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INDUSTRY NEWS
Navigating the new Privacy Bill: what real estate agents and businesses need to know
Discover the 2024 Privacy Bill changes, penalties, and how agencies can avoid breaches. Stay compliant with new privacy obligations. Learn more.
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Elite Agent
Why building sums insured need to increase each year
If your landlord clients are looking at taking out or renewing a policy that includes building cover, it is important that they keep their eye on the sum insured.
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Real Estate News
Sporting sanctuaries: Homes with gold medal features
As the Paris 2024 Olympics captivate the world, luxury real estate across the country is reaching for gold with properties brimming with 'champion' features.
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Real Estate News
Fur flies over proposed changes to Tasmania’s pets in rentals rules
Fur is flying in the Apple Isle, with the Real Estate Institute of Tasmania launching a campaign to help landlords to urge the State Government to reconsider proposed pets in rentals legislation.
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Real Estate News
Western Sydney’s commercial real estate boom: growth and opportunity await
Commercial real estate agents servicing Western Sydney have a golden opportunity to build their career, brand and agency on the back of the region being earmarked as “Australia’s engine room”.
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CONTRIBUTORS
The triple-threat impacting Australian homes
Bushfires, coastal erosion and storms – this is the current triple-threat impacting Australian homes, according to Domain’s 2024 Perils Report.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Foreign buyers flood into Melbourne and QueenslandÂ
Foreign buyers are flooding back into Australia, with Melbourne and Queensland emerging as the hottest locations for overseas purchasers.
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Elite Agent
Sharon Fox-Slater: Are insurers the villain or the hero?Â
Insurers are a popular villain.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Brisbane’s industrial market sees rising vacancy as supply comes online
Supply is rising in Brisbane’s industrial market leading to an increase in vacancy rates according to new research.
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Real Estate News
Millions of Australian homes at risk of natural disasters
Almost half of Australian homes are at risk of bushfire, while 8.1 per cent face flood threats, according to new research from Domain.
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Movers and Shakers
Troy Sheehan appointed GM of Ray White Sherwood
Ray White Sherwood | Graceville has appointed Troy Sheehan as its new general manager as he looks to ramp up the business.
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Real Estate News
Federal Budget reaction: Why it won’t solve the housing crisis
Real estate and housing experts across the country have weighed in on Tuesday’s Federal Budget, simultaneously giving the thumbs up to the cash splash while lamenting it didn’t go far enough.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Australian underinsurance hits crisis levels
Australians are putting their homes and livelihoods at risk by underinsuring their homes according to an insurance expert.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
NZ FHB’s making the most of lower prices
New Zealand first-home buyers have capitalised on lower property prices and other incentives, making up more than one-quarter of property purchases.
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Elite Agent
Sharon Fox-Slater: Four lessons from 30 years in business
In business there are ups, downs, twists and turns.
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Movers and Shakers
Aiden Wilcox and Curtis Golding to team up with Raine & Horne
Aiden Wilcox and Curtis Golding will lead Raine & Horne's new Ballina office as they look to expand their reach in the area.
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Movers and Shakers
The finalists for Queensland’s People in Property Awards revealed
The finalists in the inaugural 2024 Queensland People in Property Awards have been announced as the industry recognises the outstanding work and achievements across the state.
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Movers and Shakers
Narelle Robinson partners with James Brown and David Benson in Wodonga
Two Ray White offices in Albury and Wodonga have joined forces with Narelle Robinson partnering with James Brown and David Benson to create a market-leading agency for the region.
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Elite Agent
Landlords lodged more than 5600 claims in 2023Â
EBM RentCover paid out $49.3 million in landlord insurance claims in 2023.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
The best Australian warehouse conversions on the market right now
Sitting in the living room of 27 Woodstock Street, Balaclava, you'd be forgiven for thinking you were in the middle of Manhattan.Â
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Elite Agent
Nick Brown: Why PMs shouldn’t fear the words “break lease”
The term we hear so often in our day-to-day life as a property manager (PM) is “break lease”.
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Real Estate News
Stayz announces the best holiday homes in Australia
Stayz has revealed its top 10 Australian holiday homes for 2024, with a haven for nature lovers in NSW’s Kangaroo Valley taking out top spot
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Real Estate News
Buyers given chance to assess a home’s climate risk on property portal
A major US property portal has given buyers the ability to assess prospective property purchases according to how at risk they are for fire, flood and from extreme heat, air quality and wind.
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Elite Agent
Harvesting hopes: A patchy outlook for farmland values in 2024
Farmland values doubled in the three years to June 2023, however with more mixed agricultural conditions in 2024, it is unlikely we will see such stellar growth this year.
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Elite Agent
Samantha Xerri: the real power of property management
I get it, property management scares you.
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Celebrity Homes
Barry Humphries Sydney ‘flat’ to go to auction
The Sydney residence once belonging to the esteemed comedian, actor, writer, and satirist Barry Humphries is now on the market.
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Elite Agent
The rising cost of nature’s fury and how to help your clients prepare
In the past two years (or thereabouts) Australia has been subjected to no less than eight major natural disasters.Â
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Elite Agent
Together we grow: the First National formula for success
When a First National Real Estate office in Brisbane was inundated with water during the 2010 floods, you’d be forgiven for thinking they closed the doors and headed home.
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Elite Agent
How the Spinella brothers triumphed in Townsville
When Giovanni and Santo Spinella first opened their real estate agency together they started with nothing.
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Elite Agent
Flood and cyclone insurance – can landlords get cover?Â
Every year, large areas of the country are ravaged by natural disasters including bushfires, storms, floods and cyclones.
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Real Estate News
Property portal Homely celebrates its 10th birthday
A decade after a poor home buying experience left Jason Spencer lamenting the fact he couldn’t read street and suburb reviews during the process, the solution he and his brother Adam created will celebrate a major milestone.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
The best properties on the market right now with great tennis courts
With the Australian Open getting underway, tennis fever is back and more people than ever are wanting to go for a hit.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Leanne Pilkington: Interest rates, supply challenges and emerging real estate trends in 2024
In the throes of 2024, the Australian real estate market faces a critical juncture, challenged by the ebb and flow of interest rates and pressing supply issues. Here, Laing+Simmons Chief Executive Officer and Real Estate Institute of Australia President, Leanne Pilkington, reveals why this pivotal moment will demand unprecedented adaptability and strategic foresight from buyers, sellers, investors and agents alike.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Housing crisis is due to lack of supply, not immigration
The more than 500,000 new immigrants aren’t causing pressure on the housing market or making property prices more expensive according to a leading buyers agent.
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CONTRIBUTORS
2023 Real estate review: market shifts and insurance impacts
I’m reminded of an ancient Chinese curse that reads: “may you live in interesting times”.
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