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FRANCHISE NEWS
Biggin & Scott Knox open fifth office in three years
Biggin & Scott Knox have added yet another office to their empire, Biggin & Scott Ferntree Gully. Owned by Directors Adam Flynn and Danelle Hunter, the Biggin & Scott Knox network has expanded from one office to five within the last three years. CEO Adam Flynn believes that the Ferntree Gully area will continue to be a popular drawcard with…
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Local duo open Ray White South Hurstville
A South Hurstville real estate team have opened their doors under the Ray White brand and are certain to build on their stellar reputation in their community. Steven Beattie and Maurice Maroon, both co-principals of Ray White South Hurstville in the St George region, NSW, have gained an impressive reputation for selling premium waterfront properties with record-breaking results. Both local…
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The Bundaberg agent making million dollar deals with China
RE/MAX Precision prinicpal Scott Mackey told Elite Agent how he’s using his city’s China connection to boost the Bundaberg economy. Scott Mackey has been in real estate for 22 years and spent all of his career working in Bundaberg. He’s come to know the market like the back of his hand and says there’s more diversity that you may think.…
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Actions speak louder than words: Hayley McNaught
RE/MAX agents go above and beyond for their clients, but what does this actually entail? For RE/MAX Go For Sold agent, Hayley McNaught, this means cleaning top-to-bottom, inside-and-out, ready for an open home, even as far as planting new plants and borrowing furniture from her own home, all the while roping the family along for a long weekend of work.…
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Barry Plant Gladstone Park celebrates 20th year in business
The last 20 years have seen a lot of changes in Gladstone Park, but one firm fixture is the Barry Plant office, which celebrated two decades of selling homes and managing investment properties in February. Originally EJ Doherty, the office later became Barry Plant Gladstone Park as part of the merger of the two brands, and its agents have sold…
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SUPPLIER NEWS
Digital platform aims to take the pain out of lease renewals
FLK IT OVER is a digital platform which allows tenants to sign leases via their smartphone, aiming to save property managers and agencies hours for paperwork. Agent send tenants a link to their tenancy agreement via SMS before the platform takes the tenant step by step through the details and conditions of the lease, requiring tenant approval at each step.…
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Jellis Craig Boroondara appoints two new directors
Jellis Craig Boroondara has announced two new director appoints with Sophie Lyon and Campbell Ward joining the leadership team. Ms Lyon joins the team with more than 25 years experience in the property management industry and Mr Ward is a top performing auctioneer with more than 16 years industry experience. Her appointment as a Director of Jellis Craig has been…
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Australian startup Gavl recognised by IBM
The co-founder and CTO of Gavl, an auction live stream platform which launched in 2016, has been invited to speak at IBM Think 2018 in Vegas. The platform has live-streamed more than $5bn in auction sales over its time, and allows buyers anywhere to watch and bid on live auctions via app or website. So far Gavl has chalked up…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Di Jones CEO Rob Ward rides for cancer awareness
Di Jones Real Estate CEO Rob Ward is donning the lycra to raise money for cancer research as part of the Tour de Cure. “Cancer has touched the lives of many of our staff and I felt it was time to tackle it head on,” Mr Ward said. Kicking off on the 27 April 2018, Mr Ward will join more…
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First National awards celebrates winners in Victoria and Tasmania
Victorian and Tasmanian agents were in the spotlight at First National Real Estate’s General Excellence and Marketing Awards, held at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne on Saturday revealing the leading agents and offices of 2017 from across the country. ‘2017 was an outstanding year for First National Real Estate. The network added some exceptional new members and, through great leadership, our…
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Coronis sets new suburb record in the Brisbane suburb of Ascot
Originally built in 1930, the iconic Hamptons-style home boasts six bedrooms, six bathrooms and enjoys prime position on a massive 2024sqm block of land which is located on Brisbane’s most prestigious tree-lined street. In recent years, the property has undergone a multi-million-dollar renovation elevating it to its current grand scale. Facilitated by Coronis Managing Director Andrew Coronis and Patrick McKinnon…
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Belle Property announce four key appointments
Focusing on growth and development in both productivity and customer service, Belle Property bolstered its Corporate team in March with four key appointments. After managing numerous customer experience initiatives for LJ Hooker, Lisa Vuong Bienstock joins as Head of Customer Experience. As the group continues to invest in enhancing consumer outcomes, Lisa will undertake extensive research and analysis to identify…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Social Sustainability Action needs to Step Up
With the nation’s premier annual conference on sustainability in the built environment underway this week in Melbourne, the Property Council is turning the spotlight on social sustainability as the next significant area of concerted industry action. Chief Executive Ken Morrison released a new report that defines key concepts and brings together case studies looking at the industry’s growing social sustainability…
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Raine & Horne opens a new Avalon Palm Beach office
Experienced local real estate professionals, Nina Sokolov, Slava Sokolov and Lara Rowell, are combining to return Raine & Horne to the prestige real estate markets of Palm Beach and Avalon. The three directors joined forces two years ago with a combined wealth of experience and long history in the industry, individually specialising in residential and commercial sales, leasing, development, special…
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RE/MAX global awards come home to Australia
With so many top producers and leaders in the global network of well over 115,000, RE/MAX® held three memorable events at the 2018 R4 Convention in Las Vegas to celebrate personal achievement and business successes throughout the network. A Special Awards Luncheon, a 100 Percent Club Luncheon and the Best of RE/MAX ‘Night of the Stars’ Awards Gala honoured the…
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New McGrath agency slated to open in Bathurst Chase
A new real estate agency is opening a “meet and greet” outlet in a NSW regional shopping centre in a bid to better connect with a wider customer base and boost lead generation. Experienced Bathurst real estate agents James and Toni Thompson are opening the first McGrath Estate Agents office in Bathurst in Sentinel Property Group’s neighborhood shopping centre, Bathurst…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
First Home Buyer Share Reaches Five-Year High, HIA
The January 2018 housing finance figures show that the First Home Buyer share of owner-occupier mortgage volumes is the highest it’s been for five years. “During January, First Home Buyers accounted for 18 per cent of home mortgage loans to owner occupiers. This is the highest monthly share in over five years,” explained Shane Garrett HIA Senior Economist. “First Home…
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Raine & Horne forms new North Shore entity with merger of three principal offices
Raine & Horne has reinforced its position on Sydney’s prestigious North Shore with the merger of three of its principal offices. Raine & Horne Crows Nest has amalgamated with nearby Raine & Horne Chatswood Willoughby and Raine & Horne St Leonards. The new entity will trade as Raine & Horne HM Group, and former Crows Nest principals David and Jan…
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Planning and Investment are the keys in the population debate, says Property Council
Last Nights ABC Four Corners program Big Australia: Are we ready? has further invigorated the population debate that has recently been rekindled in Australia. Property Council of Australia Chief Executive Ken Morrison welcomed the debate, but called for people to look past anti-immigration fearmongering and focus on the opportunity to plan for great cities and liveable communities. “Beware the false…
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First National announces its leading WA agents
First National Real Estate’s Western Australia agents received their General Excellence and Marketing Awards at Novotel Langley last Friday night. The awards brought recognition to the best of Western Australia’s real estate performances throughout 2017, which according to First National WA Chairman, Kelly Donaldson, were confirmation of the network’s commitment to professional development and customer satisfaction. ‘2017 market conditions in…
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RE/MAX Global Takes Bold Step to Acquiring Leading Technology Firm booj
In a move signalling a shift in RE/MAX technology strategy, RE/MAX, LLC announced it has acquired booj, an award-winning Colorado-based web design and technology company. The acquisition cements a new approach for RE/MAX that goes beyond adapting third-party vendor products to fit broker and agent needs. Moving forward, RE/MAX say they will leverage the capabilities of booj and other strategic…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Coasts outperform the capital in Queensland for 2017
The beachfront markets of the Gold and Sunshine Coast, and Noosa, have finished 2017 with the strongest growth in the state, significantly outperforming Brisbane. The Gold Coast delivered a gold medal performance, with the annual median house price growing by 7.7 per cent, to end the year on $615,000. The Sunshine Coast median house price grew 6.4 per cent to…
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Tim Gossage launches into real estate with Realmark
Network Ten, Eyewitness News sports presenter Tim Gossage has merged his passion for presenting with real estate becoming fully charged Auctioneer with Realmark. After 28 years as the king of presenting across news, sports and breakfast radio, Tim’s passion for auctioneering is to lead him to Realmark joining forces with the industry pacesetter, Realmark as auctioneer. Tim has auctioneered at…
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Raine & Horne Double Bay recognised in the Asia Pacific Property Awards
Raine & Horne Double Bay, led by super agents Ric Serrao and Martin Maskin, has been named Australia’s best real estate agency in the Asia Pacific Property Awards for 2018/19, announced last week. The Eastern Suburbs-based real estate firm prevailed over 700 entries from across Australia to win the prestigious award, which is judged by an independent panel of 80…
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Century 21 to open new office in Hume City
Century 21 Wyndham City opened their new office in Tarneit, Victoria, at the beginning of January and in only two months since opening, the motivated team is already set to expand into a second office location. Directors Sanj Pahil, Dinu Sangroha and their team of expert real estate practitioners have been servicing clients in Tarneit, Truganina, Werribee, Wyndham Vale and…
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McGrath hosts annual leadership forum in Melbourne
More than 100 of McGrath’s business leaders, executives and franchisees gathered together in Melbourne this week for the company’s annual Leadership Forum, held over two days. The company’s largest leadership forum to date was led by McGrath Founder and Executive Director John McGrath and recently appointed CEO Geoff Lucas. Chair of the McGrath Board Peter Lewis joined Mr McGrath and…
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Purplebricks enters into two enforeceable undertakings in QLD
According to a QLD Government media release, national real estate agency Purplebricks has entered into two enforceable undertakings with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), for alleged breaches of the Australian Consumer Law and the Property Occupations Act 2014. The release states that between November 2016 and June 2017, Purplebricks Australia Pty Ltd, entered into agreements with consumers who were…
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Ray White fires up for Ignite 2018 in NSW
More than 350 Ray White real estate agents from across New South Wales turned up at the International Convention Centre in Sydney today for the bi-annual truth serum boost called Ignite 2018, where they heard from the best in the property business. The super sales training day was aimed at firing up the Ray White agents to remain the hunter…
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RE/MAX agents get in the ‘big picture’ in Vegas
More than 40 real estate names from Australia and New Zealand rubbed shoulders with another 6,000-plus real estate agents and broker owners at the 45th annual RE/MAX R4 Convention in Las Vegas this month. “The annual R4 Convention is like no other real estate industry gathering. Just the physical numbers of people, the calibre of speakers, the quality of entertainment,…
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March 2018: Interest rates on hold, Industry reaction
At its meeting today, the RBA Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent. REALESTATE.COM.AU “More indicators are pointing to improving economic conditions and given how fast the US is growing, this will support our economy,” says Nerida Conisbee, realestate.com.au Chief Economist. “The main thing holding them (RBA) from increasing rates are consumers, in particular the enduring…
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RE/MAX New Zealand awards its best of 2017
RE/MAX New Zealand announced its top 2017 performers last month at a gala event held at Pullman Auckland, where 140 guests celebrated their own achievements and that of their RE/MAX peers. Keeping with tradition, the network’s ultimate individual honour, Broker Owner of the Year, was the final announcement for the evening. Facing some worthy contenders given the growing number of…
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Property developer Goldfields appoints McGrath to market its first QLD project
McGrath Estate Agents, a division of McGrath Limited (ASX:MEA) has been appointed by Goldfields as the exclusive agent to market the sale of its latest project, Hayfield, in Brisbane’s western growth corridor. McGrath Projects General Manager Adam Sparkes said “We are delighted to be representing Goldfields as they launch their first Queensland project, Hayfield, in the Ripley Valley. Goldfields have…
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New co-ownership platform launches to tackle housing affordability challenge
Kohab, a digital platform, community and marketplace for co-ownership, launched yesterday. The platform helps friends, family and like-minded buyers purchase a home together, connecting them with the right property, real estate agent, legal, mortgage and insurance providers all in the one place. Platform partners such as Sparke Helmore and National Australia Bank have been specifically selected by Kohab for their…
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Scaleup Mediafund and Spheria lead LocalAgentFinder $5.5m funding round
LocalAgentFinder has announced a successful completion of a $5.5m funding round that was oversubscribed, and values LocalAgentFinder at a pre-money valuation of more than $60m. The round was led by Scaleup Mediafund, which is owned and supported by News Corp Australia, Network Ten, Nova Entertainment, and Fox Sports Australia, together with leading Australian small cap fund manager Spheria Asset Management.…
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Stockdale & Leggo announce an exciting new partnership with Australia’s fastest growing finance aggregator
Stockdale & Leggo are excited to announce an innovative new partnership with finance aggregator Finsure that is set to advance their customer service offering and streamline the process of buying property. An award-winning company recently named Aggregator or the Year, Finsure manage more than 1400 of the best brokers across their nation-wide network. Allowing them to work under their own…
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