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The real reason vendors fixate on your fee
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The real reason vendors fixate on your fee

Pancho Mehrotra says fee negotiations are often a symptom of a missed emotional connection early in the listing presentation, not a verdict on your price.

More choice for buyers creates new opportunities in the property market
Industry News

More choice for buyers creates new opportunities in the property market

Buyers have more properties to choose from as advertised stock increases across Australia, creating opportunities for those ready to purchase and giving agents an important role in helping sellers navigate…

Water diviner gives Tamborine acreage buyers the confidence to commit
Agent Stories

Water diviner gives Tamborine acreage buyers the confidence to commit

Michelle Handbury from Q State Properties matched a young family's acreage dream to a Tamborine property by tackling…

Sachin Khera named principal of Century 21 Wyndham
Franchise News

Sachin Khera named principal of Century 21 Wyndham

The Truganina-based agent brings an established sales and property management team, more than 1,000 settled transactions and seven…

Clinton Viertel and Dianne Clarke expand to third Belle Property office
Industry News

Clinton Viertel and Dianne Clarke expand to third Belle Property office

The Newport and Redcliffe principals have opened Belle Property North Lakes, extending their reach across the Moreton Bay…

US rental giant agrees to $72 million settlement over hidden fees
International

US rental giant agrees to US$50 million settlement over hidden fees

One of America's largest residential property managers has agreed to pay almost US$50 million to settle allegations involving hidden rental fees, security deposit deductions and misleading property advertising, in a case highlighting growing regulatory scrutiny of the rental industry.

Industry News

Sharehouse tenancy rules are overdue for an update, researcher says

A Swinburne study of sharehouse renters argues current regulations don't fit shared living, with the ACT's reforms offered as a possible model for the rest of Australia.

Features

The rental market is easing – but are we mistaking slower growth for progress?

As rental growth slows and conditions, Harcourts’ Karmen Costigan explains why affordability remains a challenge and what the changing market means for landlords, tenants and property managers.

Elite Agent TV

Power with, not power over – Lisa Pennell on leadership beyond labels

Everyone wants to get to the top. Then you get there and wonder who you can talk to. Barry Plant CEO Lisa Pennell joins Samantha…

Features

Why good agents resist change – and what great leaders do differently

Features

The problem with the one-agent-does-it-all model

Elite Agent TV

Can you teach trust? John Cunningham on hiring good people

Real Estate Agent Events

What 2026’s BDM Summit Taught Us About Rent Roll Growth

A sold-out room, six very different speakers and one shared focus: rent roll growth. The 2026 BDM Summit looked beyond simply generating more leads to…

News

Tim Duggan’s five steps to handling conflict better

News

Chelsea Pottenger’s practical resets for a more sustainable working day

Real Estate Agent Events

Dom Thurbon’s challenge to turn conference ideas into action

Franchise News

Owen White promoted to associate director at RWC Western Sydney

Six years after leaving a career in fitness, the industrial specialist has driven more than $368 million in sales across Western Sydney's M4 and M7…

Industry News

Data centres leapfrog offices and warehouses as $18.3bn construction pipeline takes shape

Industry News

Commercial property sales jump 21 per cent, but rate hikes threaten recovery

Commercial

Why lease expiry talks should start well before the deadline

How to make a sizzling insta reel from property photos

You don’t need to be a video editing genius any more to get Claude to create you engaging social media…

Managing Editor

Why some real estate teams outperform others – and what leaders can do differently

Building a successful real estate team requires more than talented agents and ambitious sales targets.…

Contributor

Stop relaying offers – start actually negotiating them

Why passing numbers back and forth isn't negotiation, and what to ask buyers instead to…

Contributor

You still have to be their person

My LinkedIn feed scored 36% human. What does that mean for agents trying to build…

Managing Editor

Why the agents who double down now will win the recovery

Charles Tarbey says the toughest markets reward those who keep building stock while everyone else…

Contributor

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AI & Technology
Gen Z Agents Are Turning Listing Tours Into TikTok Skits

When property listings become TikTok comedy

Gen Z real estate agents are reinventing property marketing by turning listing tours into TikTok…

The legal AI boom is hiding a serious insurance problem

The legal AI boom is hiding a serious insurance problem

Generic legal AI tools are flooding the property market, but BuySecure co-founder Richard Bootle warns…

Using a brain to hold a pen

Model Context Protocol is reshaping real estate software by letting AI connect directly to CRMs,…

AI could change who controls the relationship between agents and buyers

A Harvard Business Review analysis suggests AI assistants acting on buyers' behalf could reshape real…

That’s so 2025 (and what to ask AI for instead)

In part two of the Transform XIV highlights, Samantha McLean retires four prompts she used…