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FRANCHISE NEWS
Harcourts Group Australia Continues Market Share Growth
With an estimated market value in third position overall against all real estate groups nationally, Harcourts was the only national group amongst the top five to have effected an increase in market value over the past quarter reporting, according to CoreLogic. According to a release supplied by the company, of the seven states in which the national real estate franchise network…
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Real Estate News
CoreLogic Property Pulse and auctions 10 August 2017 – Million Dollar Sales at Record Levels
Research by analyst Cameron Kusher shows that the cost of housing has continued to rise in most parts of the country over the past 12 months. He said, “Bracket creep should come as no surprise in markets like Sydney and Melbourne, where dwelling values have increased by 77 per cent and 61 per cent respectively over the past five years.…
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CUSTOMER SERVICE
7 Habits Of Highly Unpopular Agents: Kylie Davis
Why do real estate agents have a poor professional reputation? The truth can be found in the fact that, while agents are paid for by the vendor, they also service buyers. But without a financial incentive to excel, it’s buyers who have some of the worst experiences and who then delight in telling their friends. The CoreLogic Buyer Perceptions of…
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Real Estate News
Auction volumes were down in the first week of August however preliminary clearance rate was higher
National auction clearance results for the week ending 06/08/2017 courtesy of CoreLogic The preliminary auction clearance rose to 71.5 percent, after last week saw the final auction clearance rate fall slightly to 68.7 percent (revised lower from a preliminary clearance of 70.7%). Over the last month, auction volumes have remained relatively steady and while clearance rates have shown a softening, final results…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
CoreLogic home value index shows house prices jumped 1.5 per cent across capital cities in July
Melbourne house prices jumped 3.1 per cent in July and have been the key driver in the 1.5 per cent increase in combined capital city dwelling values for the month. CoreLogic’s latest home value index shows house prices rose in Sydney by 1.4 per cent, while Canberra prices jumped by 2.4 per cent but fell in Brisbane (-0.6%), Perth (-1.3%)…
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Real Estate News
Auction volumes continue to increase as preliminary clearance rate scrapes above 70%
National auction clearance results for the week ending 30/07/2017 courtesy of CoreLogic Auction clearance rates have seen a slight improvement across the combined capital cities over the month of July, with the final clearance rate over the last two weeks just falling short of the 70 percent mark. Auction volumes were higher this week with 1,957 homes taken to auction across the…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
CoreLogic Property Pulse and auctions 27 July 2017 – renting on the rise and homeownership declining
CoreLogic research analyst Cameron Kusher said analysis of recent Census results show the proportion of properties rented has been trending higher, increasing from 29.6% at the time of the 2011 Census and 27.2% at the time of the 2006 Census to reach 30.9% of all dwellings in 2016. “While the proportion of dwellings being rented is climbing, the proportion of…
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Real Estate News
REIWA partners with CoreLogic to provide recent WA sale data
A new partnership between REIWA and CoreLogic means the recent sales results reported on reiwa.com will now appear within RP Data Professional, giving agents access to accurate data within one of Australia’s best property data and analytic platforms. CoreLogic CEO Lisa Claes said the partnership was in works for a number of years. “We are absolutely delighted that now our…
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Real Estate News
Harcourts reports record $98 million in June sales in Tasmania
Interstate buyers and the demand for prestige properties have boosted sales in Tasmania, with Harcourts Group reporting a record $98.1 million in sales during June. “It was our biggest month ever, and represents an increase of almost three per cent over our previous record month,” said Harcourts Tasmania CEO Tony Morrison. “There have been some significant residential sales to attribute…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
New listings higher than year ago while total listings lower: CoreLogic
The number of new listings is higher than a year ago but the total number of listings is lower, according to CoreLogic data. The number of properties advertised for sale is now showing substantial differences between regional and capital city markets, as well as between individual capital cities. Research analyst Cameron Kusher noted that comparing the capital city and national…
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Real Estate News
Raine and Horne: Baby boomer demand for apartments could change Adelaide real estate
Baby boomer demand for apartments could change the face of Adelaide real estate, according to Raine & Horne. South Australians’ preference for detached housing is reflected in recent research showing the capital city values have grown consistently since June 2016, with detached housing values increased by 3.1% compared to a modest 0.3% for apartments, according to CoreLogic. However, baby boomers…
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Real Estate News
CoreLogic Property Pulse: How did the housing market perform over the financial year?
Research by CoreLogic has confirmed that over the past 20 financial years combined capital city dwelling values fell just twice. Over the last twelve months, CoreLogic found that combined capital city dwelling values increased by 9.6 per cent, which was actually greater than the 8.3 per cent rise over the 2015-16 financial year. According to research analyst Cameron Kusher, combined…
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Real Estate News
Auction volumes lower with 1600 properties taken to auction, returning a stronger preliminary clearance rate of 72.4 percent
The number of homes taken to auction across the capital cities has fallen for the 4th week in a row, with just 1,612 auctions held this week, down from 1,766 last week, although higher than this time last year when 1,391 properties went under the hammer. National auction clearance results for the week ending 16/07/2017 courtesy of CoreLogic The combined capital city…
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Real Estate News
Auction volumes continue downward trend returning a preliminary clearance rate of 70.7 percent
The combined capital city preliminary clearance rate increased to 70.7 percent this week, up from 67.3 percent last week, while auction volumes fell week-on-week. There were 1,751 properties taken to auction this week, down from 2,001 last week. National auction clearance results for the week ending 09/07/2017 courtesy of CoreLogic Auction volumes were higher than this time last year when 1,399 auctions…
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Real Estate News
Core Logic Weekly Wrap – Census Data and Housing Supply
As our population continues to grow, so too does our need for more housing. The 2016 Census housing data shows an increase in housing stock between 2011 and 2016, and how the types of housing being built in capital cities have changed over those years. Despite being in the midst of a nationwide dwellings construction boom over recent years, the…
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SA Real Estate News
Ouwens Casserly ‘orange stars’ shine bright in sales and customer service
Girl power seemed to be the name of the game in the Ouwens Casserly Real Estate EOFY Awards held recently, with Cynthia Sajkunovic taking out the coveted number one agent spot. Director Alexander Ouwens said the awards reflect the customer-service focus of Ouwens Casserly rather than focusing simply on numbers and dollar figures. “As directors, the awards we hold most…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Core Logic Home Value Index June 2017
Capital city dwelling values rise 0.8% over June quarter, the slowest quarterly growth rate since dwelling values fell over December 2015 quarter. Despite a seasonally strong result over the month of June, the CoreLogic Hedonic Home Value series shows that momentum of capital gains over the second quarter of 2017 is losing steam. Highlights over the three months to June…
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Real Estate News
Auction volumes fall below 2,000 across the capital cities returning a preliminary clearance rate of 70.3 percent
The combined capital city preliminary clearance rate increased to 70.3 percent this week, up from last week, when the final results saw the clearance rate fall to 66.5 percent, the lowest clearance rate since June 2016. National auction clearance results for the week ending 02/07/2017 courtesy of CoreLogic Auction clearance rates have been trending lower since reaching a peak at the end of…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
CoreLogic weekly wrap up – NSW and Victoria remain most popular states for migration
Demographic data released this week from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows a rapid rate of population growth driven by migration. Overseas and interstate migration remained the key drivers for population growth, in turn driving housing demand, according to CoreLogic research analyst Cameron Kusher. “Whereas natural increase removes older people and adds younger people, interstate migration and overseas immigration…
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Elite Agent
The Power of Agents: Kylie Davis
If you want to stand out from the crowd of real estate agents, focus on the value of your relationships. While many speakers at the AREC 2017 conference focused on systems, processes and goal setting for winning transactions, speakers like Leonard Steinberg, the ‘gentleman’ broker of New York, and Charles Touma from BresicWhitney explained their success had been created by…
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Real Estate News
Pain and Gain: The Best and Worst in the March Quarter
According to the CoreLogic Pain & Gain March 2017 quarter report, nine out of 10 people (90.4%) who re-sold a property during the March 2017 quarter earned themselves a profit. Report Highlights 9.6% of dwellings sold for less than their previous purchase price over the first quarter of 2017. Proportion of dwellings selling for less than the previous purchase price…
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Real Estate News
Clearance rates continue to trend below 70 percent across the combined capitals on similar volumes as last week.
There have been 1,840 capital city auction results reported to CoreLogic so far this week, resulting in a preliminary auction clearance rate of 69.1 percent across the combined capital cities. There were a total of 2,323 capital city auctions held this week, down from the 2,444 held last week. National auction clearance results for the week ending 25/06/2017 courtesy of CoreLogic This…
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Real Estate News
Values Increasing Faster than Outstanding Debt: Tim Lawless
The number of properties mortgaged is climbing, however, values are increasing faster than outstanding debt, says CoreLogic’s Tim Lawless. Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its residential property prices indexes for the March 2017 quarter. A valuable data set from the release relates to the value of dwelling stock and the number of residential dwellings. Both of…
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Real Estate News
Brickx bursts into Brunswick West with Bricks from $99
Australians can now invest in a house in Brunswick West from $99 with Brickx. CEO Anthony Millet expects this latest offering in Melbourne to be popular with investors further adding to the current Melbourne portfolio of Prahran and Port Melbourne. “We’re thrilled to provide access to such a stunningly transformed terrace at an affordable entry price of just under $100,”…
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Real Estate News
Tasmanian agent beats Victorian rivals to win top franchise awards
Century 21’s first Tasmanian office in Devonport has beaten all of the group’s Victorian offices and taken out two top sales awards. Director of Century 21 Leslie and Banks, James Leslie, achieved two top awards at the network’s quarterly awards ceremony in Victoria including ranking as the first quarter’s Top Selling Principal for the most properties sold. James Leslie, who…
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Real Estate News
Auction volumes rise to 2,407 across the capital cities returning a preliminary weighted clearance rate of 69.6 percent
There were 2,407 auctions held across the combined capital cities this week, with a preliminary auction clearance rate of 69.6 percent. Last week, the final clearance rate fell to 67.8 percent, recording the lowest clearance rate year to date, across 1,279 capital city auctions. This is the 3rd week in a row now where the combined capital city clearance rate…
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Real Estate News
The Weekly Wrap: Auctions up but investor activity is dropping
Investor interest in the housing market has started to drop off, according to CoreLogic research analyst Cameron Kusher. Housing finance and credit data released earlier this month by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Reserve Bank (RBA) show there has been a decline in investor activity, with mortgage lenders rationing credit to the investor segment and the lifting of mortgage…
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Real Estate News
Preliminary auction clearance rate holds above 70 percent on lowest volumes since Easter
The number of auctions held this week saw a significant decrease, with 1,265 properties taken to market across the combined capital cities, down from 2,578 over the week prior. The decrease in auction activity this week is attributable to the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, which has affected activity across most states, including Australia’s two largest auction markets. National auction clearance…
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ACT Real Estate News
Core Logic weekly wrap – remember the good times with the bad
During the up cycle of any property market, it’s natural that people will tend only to focus on when values rise. However, it’s important to remember the times values have fallen dramatically but recovered, bearing in mind it’s more common for combined capital city dwelling values to increase rather than fall. “Although value rises have been more common, it doesn’t…
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Real Estate News
Stamp duty concessions are reverse engineering supply and demand: Douglas Driscoll
Starr Partners CEO Douglas Driscoll is calling for more justification around the NSW Government’s solution for housing affordability after it revealed no concessions would be afforded to buyers making property purchases over $800,000. The measures, taken to cabinet last week, proposed stamp duty would be abolished on all homes up to $650,000 and relief to buyers of homes up to…
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Real Estate News
RBA leaves cash rate unchanged
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced they will leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.5 percent after its monthly meeting yesterday. RBA Governor Philip Lowe said the broad-based pick-up in the global economy is continuing, but while he had an optimistic tone on strength of the labour market, he said wage growth remains low and this was likely to…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Demand for Property Surges in May according to REA
While demand for property seemed to subside somewhat in April according to the REA Group Property Demand Index, the month of May saw demand for housing reach a new record high. The latest figures from REA Group suggest more price growth in major cities, despite other reports, such as the CoreLogic Home Value indices for the same period showing small…
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Elite Agent
Build It and They Will Come: 10 Sources to Grow Your Database
Modern real estate practice is about agents being more proactive by marketing wisely to an audience of potential vendors and buyers. Eddie Cetin lists 10 ways to help you grow the database that drives your business. You don’t have to be a geek to know that having a clean, accurate database matters. Accurate, relevant data is power – so you’ll…
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Real Estate News
Stamp Duty changes to affect buyer demand: Tim Lawless
The decision last week by the News South Wales Government Premier Gladys Berejiklian to provide first home buyers with a stamp duty exemption for properties with a price tag under $650,000 is likely to boost demand for this under-represented segment of the market, according to Tim Lawless. Based on recent Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data, first home buyers comprised…
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Real Estate News
Preliminary clearance rate holds above 70 percent as the number of auctions held slips lower
The first week of winter saw auction volumes fall, with 2,545 homes taken to auction, compared to 2,885 the previous week. The preliminary clearance rate across the combined capital cities was higher (73.9 percent) compared with last week’s finalised result, which was the third lowest clearance rate so far this year (71.3 percent). National auction clearance results for the week ending 04/06/2017 courtesy…
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