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Real Estate News
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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INDUSTRY NEWS
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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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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Real Estate News
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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INDUSTRY NEWS
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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INDUSTRY NEWS
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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Justin Nickerson wins the Australian Auctioneering Championships
Justin Nickerson was crowned REIA Australasian Auctioneer of the Year last week in a tightly fought contest. In challenging circumstances, Mr Nickerson delivered a seamless, entertaining call in very unusual conditions against Gavin Croft, Harry Li, Andrew North and Daniel Coulson. Competition rules were given a bit of a twist this year with no time limits imposed. Competitors were under…
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Real Estate News
CommercialVIEW expands into Queensland
Property portal CommercialVIEW.com.au is targeting Queensland as part of the next phase of its national expansion. CommercialVIEW CEO Daniel Bignold said we are offering commercial real estate agents in Queensland a new viable alternative to the major media portals. “Our launch event in Brisbane last night, supported by Macquarie Bank and the Real Estate Institute of Queensland, saw CommercialVIEW incredibly well received by…
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Direct Connect Extends Partnership Reach to Insurance, Smoke Alarms And Conveyancing
YOU MAY ALREADY BE USING THE SERVICES OF DIRECT CONNECT; as one of the biggest connection companies in Australia they have been helping people move house for the past ten years. What you may not be aware of are some of the fantastic new services on offer from Direct Connect, making life even easier for your clients when it comes…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
REIQ Summit Offers Secrets of Success
The REIQ Summit is a two-day conference that no real estate professional can afford to miss – with an array of spectacular speakers who will inspire, provoke and galvanise. Day two of the conference is focused on the whole real estate profession and will be headlined by the US queen of real estate, Dolly Lenz. Fresh from selling Rupert Murdoch’s…
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Elite Agent
Regional Queensland Set for Growth as Southeast Real Estate Continues to Strengthen
Real estate markets in regional Queensland are gearing up for growth in the wake of a strengthening property market in the Southeast, according to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ). The REIQ Queensland Market Monitor (QMM) for the September Quarter 2014 shows the state’s key regional centres are beginning to reap the benefits of growing buyer confidence heading into…
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View From the Top
ANTONIA MERCORELLA, THE NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE of the REIQ, discusses her priorities for real estate in Queensland and her vision for her new role. REAL ESTATE IS a fast-moving game and modern agents need to devote considerable time and energy to keeping pace with the changes taking place in our profession. Technology is constantly on the march, performance measures are…
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Real Estate Sales Hit Decade High, Values Soar
Residential real estate sales in Brisbane have hit their highest level this decade amid rising median house values in many parts of Queensland, according to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ). REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said sales volumes in some of the state’s key regional markets had also hit a post-2010 peak, with accompanying rises in median house values.…
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Entries Now Open for Queensland’s Best Real Estate Report
The Real Institute of Queensland (REIQ) is seeking entries for Best Real Estate Report as part of its 2015 Awards for Excellence. REIQ Acting CEO Antonia Mercorella is urging journalists to get involved in the competition which will see the winner announced at a gala Brisbane event in February. ‘‘These awards are the most prestigious real estate event in Queensland,…
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