Rowan Crosby
Rowan Crosby is a senior journalist at Elite Agent specialising in finance and real estate.
Teza Fruzande: From refugee to Chairman’s Elite
When Teza Fruzande arrived in Australia in 2010 as an illegal refugee, unable to speak English and living in a detention centre he never expected he would go on to achieve Chairman’s Elite and become one of the top agents in the country.
PMLR to help property managers develop culture and look after themselves in 2023
Personal growth, mental wellbeing and developing a strong culture will be the focus at the 2023 Property Management…
Women changing the face of PropTech in Australia
The PropTech industry in Australia is undergoing a fundamental change with the number of women launching startups on…
The Sydney suburbs bucking the trend with double-digit growth
Despite property prices declining across Sydney over the past 12 months, a number of suburbs have seen double-digit…
Vanderbilt mansion spanning two towns sells for $8 million
Vanderbilt Berkshires Estate, one of the most iconic homes in the famous Berkshires in Massachusetts has been sold…
New Zealand’s high-end properties have fallen in value by up to $300,000
New Zealand’s wealthiest suburbs are being hardest hit by the current market slowdown, with values falling by up…
Real estate agency ordered to pay after advertising mislead buyer on air-conditioning
A Melbourne real estate agency has discovered the hard way that it pays to get your listing copy…
The real estate fallout from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse
Silicon Valley Bank, America’s 16th largest bank and a large source of funding for some prominent PropTech companies,…
PropTech is not something for agents to fear
Technology is continuing to change the way real estate agents operate, but the huge increase in new PropTech…
LJ Hooker Property Specialists establishes new Adelaide superstore
LJ Hooker Property Specialists has established their new flagship location in North East Adelaide, under the direction of…
$100,000 St Kilda garage attracts first-home buyers
A St Kilda garage listed for $100,000, that has the potential to be converted into a small apartment…
The Boeing 737 that’s been converted into a luxury Bali home
Retired aircraft are often sold off for parts or installed in a museum, but being converted into a…
Brisbane tenant suing former landlord for $1.2 million
A Brisbane man who claims he sustained serious life-changing injuries when he slipped on a flooded floor is…
REACH Australia launches Proptech listing portal
Venture capital firm and PropTech accelerator, REACH Australia is getting ready to launch a listing portal featuring all…
Julie Gauci: the power of auctions in regional areas
Julie Gauci’s career in real estate started as a 19-year-old receptionist before evolving over 20 years into a…
New South Wales the “poster child for failing housing markets”
A new report has found that the country's housing markets are in crisis, with New South Wales deemed…
Renters feel the pinch as vacancy rates drop back to record lows
There’s still no relief in sight for renters with vacancy rates returning to record low levels across the…
Office vacancy figures show mixed outlook for cities
Businesses and workers continue to slowly trickle back into city CBDs, with new data showing demand for office…
Brisbane property prices fall by a record 10.9 per cent
After property prices in Brisbane boomed by more than 40 per cent during the pandemic, values are now…
7 wild and wonderful listings on Zillow
Every year celebrity and other high-end homes seem to be getting bigger, bolder and at times a little…
One in two property markets declined in 2022: CoreLogic
Record high inflation, rising interest rates and weak consumer sentiment are leading to falling home prices, with new…
Only 7 per cent of suburbs in New Zealand not experiencing price declines
While most suburbs in New Zealand have been experiencing steep home price declines in the past three months,…
Demand for quality commercial assets to increase in 2023
Demand for value-add commercial assets and locations that will experience strong population growth will be a key focus…
Home buyers search for ways to save as rates rise
Home buyers searching for information on interest rate rises exploded in 2022, with new research suggesting thousands of…
Regional home prices hold up better than the capital cities
After booming throughout the pandemic, regional property prices have continued to outperform the capital cities in 2022, driven…
Most searched for suburbs, property features in 2022 revealed
The skyrocketing cost of borrowing is shaping up to be one of the biggest influences on the property…
REIACT appoints new chief executive officer
The Real Estate Institute of the ACT (REIACT) has appointed Maria Edwards to the CEO role, taking over…
Combating Taree’s rental crisis with transitional housing
The rental crisis across Australia is reaching extreme levels, with some of the biggest shortages occurring in regional…
Fastest Growing Ray White Office goes Greater
Victorian suburbs top the list for best buying opportunities in 2023
Victoria has topped the list for the most suburbs that offer great buying opportunities in 2023 according to…
Office assets the most transacted in 2022
Office market transactions have bounced back in 2022, as the sector tries to recover from the ongoing impact…
NSW state government bans rental bidding
The controversial practice of rental auctions is set to be banned in NSW from this Saturday.
Kyle Raven launches with UrbanX – the way of the future for high-performing agents
For 15 years, Kyle Raven has built a reputation around his passion for real estate and the time…
Mark Wahlberg estate featured in ‘Entourage’ lists for $28.5 million
Actor Mark Wahlberg’s former Beverly Hills compound that was featured in the hit show Entourage is back on…