appointed as OBrien Real Estate’s first CEO
OBrien Real Estate has a new Chief Executive Officer, with Mitch Armstrong joining the Victorian brand with a clear vision to lead the industry in agent and client experience.
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Real Estate News
New program to unblock local housing backlog
The NSW Government has announced an $11.5 million Unblocking Homes Program that will help fast-track the delivery of tens of thousands of homes tied up in local council red tape.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
What Dale Atkin wants you to know about surviving the Bali bombings
October is a month that’s filled with both positive and negative memories for Dale Atkin.
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
The rise of the renter’s agent
Real estate agent, property manager, buyer’s agent - and now there’s an increasing number of agents building careers as renter’s agents.
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Real Estate News
Rental stock levels well below five-year average
Rental stock levels are more than 35 per cent below the five-year average and growth in annual rents has broken into double digits for the first time on record, new figures show.
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WEIRD AND WONDERFUL
The latest tech gadgets real estate could use
If there’s one thing real estate agents don’t have a lot of, it’s time. Productivity is key to a successful career, and there’s a few new tech gadgets that might help in that department. Take a look.
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Real Estate News
Sydney vacancy rates hit the lowest on record
Sydney's vacancy rate has dropped to a record low of 1.1 per cent, with the number of available rental properties more than halving in the past year.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Sydney’s ‘Rainbow House’ to go under the hammer
One of Sydney’s most recognisable houses, a two-storey Enmore terrace painted in rainbow stripes in support of the 2017 same-sex yes vote, will go to auction on Saturday, October 8.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Damian Collins ends REIWA presidential term proud of the industry’s achievements
Damian Collins’ four-year term as Real Estate Institute of Western Australia president will come to an end on October 13.
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Real Estate News
Rents rise at fastest quarterly pace on record
Rents have risen at the fastest quarterly pace on record, soaring 4.3 per cent nationally in the three months to September.
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Real Estate News
Falling property prices contribute to drop in household wealth
Household wealth has fallen for the first time in more than two years, with $484 billion being wiped off in the June quarter.
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Real Estate News
New Zealand estate from Lord of the Rings for sale
A stunning country estate towards the bottom of New Zealand’s north island, where scenes from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed, is on the market for US$5.2 million.
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Real Estate News
RBA takes more moderate approach with 0.25 per cent cash rate increase
After a series of bullish interest rate hikes in recent months, the Reserve Bank of Australia has tempered its approach, increasing the cash rate by 25 basis points at its October meeting today.
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Real Estate News
Loss-making resales have started to rise as property downturn continues
The Australian property market has peaked and turned downwards, with the number of loss-making transactions starting to rise.
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National
Property price falls moderate as spring activity increases
Property prices across the country were widespread in September, but the pace of falls moderated significantly, with the national median value of a home in Australia now at $752,000.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Controversial Queensland land tax shelved
The Queensland Government has shelved its controversial land tax, with the state’s peak real estate body saying the decision is the right one to make.
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Sean Carpenter: How to be an agent for life
When Sean Carpenter describes good customer service, he doesn’t relate a real estate story. Instead, the Coldwell Banker sales associate says the best example of customer service he has experienced came from an airport shuttle bus driver named Fred. What was so special about Fred? He did all the ‘little things’ right, including greeting customers with a smile, taking their…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Neighbours property on the market as council rejects heritage listing
A slice of Australian television history is on the market, with one of the Melbourne homes featured in Neighbours for sale with a price guide of $1.2 million to $1.3 million.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Hefty deposit needed to inspect Melissa Caddick’s Dover Heights home
The Dover Heights home of missing alleged fraudster Melissa Caddick has officially hit the market, but if you’ve been wanting to take a peek inside, these photos are likely the closest you’ll get.
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Michael Davoren celebrates 50 years in real estate
When Michael Davoren started in real estate, there were no mobile phones, no online marketplaces, and franchising was only really just beginning to take shape.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Former REA Group CEO Tracey Fellows retires
Former REA Group Chief Executive Officer Tracey Fellows has announced her shock retirement.
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Stephen Baster: What horse racing and real estate have in common
“If you fall off a horse, get straight back in the saddle” is an adage Stephen Baster knows better than most.
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Real Estate News
Rent roll values rise across the eastern states
The median value of a rent roll across Australia’s eastern seaboard has risen to $470,657, new data from a specialist rent roll broker shows.
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Real Estate News
REIA: housing affordability drops further
Housing affordability has continued to drop with the proportion of income needed to meet mortgage and rent payments rising in the June quarter.
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Real Estate News
Tech occupiers drive rapid growth in city fringe office market
Commercial investor activity on Sydney’s city fringe is tipped to hit record levels before the end of the year.
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
A place for everyone: Green St Property
Green St Property is no ordinary real estate agency.
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National
Season 3 of Luxe Listings Sydney promises to be the biggest and best yet
When Monika Tu was invited to join the inaugural season of the hit Amazon Prime TV show Luxe Listings Sydney she initially said no.
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