The top-performing independent real estate agents throughout Australia and New Zealand have been recognised at the 13th annual Australasian Real Estate Results Awards (ARERAs).
Hosted by industry coaching and training body Real Estate Results Network (RERN), this year’s awards saw strong competition in all award categories.
The coveted award for Agency of the Year (metro) was given to Melbourne agency Reliance Real Estate and the agency’s principal, Sunil Kumar, was also named Principal of the Year for the second year in a row.
RERN founder Michael Sheargold congratulated all the winners and finalists on their outstanding efforts and results in 2018.
“Our winners epitomise the industry’s ideals and values, and I know they will continue to raise the bar of excellence within independent real estate throughout Australasia in 2019,” he said.
Complete list of winners from the 2019 Australasian Real Estate Results Awards (ARERAs):
Agency of the Year – Reliance Real Estate
Agent Achiever of the Year – Ben Jones and Ying Leung (Cunninghams and Position Property)
Agent of the Year – Andrew Lutze (Cunninghams)
Boutique Agency of the Year – Peake Real Estate
Boutique Principal of the Year (Regional) – Claudia Coren & Esme Coren (Yeppoon Real Estate)
Business Development Manager of the Year – Liliana Talemaitoga and Gary Liew (Caporn Young Property Management & Philip Webb Real Estate)
Community Achievement of the Year – Bonaccorde Property Services
Digital Excellence Agency of the Year – Limnios Property Group
Innovation Excellence Agency of the Year – McCormack Barber
Marketing Agency of the Year – McConnell Bourn & Nolan Partners
New Zealand Agency of the Year – Cutlers
New Zealand Agent of the Year – Wei Sen Chow (Lugtons)
Principal of the Year – Sunil Kumar (Reliance Real Estate)
Project Excellence Agency of the Year – Position Property
Property Management Team of the Year (under 1,000 managements) Metro – Caporn Young Property Management
Property Management Team of the Year (under 1,000 managements) Regional – Warburton Estate Agents
Property Management Team of the Year over 1,000 Managements – Philip Webb Real Estate
Property Manager of the Year – Matthew Zerafa and Alyce Caston (Griffith Real Estate and Kemp Property Management)
Agent Achiever of the Year (Regional) – Carl Semmler (Kemp Real Estate)
Agency of the Year (Regional) – Lugtons
Agency of the Year (Rural) – Bendigo Real Estate
Service Excellence Agency of the Year – Yeppoon Real Estate
Manager of the Year – Suzanne McConnell and Nikki Jensen (McConnell Bourn and Philip Webb Real Estate)
Marketing Campaign of the Year < $10K – David Newton and Ian Gray and Kristen Turner (Newton Real Estate and Peake Real Estate)
Marketing Campaign of the Year >$10K – Marcus Chiminello (Marshall White)
New Agent of the Year – James Hill One and Namneet “Honey” Walia (Marshall White and Reliance Real Estate)
NSW Agent of the Year – Steve Lambley (Cunninghams)
Performer of the Year (Property Management) – Rimu Hill and Jamie Bertolin (Caporn Young Property Management and Griffith Real Estate)
Qld Agent of the Year – Brad Munro (Position Property)
Rising Star Agency of the Year – Bonaccorde Property Services and Warburton Estate Agents
SA Agent of the Year – Sally Cameron (Toop & Toop)
Performer of the Year (Sales) – Jack Ramasamy (Lugtons)
Support Star of the Year – Jane Mogensen and Mariane Calaguas (Bonaccorde Property Services and Kellys
Property)
VIC Agent of the Year – Nicole French (Marshall White)
WA Agent of the Year – Tim Cooper (Summit Realty South West)
Auctioneer of the Year – Stephen Smith (Marshall White)
Client Services Manager of the Year – Chrissie Cutbush and Mandy Stanley (Caporn Young Estate Agents and Marshall White)
Boutique Agency of the Year (Regional) – Griffith Real Estate
Lifetime Achievement Award – John Cunningham (Cunninghams).
