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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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INDUSTRY NEWS
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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INDUSTRY NEWS
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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EPM: Technology & Social
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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INDUSTRY NEWS
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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Elite Agent
Revive 2017 Round Table Series: Queensland
Elite Agent is following the Revive 2017 Wellness and Wellbeing Round Table Series tour as it makes it’s way across four of Australia’s capitals. The was at the brand new REIQ House in Queensland yesterday, and with only one more stop to go in Sydney today, we look at some of the ideas for wellness initiatives that can help create well-beings…
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Housing Measures Fall Short In QLD State Budget
The REIQ has responded to measures announced in the State Budget that was recently handed down, welcoming the State Government’s extension of the First Home Buyer Grant boost. However it is disappointed that the Government has refused to broaden the grant to include established homes in regional Queensland. REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said regional Queensland property markets continued to struggle,…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
RBA leaves cash rate unchanged at 1.5 percent
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.5 percent after its monthly meet on Tuesday. RBA governor Philip Lowe said the Australian economy is continuing its transition following the end of the mining investment boom. “Recent data are consistent with ongoing moderate growth. Most measures of business confidence are at, or above,…
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Brisbane’s new dwellings has hit a high of $655k: REIQ
Brisbane’s new median house prices have hit a new high of $655,000, said the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ). REIQ’s Queensland Market Monitor: December 2016 quarter report showed that the sunshine state’s housing market had shown moderate growth throughout last year, with a final quarter revealing a strong result for houses in the south-east corner with weaker demand for…
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QLD Treasurer Rejects REIQ Proposal to Broaden the First Home Buyer Scheme
The Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) has publicly recorded its disappointment in the State Government that they would not be broadening their first buyer home grant to established homes. REIQ chief Antonia Mercorella said this was evidence that the State Government was not listening to the needs of regional Queenslanders. “However, our concern is for the long-term impact and…
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Queensland rental markets tighten in December 2016 quarter: REIQ
Queensland’s rental market improved over the December quarter with many markets behaving as forecast, returning to more traditional vacancy rates after an unusual September quarter result. REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said, generally speaking, the year ended on a steady note. “The data has shown that supply and demand in the rental market is fairly evenly matched in the southeast corner.…
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State-by-State Round Up: Electronic Signatures, January 2017
The current waters are still a little murky in relation to the use of electronic signatures. According to white papers released by CoreLogic on the use of DocuSign, an electronic signatures software product, electronic signatures are legal in most Australian Jurisdictions. Rundl, powered by progressive law firm LawLab, already have clients transacting with electronic signatures across many of the Australian…
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REIQ Queensland launches new real estate training website with online and classroom options
The Real Estate Institute (REIQ) of Queensland has launched a new real estate training website, timed to coincide when people are most likely considering a new career. The site, MyRealEstateJobs.com.au offers advice and a wealth of information about the broad range of careers that a real estate qualification can deliver and also outlines the courses available through REIQ. REIQ chief…
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REIQ urges Queensland’s state treasurer to expand first-home grants to include established homes
The Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) is lobbying hard to have the state’s first home owners’ grant extended to include built homes in regional areas where growth has been slow since the mining downturn. REIQ chief executive Antonia Mercorella in a strongly worded letter to Queensland State Treasurer Chris Pitt believes that the expansion of the grant to include…
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REIQ Announces Nominees for 2017 Excellence Awards
The Real Estate Institute of Queensland has announced its 2017 Awards for Excellence finalists, representing the best in the Queensland real estate profession for the year. This year’s Awards attracted a record number of entrants, reflecting the growing strength in the market. Winners will be announced at the gala Awards dinner at Brisbane City Hall on 4 February 2017. REIQ…
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First Home Owner’s Grant fails to help regional QLD, says REIQ
The Queensland Government’s First Home Owner grant, which was recently boosted from $15,000 to $20,000, has provided limited support where it is needed most – regional Queensland’s established housing market. REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said while the grant was welcome as a tool to help first-home buyers get into the market, it did not deliver help where it was needed…
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Median house price up in Brisbane in a quarter of surprises, REIQ
The property market in the southeast corner of Queensland returned to positive territory this quarter, following last quarter’s contraction, and the Brisbane LGA median house price has grown 1.3 per cent to a new high of $635,000, the highest this has been in history. The data in the REIQ Queensland Market Monitor also revealed some surprises in the June quarter,…
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