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    REIQ launches professional mentoring program

    The REIQ has launched its inaugural mentoring program designed to connect people and create passion within the real estate profession. The REIQ Mentoring Program aims to equip up-and-coming real estate professionals with the personal and professional attributes that will enable them to excel in their chosen field. The program will do this by connecting mentees with carefully selected REIQ mentors,…

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    REIQ announces new board directors at AGM

    The REIQ has announced the re-election of Peter Brewer as both a Member Director and Chairman of the Board, following last week’s annual general meeting, held at the REIQ’s Cannon Hill offices. He was joined by property manager, Laura Valenti, who was elected to the board as its female member director, a dedicated position which was introduced to the constitution…

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    The RBA cuts rates to 0.75 per cent

    The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut official interest rates by 25 basis points to a record low of 0.75 per cent. Going into the meeting of the RBA, markets were predicting that there was a 79 per cent chance that there would be a rate cut at the October meeting. This year, the RBA has cut rates three times,…

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    The new due diligence: climate change on the agenda for home buyers

    While due diligence has always been of upmost importance for those looking to purchase a new home, once upon a time that simply referred to things like building and pest inspections, utility access and land boundary checks. These days though, as awareness of climate change and its potential impact increases, home buyers need to think more broadly when it comes…

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    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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    REIQ hits the road for the ‘Real Tour’

    The Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) is set to hit the road with an educational road-trip tour around regional Queensland. The ‘Real Tour’ is a day-long program of entertaining, educational sessions, closing with a fun networking session with all of the speakers. REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said the road trip was designed to bring the best of the REIQ…

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    APRA proposes loan providers to set their own floor rate, allowing bigger mortgages

    The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has announced a possible revision to its 7 per cent ‘stress test’ buffer on home loans. In a letter issued to authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs), APRA has proposed removing its guidance and allowing ADIs to review and set their own minimum interest rate floor for use in serviceability assessments. In the letter, the regulator…

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    In too deep: How to manage property through natural disaster

    Cassandra Charlesworth spoke to principals in Townsville and the Whitsundays to find out what that experience is like, and to understand the most effective strategies they implemented when dealing with these defining moments. Townsville Flooding: Ben Kingsberry, Harcourts As the rain continued to fall in Townsville on 31 January, Harcourts Kingsberry Principal Ben Kingsberry knew this would be a weather…

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    Brisbane defies falling house prices: REIQ

    Figures from the latest REIQ Queensland Market Monitor have shown positive signs for Brisbane as the city closed out 2018 with a median house price growth of 1.1 per cent. According to REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella, a rise of this kind for this market means Brisbane is really performing the best out of the three largest capital city property markets. However, she did…

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    Negative Gearing reform will increase rents and decrease values: SQM

    If Labor’s negative gearing policy is legislated in its current form, expect a rise in rental yields which will occur through a combination of falling house values and, eventually, a rise in rents. That’s the headline from an update to an SQM Research (SQM) research paper released in November 2018, modelling the proposed Labor Party changes to negative gearing that…

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    Sunshine Coast agents dominate the REIQ Awards

    THE Sunshine Coast staked its claim to be home to the best agents in Queensland, scooping five of the 19 awards at last night’s REIQ Awards for Excellence gala, as more than 500 real estate professionals gathered at the RNA Showgrounds. Jodie Hedley-Ward from McGrath Caloundra claimed the Best Salesperson of the Year award, while the agency also took home…

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    REIQ appoints new digital-focused General Manager

    The REIQ is one step closer to finalising its digital transformation with the appointment of its new General Manager, Josh Callaghan. Mr Callaghan, who was previously the General Manager of financial comparison site Canstar and also co-founder of FinTech Queensland, says he is excited to take on this new challenge of REIQ’s transformation. “Real estate is dear to all Australians…

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    REIQ & REA are doing their bit to ease Townsville housing shortfall

    Real estate peak body The Real Estate Institute of Queensland and REA Group who own Flatmates.com.au, have come together to establish a short-term solution for Townsville’s potential housing shortfall. As the massive clean up of flooded homes continues, displaced Townsville residents and workers flying into the city to help will have an easier time finding accommodation with REIQ CEO Antonia…

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    REIQ Hosts Emergency Forums to help Townsville Agents

    Peak body for the Queensland real estate profession The Real Estate Institute of Queensland is hosting two forums in Townsville on Wednesday 13 February to help all real estate professionals manage issues arising from the floods. REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said the REIQ Townsville Flood Forum was free to all Townsville real estate professionals and was designed to answer all…

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    REIQ 2019 Awards for Excellence finalists announced

    The Real Estate Institute of Queensland has announced its 2019 Awards for Excellence finalists, representing the best in the Queensland real estate profession. REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella congratulated all finalists on their success. “This year’s Awards attracted a very high calibre of entrants, reflecting the growing focus on professionalism for all REIQ members,” she said. “To be named a finalist…

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    REIQ announces new board directors at AGM

    The REIQ today announced two new Board Directors, elected under the newly reserved positions for a Female Regional Member Director and a Young Director (Under-35), following its Annual General Meeting at the Cannon Hill offices. The two successful candidates are Linda Bland (Female Regional Director) and Joshua Kindred (Young Director). The REIQ Board of Directors: Peter Brewer (re-appointed as Chair)…

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    Balance between renters and landlords needed in rental law reforms

    The REIQ welcomes the Open Doors to Renting Reform consultation, which forms part of the Queensland Government’s Department of Housing and Public Works (HPW) ongoing review of the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act (2008). A snap poll on the Open Doors to Renting Reform website asked: “Would a pet bond help tenants and property owners reach agreement around keeping…

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    Cream of the crop battle for REIQ Auctioneer of the Year title

    Four of Queensland’s leading auctioneers will battle for the title of REIQ Auctioneer of the Year next Thursday, August 23 at Victoria Park Complex. Reigning REIQ Auctioneer of the Year and Australasian Auctioneering Champion Justin Nickerson will compete with former REIQ Auctioneer of the Year Mark MacCabe, former REINSW Auctioneer of the Year Gavin Croft and former REIQ Auctioneer of…

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    Palaszczuk Government makes a commitment to introduce mandatory CPD for Queensland agents

    The REIQ has welcomed the commitment from the Palaszczuk Government to introduce mandatory continuing professional development (CPD) for real estate professionals, but as of yet there is no time frame for the changes to come into place. REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said the promise, made by Treasurer Jackie Trad, was the successful outcome the REIQ had been working towards. “We…

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    2018-19 state budget wrap up: What it means for the property sector

    With the majority of states (South Australia will need to wait until September due to their change in government) receiving their 2018-19 budgets, here’s how the property industry fared across the nation. New South Wales The second NSW budget handed down by Treasurer Dominic Perrottet had an aim to tackle transport, health and education projects, but left a lot to…

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    Coasts outperform the capital in Queensland for 2017

    The beachfront markets of the Gold and Sunshine Coast, and Noosa, have finished 2017 with the strongest growth in the state, significantly outperforming Brisbane. The Gold Coast delivered a gold medal performance, with the annual median house price growing by 7.7 per cent, to end the year on $615,000. The Sunshine Coast median house price grew 6.4 per cent to…

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    REIQ names best of the profession for 2018

    A record-breaking fourth title win for REIQ Auctioneer of the Year Justin Nickerson has led this year’s REIQ Awards for Excellence as more than 700 real estate professionals gathered to recognise the elite in their field at the Brisbane Royal International Convention Centre (RNA) on March 3rd, 2018. The win is the third consecutive win for Mr Nickerson and the…

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    Elevation meets integration: The evolution of the property management industry

    The property management industry experienced a significant shift in 2017. But that’s nothing compared to what’s to come in 2018, according to Rockend CEO Alister Maple-Brown and Antonia Mercorella, CEO at REIQ. Here they discuss the year that was and the year ahead in property management. With the dream of home ownership becoming more and more difficult for many, the…

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    Inner Brisbane vacancies ease, rest of the State tightens

    Renters flocked to the middle ring, while supply in inner Brisbane exceeded demand, pushing the vacancy rate to 4 per cent, according to REIQ December quarter rental data released today. Inner Brisbane (0-5km ring) vacancies lifted from 3.7 per cent in September last year to 4 per cent in the December quarter, while the middle ring sharply tightened from 3.4 per…

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    Beachfront markets lead growth surge: REIQ

    Southeast Queensland’s world-class beaches are driving median price growth for our coastal housing markets, with Noosa reining supreme with 9.6 per cent annual growth, followed by Gold Coast with 7.3 per cent annual growth and Sunshine Coast LGA with 6.8 per cent annual growth to median house prices. REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said the growth surge was helped along by…

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    REIQ 2018 Awards for Excellence Finalists Announced

    REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said this was a very special event because the winners would be part of the REIQ during its centenary of celebrations. “As we look back on a century of shaping the Queensland real estate market it’s wonderful to draw a link between today’s highly professional real estate practitioners and those ambitious few men who started this…

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    REIQ wish list ahead of election

    REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said the election offered voters an opportunity to cast a vote for a candidate who recognises the importance that the real estate sector plays in the state’s economy. “Real estate employs around 50,000 Queenslanders and this makes it of huge significance to the future fortunes of Queensland,” Ms Mercorella said. “Improving the health of the sector…

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    REIQ Announces New Board of Directors

    The REIQ has announced a new Board of Directors following its Annual General Meeting at the Cannon Hill offices last week. In accordance with the Institute’s Constitution and by-laws, two new Director positions were contested by a vote of the membership. The two new Board Directors are John Newlands and Damien Keyes. The full Board of Directors for the next…

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    Real estate profession growing in Queensland and women dominate the industry

    REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said the Census data, a count of employed people on Census night, aligned with expectations considering how well the market is performing lately. “We know that the profession grows when the market is performing well and the over the past five years the Queensland real estate market has delivered steady, sustainable growth, particularly in the southeast…

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    Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast remain Queensland’s powerhouse markets

    The latest REIQ Queensland Market Monitor reporting on the June Quarter median price shows that the Brisbane LGA median house price grew 3.6 per cent in the 12 months to June, to reach a new high of $655,000. The Gold Coast grew 6.8 per cent over the 12 months to June, reaching an annual median house price of $595,000. The…

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    REIQs most capped Auctioneer wins again

    Mr Nickerson, who has won the REIQ title a record-smashing four times (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018), is the first Australian and only the third auctioneer in history to win back-to-back Australasian titles, after New Zealand’s Mark Sumich (2007, 2008) and Daniel Coulson (2012, 2013). “This is unbelievable, it’s just incredible,” a dazed Mr Nickerson said immediately following the announcement. “This…

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    REIQ Host Real Tech 2017 and launch Agent.ID

    The REIQ Real Tech 2017 Conference was created to fill a gap in the Queensland market – a conference that was solely dedicated to bringing only relevant technology to the real estate practitioner. REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said the idea sprang out of her recent trip to Inman Connect in New York. “It was an inspirational event and I realised…

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    Greens’ rental policy threatens rental market: REIQ

    According to a statement last week, the REIQ have criticised the rental policy platform by The Greens, saying it would see landlords’ rights decimated in favour of tenants’ rights with no thought to the future health of the state’s rental market. One-third of Queenslanders rent and the overwhelming majority of those rent from private landlords, therefore, the continued participation of property…

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    REIQ calls on state government to deliver on mandatory CPD promise

    The Real Estate Institute of Queensland has called on the State Government to introduce mandatory CPD to the real estate profession. REIQ Chairman Rob Honeycombe said they want the State Government to honour its more than two-year-old promise to introduce mandatory CPD. “Queenslanders are staring down the barrel of another election and before our politicians start wheeling out more promises,…

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    REIQ Auctioneer of the year wins title for fourth time

    Mitch Peereboom, Head Auctioneer at Harcourts Queensland, was named the runner-up. Five finalists competed in challenging conditions in front of a sold-out crowd at the Brisbane Powerhouse on Friday, 28 July. “Of course I was hoping to win, but to think that I’ve won this title four times now is unbelievable,” Mr Nickerson said. “It’s an absolute honour to win…

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