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Elite Agent
Rising Star Strengthens Network Development at Ray White
Ray White New South Wales is pleased to welcome award-winning auctioneer Tim Snell to the team. As Network Development Manager – NSW, Mr Snell is responsible for the identification and recruitment of high quality talent into opportunities which further strengthen the brand profile and market share of the Ray White network. “To join an established powerhouse brand in all key…
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Ray White honours it’s humble roots
ALMOST 200 corporate staff from Ray White and Loan Market descended on Toowoomba yesterday from all over Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia for their annual planning conference called Crows Nest 2018. Australasia’s biggest property group, Ray White, can pinpoint its very humble beginnings to a tin shed at Crows Nest, some 45kms west of Toowoomba. “The Shed at Crows Nest…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Top Melbourne agents team up at Ray White
Two leading Melbourne agents Malek Younan and Phillip Mercieca have joined forces to open a business within the Ray White Group. The pair who have been friends since they studied together at Gladstone Park Secondary College are now so excited to be opening a Ray White business in the community they know and love. The successful duo have a combined…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Ray White Warrnambool celebrates 20 years
Ray White Warrnambool has celebrated many achievements over the years, but none have been quite as special for them as marking 20 years with the Ray White Group. Principal Jess Densley proudly leads this award-winning regional Victoria office after joining the group in 2007. “It’s exciting and it means a lot,” said Mr Densley. “We’ve become a dominant player in…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Ray White Joint Chairman pays tribute to Australian Auctioneering Legend
Tony Fountain – one of the key establishment figures for the Ray White Group in its Australian expansion – passed away yesterday at the age of 72. In a statement to the Ray White group yesterday, Joint Chairman Brian White paid tribute to Fountain noting his key role in establishing ‘an auction culture’ in the group back in 1988. “He…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Ray White Chairman weighs in on the negative gearing debate
Mr White’s comments come in the wake of recently released documents which contained Treasury advice to the government warning of a “softening” effect on property prices as the predicted impact of Labor’s restrictive changes to housing policy. At the time, the real estate industry rallied together, led by Brian White, to oppose any changes to negative gearing policy, a hot-button…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Ray White WA welcomes Ben Keevers
Recognised as one of Western Australia’s top agents, Mr Keever’s down to earth nature, enthusiasm and professionalism makes him one of the most sought after agents in Perth’s exclusive northern beaches. Ray White Group joint chairman Brian White said there was no greater compliment than could be paid than to have a top agent joining the network. “Growth is the…
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NEWS
Vivien Yap joins the Ray White group
“Growth is the oxygen for a business like ours that has been growing for over 115 years. My family and I are excited to welcome Vivien Yap and her team to our business.” Ray White Western Australia chief executive officer Mark Whiteman also extended a warm welcome to Ms Yap and her team to the WA network. “There are moments…
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Veteran agent Craig Pontey of Ray White Double Bay says “passion is the key to success”
As Ray White Double Bay gears up to celebrate it’s 30-year milestone, Craig Pontey shared some of his insights gathered over 39 years in the property game. Mr Pontey likened his long career to running a never-ending marathon. “You run, run, run and get to the finish and fall over the line but it feels like a taxi picks you…
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Ray White has biggest year yet with $44 billion in sales
Ray White Group have reported their biggest-ever year with $44.7 billion in sales in 2016-17, up four per cent on the previous fiscal year. The Ray White Group’s sales market share in Australia and New Zealand improved 0.15 per cent to 10.3 per cent in the year to June, and with around 15 per cent of the auction market. Ray…
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Ray White reports increase in results for June 2017
Ray White this week released the White Paper which reflects on annual results and reported a total of $4.3 billion in sales across the Group for the month of June 2017. This result is a 20 per cent increase on last June’s results, which is notable given that June is normally a slower month and there was plenty of distraction last…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Ray White Indonesia celebrates 20 years of success
The Ray White Indonesian network recently celebrated its 20th anniversary this month, recognising the 160 offices that turned this notable Australian franchise into a market leader across the country. Led by the original founding partners, Johann Boyke Nurtanio and Sari Dewi, Ray White Indonesia were pioneers in establishing auctions since it first started trading under the brand name in 1997.…
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Ray White Feb results rises by four percent to $3.44B compared to same month last year
Ray White Group’s total sales of dwellings for this February has risen by four percent or $3.44 billion as compared to the same corresponding month last year. Ray White chairman Brian White AO in a statement said the company’s franchise in New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria achieved the best for performance in February, reaching $1.13 billion and $526 million…
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Ray White Group post record month
Ray White recorded $4.2 billion in sales in November 2016 – in what is a new record for the Group. Group chairman, Brian White said the result – in a market largely thought to be easing – gives concrete evidence of the strength of buyers in the market, supported by the continuing low interest rate environment. “Whilst Sydney remains remarkably…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Ray White launches Home Now providing more value to each customer experience
Ray White continues it’s focus on customer excellence with the the launch of Ray White Home Now – an online comparison tool and utility connection service connecting customers faster when they move into a new home. Home Now’s point of difference is that it allows valuable customer data to stay within the business rather than being sent to external third…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Ray White Hosts Sydney’s First Live Online Auction with High Rise City Apartment
Ray White will host its first live online auction in Sydney when Ray White Residential Sydney CBD agent Michael Lowdon takes this inner city apartment in the Rocks to auction on Friday 8 April at 10.30am at Ray White’s in-room auction room at Level 17, 135 King Street, Sydney. Operating Live Online Auctions since November 2014 in Queensland, Ray White…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Ray White Group to take 42 Qld properties to auction live online
Ray White Queensland’s Urban Living Group will take 42 properties to auction on Sunday 13 March from 10.30am at the Emporium Hotel as part of Australia’s Biggest Auction – Raise More Hands. Potential bidders will have the opportunity to log in online and bid if they are unable to make the auction, with over 1,000 bidders and viewers expected to…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Ray White wins EY inaugural Family Business award
The Ray White Group has been named as Australia’s inaugural winner of the Family Business Award at the 2015 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards, held at The Star on Thursday 15 October – a milestone for a real estate business to receive this honor. The Family Business Award is not new to EY internationally, with the award handed out…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Highlights from The Tesolin Conference
The power of family, hard work and creating competition was on display at the inaugural The Tesolin Conference today.
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NEWS
The top 50 residential real estate influencers and innovators for 2022
There is rarely a dull day in real estate. From mergers and acquisitions, pivoting in a changing market and continued acceleration of PropTech, 2022 has been a year for the record books.
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OPINION
Tim Snell: Why individuals win games but teams win championships
If you can indulge me for a few moments to have a ‘money ball’ moment.
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Elite Agent
Tim Snell: How to build a team that stays with you
Everyone is leaving you. It’s just a matter of time.
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NEWS
Preliminary clearance rate holds above 60 per cent
The preliminary clearance rate has held above 60 per cent for the second consecutive week, despite an uptick in the volume of auctions.
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OPINION
The underdog mindset: Why urgency and hunger are friends not foes
One of the best pieces of business advice I ever heard was from billionaire venture capitalist and leader of Sequoia Capital, Michael Moritz.
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SUPPLIER NEWS
Introducing the 2021 AREAs finalists
REA Group has this week announced the finalists for the 2021 Annual REA Excellence Awards (AREAs) with winners set to be announced at state-based events on 24 March.
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NEWS
Real estate roundup: the year that was
The Australian real estate market experienced a record year in 2021, with tight supply and strong demand leading to soaring prices. Agents, vendors and buyers innovated through COVID-19 restrictions, including lengthy lockdowns in Melbourne and Sydney. There were numerous mergers, acquisitions and buyouts, along with notable appointments and some surprising departures. Once again, AREC thrilled and inspired, while the AREAs…
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THE ELEVATE PODCAST
End of year wrap: Mark McLeod on 2021, the trends set to stay, and his top tips for mastering real estate
Anyway you look at it, 2021 has been an incredible year to be part of the real estate industry. House prices rose right across the country, the auction market took on a life of its own, and the rental vacancy rate hit an all-time low.
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Creating great cultures: Part 1
In this first article in a two-part series, Kylie Dulhunty asks industry leaders what attributes make a great leader, how they inspire their team and what they do when things get tough.
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New South Wales
Gavin Rubinstein says Luxe Listings Sydney has made his business ‘magnet of attraction’
Celebrity agent Gavin Rubinstein says he has been shocked by the tsunami of people who want to work with him since Luxe Listings Sydney aired on Amazon Prime in early July.
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NEWS
The Agency breaks six suburb records on Central Coast in two months
NSW’s Central Coast property market has been booming since COVID history last year and The Agency’s local team have been making hay while the sun shines, breaking a series of suburb sales records in 2021.
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Eastern markets coast to record January highs
Across January 2021, The Agency’s east coast operation experienced a 94 per cent uplift in listings and the network overall achieved an 80 per cent increase in sales turnover compared to the same time last year.
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Here’s what 400 people on a Zoom training session looks like
Ray White is pretty famous for its in-house training programs, but in the last six weeks, the real estate group mobilised its 400+ strong corporate staff and moved its entire training calendar online in response to the lockdown in New Zealand and Australia. The combined group has already held some 200 sessions and had almost 15,000 attendances, including 5000 in…
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National
Variable mortgage rates fall below 3 per cent following RBA’s second consecutive cut
Variable mortgage rates in Australia have hit a new low following the historic decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to cut the cash rate to 1 per cent. Late this afternoon, RateCity.com.au confirmed Reduce Home Loans was among the small lenders embracing the latest cut, slashing its lowest rate by 0.20 per cent to 2.89 per cent. Meanwhile, ANZ…
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Elite Agent
50 lessons that will make you a better leader
The Leadership Diaries, an exclusive set of Elite Agent podcast interviews, turns one next month. Over the past 12 months, and with much more still to come, we’ve discovered leadership is a skill, an art and an essential ingredient for your business to achieve growth. To celebrate the milestone we’ve put together, in no particular order, our top 50 tips…
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
The Competitive Edge: Malek Younan
After I finished high school I got into an engineering course, which I didn’t start because I just didn’t have a passion for it. So I deferred it and thought I’d try and get into real estate.” After completing his licence and with a vision to one day having an office of his own, Malek walked into his local real…
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