First National Real Estateโs New South Wales estate agents were presented with their General Excellence and Marketing Awards at Sydneyโs Hyatt Regency on Saturday night.
The awards recognised the best of First Nationalโs NSW agents throughout 2018, with the top 10 individuals and offices now vying for a national GEM Award, which includes an expenses paid trip to the National Association of Realtors conference in San Francisco this November, for top 10 national award winners.
NSW State Chairman, Greg Taylor, says the results show how successfully First Nationalโs agents leveraged the networkโs lead generation strategy to overcome weaker market conditions in 2018, and deliver outstanding results for their clients.
โThereโs little doubt that First Nationalโs โdisrupt the disruptersโ strategy helped underpin turnover and service fees throughout 2018, but nothing beats hard work and a solid commitment to delivering for customers. That is exactly what these top agents and offices did in 2018โ said Mr Taylor.
On the night, Sales Office of the Year was awarded to First National Real Estate Byron Bay for a second consecutive year.
The Top 10 Offices were
First National Byron Bay (NSW) โ Sales Office of the Year
First National Newcastle City (The Junction)
First National Hunters Hill, Gladesville, Ryde
First National Altitude (Warners Bay)
First National Daystar (Revesby)
First National Wal Murray & Co (Lismore)
First National Port Macquarie
First National Goulburn
First National Batemans Bay
First National Forster-Tuncurry
The Top 10 NSW Property Management Departments were
First National Hills Direct (The Ponds, NSW) โ NSW Property Management Department of the Year
First National Stanton & Taylor (Penrith)
First National Mudgee
First National Toronto
First National Westpoint (Horsley Park)
First National Hunters Hill, Gladesville, Ryde
First National Coastwide (Wyong)
First National Port Macquarie
First National Shultz\Taree (Taree)
First National Goulburn
Ann-Maree Pretti of First National Pretti Green Valley was named NSW Commercial Property Manager of the Year, while Mick Daniele of First National Westpoint was named NSW Residential Property Manager of the Year.
The Top 10 NSW Salespeople were:
George Rafty, First National Newcastle City (The Junction) NSW Salesperson of the Year
Su Reynolds, First National Byron Bay
Ruma Mundi, First National North Western (Stanhope Gardens)
Brigitte Audet, First National Altitude (Warners Bay)
Michael Sleiman, First National Daystar (Revesby)
Jacinta Purvis, First National Bathurst
Allison Mifsud, First National Epping Central (Epping)
Troy Duncan, First National Lake Macquarie (Edgeworth)
Robert Bagala,First National Hunters Hill, Gladesville, Ryde
George Agostino, First National Hunters Hill, Gladesville, Ryde
Rookie Awards
NSW Sales Rookie of the Year being awarded to Brody Willis from First National Goulburn, and
NSW Property Manager Rookie of the Year being awarded to Erin Kanisek from First National Mudgee.
Other specialist awards included
Administrator of the Year โ Elaine Blackall, First National Goulburn
Receptionist of the Year โ Jodi OโShea, First National Walsh & Sullivan (Baulkham Hills)
During the evening, a charity fundraising auction was held that raised $10,500 towards Kids Helpline, which is a major new sponsorship initiative for First National Real Estate nationally in 2019.