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FLOOD RESOURCES
Harcourts Ascot face floods along with clients
It took less than an hour for Harcourts Ascot to go from being one of the most stylish office’s in the group to being a meter under water.
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Alana Spruce: hands-on property management
Going it alone in business, rebranding and leading landlords, tenants and staff through a global pandemic is not the typical climate you’d elect to open your new property management agency during.
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Real Estate News
Interest rates on hold as world watches war in Ukraine
The Reserve Bank of Australia is closely watching the war in Ukraine and has elected to keep interest rates on hold for now at 0.1 per cent.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Sydney housing prices drop, Melbourne’s stall
Sydney housing values have fallen for the first time in 18 months, while Melbourne’s remain stalled, in the biggest sign yet the property market is levelling out.
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Hayley Van de Ven: Unlimited
Hayley Van de Ven has come a long way in the past 20 years. From a young agent overlooked for promotion, to the savvy business owner behind two of RE/MAX Australia's most successful brands, Hayley has always had her eyes on the prize.
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FRANCHISE NEWS
RE/MAX Revolution sisters on the hunt for more success
Queensland sisters Eiles and Brittany Hunt have won RE/MAX Australia’s prestigious Titan Club Award in their first year as sales agents after writing $900,000 gross commission income (GCI).
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SELLING + MARKETING PROPERTY
How to market long-held homes
Sir Donald Bradman is widely regarded as the greatest batsman ever to hold a cricket bat, with the man affectionately nicknamed “The Don” holding a test batting average of 99.94.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Kristen Porter simplifies what employee Vs contractor decision means for real estate
Real estate agencies employing contractors should put contracts in place containing clauses that show someone is running their own business, according to a legal expert.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Border reopening good news for some but could tighten rental market
Australia’s international border has reopened and a leading buyers’ agent says that spells good news for landlords hard hit by the mass Covid exodus two years ago.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
National scheme needed to bolster falling home ownership rates
An economic policy expert has called on the Federal Government to introduce a national shared equity scheme to help halt Australia’s falling home ownership rates. Grattan Institute Economic Policy Program Director Brendan Coates said whichever party won the Federal Election this year needed to tackle housing affordability and turn the nation’s rapidly declining home ownership rates around. “Within living memory,…
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National
REA Group introduces new team to give real estate agents a bigger voice in the industry
REA Group has introduced a new commercial growth and industry partnerships team to boost support to the real estate sector, with one of its first projects tackling property managers wellbeing.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
NAB tips property price drop in 2023
One of Australia’s big four banks expects property price growth to slow dramatically before falling 10 per cent in 2023.
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Real Estate Agent Events
How to have your best year ever in 2022
Agents looking to list more properties, sell more homes and “power up” to achieve their best year in 2022 will find the blueprint to do just that in a new virtual training event with top coach Sherrie Storor.
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Real Estate News
Can you help Jamie find Denis a new home?
A Gold Coast property manager is going above and beyond the call of duty to help an elderly tenant find a new home as his landlords can no longer offer him low rental rates.
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Real Estate News
Inflation came sooner than expected, but RBA keeps rates on hold
Inflation has picked up faster than the Reserve Bank of Australia expected, but the board still elected to keep interest rates on hold at a historic low of 0.1 per cent today. At the bank’s first meeting of the year, the board did elect to stop further bond buying, with its final purchases to be made on 10 February. In…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
The Agency records robust financial results
The Agency has revealed improved financial and operational results for the first half of the 2021-22 financial year as it continues to grow across five states and territories.
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Elite Agent
Hugh Bateman honoured with Order of Australia
His nickname is Mr Mudgee, and it’s not hard to see why. For semi-retired real estate agent Hugh Bateman, his small country town in central west NSW is a lot more than just home.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Auction action: Brisbane agent to hold 15 auctions on one weekend
A Brisbane agent looking to make the most of tight stock levels and an excess of buyers is taking the unusual step of running 15 auctions on one weekend.
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EPM: Feature Interview
Jacqui Mulligan: Creating clients for life
For Jacqui Mulligan, a new rental property isn't just another door on the books but an opportunity to get to know the owners, the tenants and the history of the house.
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Elite Agent
How we sold it: Yeerongpilly Green
Selling a new housing development in a suburb few have heard of was always going to be out of the ordinary for the Consolidated Properties team.
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Elite Agent
The most common grammar errors and how to fix them
The year was 2002, and I’d been working as a cadet journalist for all of three weeks when a burly sub-editor slammed his fist on my desk and admonished me for spelling ‘lightning’ incorrectly for a second time that week.
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Where are they now? Part 2: Joel Davoren and Lauren Kirk
In this second article in a two-part feature that looks at where the stars of the first ever Elite Agent Magazine are now, we speak with Joel Davoren and Lauren Kirk
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Where are they now? Part 1: David Highland and Paul Signorelli
To celebrate the 40th edition of Elite Agent magazine last year, we thought we'd catch up with a few of the stars of the first issue including David Highland and Paul Signorelli.
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Real Estate News
More than 1000 suburbs top $1 million mark
The median house value has hit $1 million or more in 1120 Australian suburbs, new analysis from CoreLogic shows. The data released today shows that more than 400 suburbs in Sydney have a median house value equal to or greater than $1 million, while there are 221 suburbs in Melbourne. CoreLogic Research Director Tim Lawless said a $1 million price…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
A culture playbook can help you hire the perfect team member
Creating and using a culture playbook when hiring new team members is essential to ensure you select someone that aligns with your businesses values, according to a leading real estate legal practitioner.
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
A key to the door: Tracey Dixon reflects on more than 20 years in the industry
When you celebrate your 21st birthday you’re officially given “the key to do the door”, so it’s no surprise that after 21 years in real estate Tracey Dixon has held the keys to many doors.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Omicron hits the real estate sector
With more than 600,000 active cases of Covid in Australia, and the Omicron variant surging across the country, the impact on the real estate sector is now becoming more evident. From staff shortages to legal implications and a slowdown in the rental market, this is what the nation’s real estate institutes are hearing from their members… Real Estate Institute of…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Rental market to stay tight as prices surge
Weekly rental prices have surged almost 5 per cent across the country to finish 2021 at a national median of $450 per week, new data shows.
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Celebrity Homes
Hugh Jackman’s lifestyle retreat hits the market
An award-winning lifestyle retreat on the Gold Coast that is part owned by Hollywood superstar and Aussie nice guy Hugh Jackman has hit the market.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Ryan Serhant: The evolution of cryptocurrency, blockchain and the Metaverse in real estate
In the not too distant future half of all real estate transactions will be completed with cryptocurrency, according to the agent behind the most followed brand in real estate.
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Real Estate News
Two-speed market as capital city price growth diverges
It’s been a tale of two halves when it comes to capital city property price growth, with the latest data showing Brisbane and Adelaide continuing to rise while Melbourne housing values have started falling. The CoreLogic Hedonic Home Value Index showed Australian housing values rose one per cent in December, slowing from a 1.3 per cent climb in November. The…
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Real Estate News
Block less than five metres wide expected to fetch more than $400,000
A narrow strip of land containing little more than a footpath has hit the market with an asking price of $400,000-plus. Located at 27 Leslie Crescent, Caloundra West, the block is just 4.6m wide and comprises 129sq m of land, according to its realestate.com.au listing. The listing also reveals the reason for the footpath running through the centre of the…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Australia’s record-breaking year in real estate
Following an extraordinary 2020, this year has seen Australia’s residential housing market experience unprecedented growth, thanks to continued momentum. Last year’s momentum, combined with monetary and fiscal stimulus measures, has propelled the market, pushing its value to record highs, according to CoreLogic’s annual Best of the Best Report. CoreLogic’s Head of Research Eliza Owen said the estimated value of Australia’s…
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Elite Agent
30 minutes with Domain’s John Foong: real estate the Australian way
The Australian real estate market is perfectly poised to take the best trends and features of big corporate in the US and amplify them to help agents build their brand and success. That’s the view of Domain’s new chief revenue officer John Foong, who joined the platform in Australia after almost 15 years with Google and Uber. Speaking exclusively to…
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
From dirt to keys: 30 minutes with Brad Caldwell-Eyles
If you hear about a high-end project in Sydney's eastern suburbs, the agent's name following it is usually Brad Caldwell-Eyles.
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