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FRANCHISE NEWS
Buxton and Beller form formidable partnership
Two of the most established companies in Victorian real estate, Buxton and Beller, have announced they will join forces under the Buxton brand. The Beller Group’s Windsor office, founded in 1994 and led by Beller Group Director Andrew Fawell, will on July 1 become Buxton Stonnington, bringing the company to a total of 24 offices across the state. While the…
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Real Estate News
Harcourts announces top national performers
Harcourts Group Australia capped off its annual conference with a black-tie awards gala to celebrate top performers in residential and commercial sales, property management and business achievements. Julianna Forsyth Baker received the company’s top accolade by being inducted into the Harcourts Hall of Fame. Harcourts Group Australia CEO Marcus Williams expressed his pride in the network for their work over…
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Real Estate News
Post election stability reported around the country
Has the coalition victory created an increase in consumer confidence as it relates to the property market? Many groups are saying that stability is a good thing with signs already of greater optimism, clarity and certainty. Dexar Group Dexar Group Chief Experience Officer John Minns has welcomed the end of the election campaign and stability for the housing market in…
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Real Estate News
Ray White WA hold half-yearly awards
Ray White Western Australia held their half-yearly awards on 22 March at local venue Steve’s in Nedlands, honouring the top performers across sales and property. Vivien Yap of Ray White Dalkeith | Claremont was the big winner of the evening; she was named the Top Selling Principal in Western Australia and received accolades for the Top Office and Top Marketing…
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Real Estate News
Barry Hudson from Ray White Hornsby celebrates half a century in the game
The 74-year-old has made a career out of helping others buy and sell real estate for fifty years, with three of those decades spent working for Ray White. Mr Hudson started his career in Hornsby in 1969 following a stint as an apprentice motor mechanic. “I saw an ad in the local paper wanting real estate agents,” he said. “I…
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Real Estate News
Andrew Bell says there will be an urgency among property buyers on the election leadup
The Gold Coast property market may be getting an unexpected shot in the arm from the federal election, according to Ray White Surfers Paradise Group (RWSP). RWSP CEO Andrew Bell says he has noted an emerging sense of urgency among some buyers eager to lock in a purchase sooner rather than later. These buyers are factoring in a change of…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
REA Group announces finalists for 2018 Annual REA Excellence Awards
REA Group has today announced the finalists for this year’s Annual REA Excellence Awards (AREAs), to be held in Sydney on Thursday 15 November 2018. The AREAs honour the most innovative, community-minded and highest-achieving individuals and businesses across the property and media industries. Twenty-one awards will be presented across the three categories of Innovation, Service and Marketing Excellence, and Community.…
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Real Estate News
Jason Boon triumphs with triple trophies at R&W 160th birthday awards night
Jason Boon walked away from the Richardson & Wrench 160th birthday awards on Saturday night with three of the most coveted trophies. Boon, a director of R&W Elizabeth Bay Potts Point took home the award for Most Outstanding Selling Principal for both transactions and income earned, plus the Ronald H Pillinger Award. He also had his hand on the R&W…
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Real Estate News
Top takeaways from Day 1 at Connect 2018
Here are my top takeaways from a lineup of prestigious politicians, industry insiders and business experts who took to the stage for Connect Day 1. Former PM John Howard – The Global Economic Future As Australia’s second longest serving Prime Minister, John Howard OM AC led the country over four terms and 13 years. His achievements in the top job…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Andrew Ramsey joins The Agency Gold Coast
Andrew Ramsey has made the decision to close his independent agency Black Label Property and join The Agency Gold Coast. Mr Ramsey has sold over $100 million in residential property in the last decade, and has a background in elite sports management. “I am thrilled that Andrew Ramsey has accepted our invitation to join The Agency,” said The Agency Gold…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Savills retains Building Consultancy Team of the Year title for sixth year
Savills Project Management QLD have retained their title as Building Consultancy Team of the Year for the sixth year in a row, after taking out the award at the 2018 RICS Oceania Commercial Property Awards. Led by National Director – Retail, Andrew Hogg, the Savills QLD Project Management team were awarded for their outstanding efforts in managing QIC’s Grand Central…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Harcourts Group Australia National Awards announced
Major real estate franchise group, Harcourts Group Australia, held its annual conference from May 28-30 at The Star Casino, on the Gold Coast. Kicking off the group’s pinnacle event was ARIA award winning artist Guy Sebastian, in a surprise concert for over 700 conference delegates. Their annual conference is a combination of learning, presentations and announcements from a selection of…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Global Consumer Group Launches Push for New South Wales Government to Ban Rent-Bidding Apps
SumOfUs, an international consumer group with more than 170,000 members in Australia has called on the New South Wales Government to ban the spread of “pernicious and mercenary” new rent-bidding apps. They say the apps – US-based Rentberry and local apps Property Connect and RentWolf – will push up rental prices by forcing applicants into rent-bidding wars. Victorian Premier Daniel…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
RE/MAX Territory moves into Labrador
Hot on the heels of its June expansion, RE/MAX Territory will finishes 2017 with the addition of eight new sales agents and a new premises in Labrador. “Our greater Gold Coast team will be spread across the offices at Labrador and Oxenford, servicing real estate needs in those suburbs, Monterey Keys and right across the city,” he said. Broker-owners Rob…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Queensland A-List revealed
A List awards spokesperson Ashleigh Molden thanked Mercedes-Benz Brisbane and Pricefinder for their support of these awards to find the best of the best agents in Queensland. There’s lots of awards in the real estate industry, but the A List stands heads and shoulders above any other award as it compares agents from all agency groups using their sales data.…
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Thought Leaders Podcast
Episode 20: How to Lead a Winning Team, the AREAs, the truth about cats and dogs and more
Weekly wrap: Samantha McLean and Mark Edwards recap the week that was. ‘Elevate’ is the official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real estate industry sales professionals, property managers, and leaders. Each episode, we will bring you behind the scenes coaching, news analysis, exclusive interviews, technology, and more to help you list more, sell more, and elevate your results. To…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
50 most influential financial advisers in Australia named
“At a time when the digitisation of financial advice has reached its tipping point, both new and experienced financial advisers must be ready to lead the industry forward with ideas and innovation. Industry influencers will be instrumental in this exciting growth period,” said Darren Snyder, editor at Financial Standard. The list of individuals was determined through an industry-wide nominations phase…
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Agents need to sharpen communication with vendors in a slow market: Andrew Cocks
As the auction market softens and the gap between vendor and buyer price expectations widens, agents would do well to begin honing their communication skills. Despite some properties continuing to attract bullish prices the 65 per cent Sydney auction clearance rate, which is artificially high through manipulation of listings, and 32 per cent in Brisbane recorded on the weekend, suggests…
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OPINION
First timers homing in to opportunity: Andrew Cocks
There’s been a predictably mixed response to the release of CoreLogic figures showing another month of declines in Sydney house prices. From some there have been howls that the sky is falling, the boom turned to bust, and the imminent collapse of lives and livelihoods. But there is one group for whom the slow-down we had to have has given…
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EPM
Meet the (New) Office Genius
If there were a tool that could give you back two and a half out of the four weeks a year you would normally spend on manual invoice entry, would you make whatever change was necessary to get that time back and spend it doing something more meaningful? You don’t need to be Einstein to answer that question; the benefit…
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Thought Leaders Podcast
Episode 11: Transforming your business, Clearing Sales, Good works, competing with Purplebricks, Wrestling Sharks, Technology Innovation, Facebook Marketing and more.
Weekly wrap: Samantha McLean and Mark Edwards recap the week that was with special guests Lukas Pedder from Elders Mildura in Victoria and Michael Carter from Raine & Horne Penrith, NSW. ‘Elevate’ is the new official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real estate industry sales professionals, property managers, and leaders. Each episode, we will bring you behind the scenes…
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EPM
Spotlight on Rent Bidding: Sarah Bell
Rental bidding apps have been on our radar for a little while now: think Rentberry, Liveoffer and Rentwolf. In theory, I love what this tech is attempting: A free and open system, rewarding those who compete and are bold. Many welcome the move to a freer economy between landlords and tenants, and while I’m just as big of a fan…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Queensland’s top 150 salespeople revealed
The A List is determined purely on sales which reveals the top 150 performers in the state across all markets in Brisbane and regional centres. The A List initiative was established five years ago by the Ray White Group, but the data is sourced and verified by Pricefinder. Ray White Queensland chief executive officer Tony Warland said he was happy…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Driven to Success: Michael Willems
Superstar agent Michael Willems can boast being the first agent in the Ray White Group to reach over $1 billion in settled sales. But he never would. It’s not his style. It’s simply not in the DNA of the 47-year-old agent from the powerful Ray White Surfers Paradise Group to show off. The hallmarks of Willems’ success are the fact…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Richardson & Wrench Stars Shine Bright at the 2017 Annual Awards
The depth of talent within the Richardson & Wrench group has been highlighted by some outstanding performances across all of R&W’s markets. A true standout was Bondi Junction Principal Andre Frack claiming three of the most coveted trophies at the group’s annual awards on Saturday. Frack won the Most Outstanding Principal, both transactions and income earned, and took out the…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Ray White QLD awards recognises high achievers
Ray White Queensland traded $8.6 billion in residential property sales, made up of over 16,000 transactions in 2016-17. In the new category of Chairman Club – those who wrote in excess of $1.25 million in fees and/or 120 sales – the White Family presented Sonya Treloar (Ray White Bridgeman Downs), Michelle McLeod (Ray White Indooroopilly), Matt Lancashire (Ray White New…
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Real Estate News
Million-dollar Brisbane duo move to Belle
Mr Oostenbrink has only been in real estate for four years after a successful 15-year career in retail. “I was top three in the country with Apple and Myer in sales. In that position, you don’t want to make the jump, but after the GFC I thought this is the time to do it. “I used to buy and sell…
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AREC2017 EA Studio
Feature Interview: Andrew Cocks with Samantha McLean
Transcript: Samantha McLean: Hi, everyone. Back at stand 18 in the expo for AREC 2017 and my guest is Andrew Cocks, who is the managing director of Richardson & Wrench, one of the bigger franchises in New South Wales. Welcome, Andrew. Andrew Cocks: Thank you very much. Samantha: Who, so far, do you think has been your favourite presentation? Andrew:…
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Real Estate News
RE/MAX Territory expands to three offices
Property investors and homeowners at Oxenford and Monterey Keys on the Gold Coast now have the global real estate brand RE/MAX at their service following the expansion of RE/MAX Territory. Rob and Andrew Campbell joined RE/MAX in 2014 when they purchased the successful RE/MAX Territory office at Shailer Park on Brisbane’s Southside. In a strategic expansion move, they recently acquired…
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Real Estate News
Time for a change at the top of their game
A day after the top LJ Hooker business in NSW joined the Ray White Group, Belle Property Carina in Qld, under Principal Andrew McSweeny, have also decided to jump on board. Mr McSweeny said, who has more than 22 years experience in real estate started when he was 19 and is exceptionally proud of what he and his team had achieved…
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Elite Agent
The Eight Best Budget Moments from #Budget17: Sarah Bell
The 2017 Federal budget has been mostly received well judging from commentary by property pundits so far. A goldilocks attempt to temper the forces of supply and demand; of foreign investment and affordable housing without causing economic shockwaves. But, Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison or #ScoMo as he is trending was going to have a difficult time pleasing everyone. “The government is…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Infrastructure boom will reduce Sydney’s “door-to-desk” times, predicts Raine & Horne
With tens of billions of investment dollars making NSW a world leader in infrastructure, faster commutes are set to boost property values, and quality of life, Raine & Horne, executive chairman Angus Raine said. “Major infrastructure projects such as the Sydney Metro Northwest, WestConnex, NorthConnex and the upgrades to the Princes Highway on the NSW south coast are set to…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Australasian Real Estate Results Awards 2017 Finalists Announced
The top performing independent real estate agencies and individuals across Australasia have been revealed last week as finalists in the 11th annual Australasian Real Estate Results Awards (ARERAs), to be staged in Sydney next month. Hosted by the Real Estate Results Network (RERN), the ARERAs is the industry’s pinnacle awards event that recognises and celebrates the outstanding achievers in property throughout…
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Elite Agent
List Sell Negotiate 2016 Takeaways: Craig Fine
Maintaining a hunger for learning is what sets apart the great agents in our industry. Â We asked Craig Fine from Sydney Sotheby’s International Realty to be our roving reporter at Josh Phegan’s List, Sell, Negotiate. Here he shares his top 10 takeaways from the event for agents, like himself, who are starting out but have a passion to achieve. 1.…
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Real Estate News
Sydney real estate boom drives R&W Hunter expansion
The surge of Sydney buyers forced out of Sydney in the hunt for value and affordability is changing the face of real estate in regional NSW. Richardson & Wrench today (November 25) adds a second Hunter Valley independent to its network, with the signing of Thomas Real Estate, a third generation family real estate business in the growth region of…
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