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Elite Agent TV
National Auction Round Table Part 1: Around the Grounds
Other videos in this series TRANSCRIPT Steve Carroll: Why don’t I kick off with, “What’s happening in the market at the moment?” We’ll kick off with New South Wales. What’s happening in the market in Sydney and wider New South Wales? Anybody can attack the question and jump in as you feel fit. Stu Benson: My clearance rate up in…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Ray White Double Bay appoints Associate Director
Ray White Double Bay agent Warren Ginsberg has taken on a new role, being appointed Associate Director for the office. Since joining the office in 2009 Mr Ginsberg has undergone a journey of hard work, determination, forever learning and exceeding expectations. “I am very honoured to be appointed Associate Director,” said Mr Ginsberg. “It means a lot to me to…
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
From reality to realty: How The Mentor changed Moreton Bay Realty
It’s been a couple of months since Moreton Bay Realty appeared in our lounge rooms as stars of Channel Seven’s The Mentor. The family-owned agency sat down with Elite Agent to discuss the impact of the show on their business, and how they survived reality TV editing. It’s hard to escape the unblinking eye of reality TV in Australia; our…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Ray White ‘powers up’ property managers
Customer service is the key to long lasting success from every transaction, or interaction, members have with clients, according to Ray White. Ray White head of property management Emily Sim said “customer service is our core message now more than ever before”. Ms Sim and her team have just concluded a series of national training and networking sessions for property…
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Ray White agent accelerates career in Queensland
Ray White Runaway Bay sales and marketing consultant Mitchell Booth is a star in the making. The 20-year-old recently graduated top of class in Ray White Queensland’s Accelerate program. Completed over three months, the training and coaching platform is for all new Ray White Queensland members regardless of their level of industry experience. Ray White Queensland Business Development Executive Candice…
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EPM: Industry News
2018 PPM National Property Management Award finalists announced
The finalists have been announced for the 2018 PPM National Property Management Awards. The PPM Group received more than 135 submissions across eight categories. The judge’s feedback back was that this year the level of submissions were exceptional with many of the category nominees being very close. Here are the finalists in each of the eight categories: Property Manager of…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Iconic Nanette Lilley merges with Ray White
The First Lady of real estate in Brisbane’s western suburbs, Nanette Lilley is retiring from the industry after 46 years and her business will merge with leading property group Ray White. Ray White Sherwood principal Cameron Crouch and his partner and joint director Aimee Carding today opened Ray White Graceville, joined by Nanette Lilley’s long-term investment property clients. “We are…
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EPM: Profile
Karmen Costigan: Acting On Experience
Pursing a Hollywood dream isn’t always as glamorous as it seems. Karmen Costigan explains how, after success as an actor in Melbourne, she and her partner took the opportunity to pursue the Hollywood dream. Roles as an extra in films like Being John Malkovich followed, along with a stint playing Mary Poppins for Disney. But in the late 1990s they…
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High achieving Perth agent joins Ray White North Quays
Successful Perth real estate agent James Kennedy has been warmly welcomed into Ray White North Quays. Mr Kennedy has spent almost 30 years of his life in the greater Kingsley area, which includes graduating from Woodvale Senior High School and playing for the local football club. The elite performer, with the support of his wife Kylie, has been awarded the…
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Ray White owner raising money to help sick children
Ray White Toronto owner Paul Wrigley is spending this week driving in his 1966 Holden HR rally car around NSW on his fourth Variety Bush Bash to help raise money for sick children. Mr Wrigley, who has owned Ray White Toronto/Wangi for more than 18 years, is one of those men who provides an iron clad service guarantee with everything…
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Elite Agent
Megan Jaffe: The Human Connection
Megan Jaffe learnt an invaluable lesson early in her working life: Be true to yourself. It was a message that came to her time and again in the final words of the patients she nursed as a young health professional, and it’s a philosophy she continues as she leads Australasia’s most successful real estate agency, Ray White Remuera. The industries may…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Adam Downes’ new national role as Head of Performance Management
Australasia’s leading property group has promoted one of its top lieutenants to a new national role as Head of Performance Management. Adam Downes, currently Ray White’s head of agency operations in Queensland and a gun auctioneer, will start his new role on July 1 after designing a benchmarking program called Pulse for all of the group’s business owners to measure…
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Queensland ‘A List’ agent joins Ray White Marsden
ONE of Queensland’s top real estate agents is looking forward to taking her business to the next level after joining Ray White Marsden. Jess Nguyen is in the top one per cent of high performing agents across the state, with more than ten years’ experience in selling properties throughout the Logan region. “Our business has been built on transparency and…
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Every Agent Has a Story
Every Agent Has a Story: Andrew McSweeny
This story comes from Andrew McSweeny, Principal at Ray White Carina, who shares the key lessons he learned during his first sale under his family’s office. Be attentive and ask the right questions to know exactly what your customer wants and needs are Follow the process in place for your transactions; be mindful you may miss something if its structure…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
New Ray White Berwick owners feel strength of network
The strength of the Ray White brand gives Eric Zhang, Winston Wei, Yun Wei, Ricky Chen and Henry Lin a huge amount of confidence as they open their Berwick office. All are thrilled to acquire ownership of Ray White Berwick, which is located around 39kms southeast of Melbourne’s CBD. “Berwick is an established suburb in the City of Casey and…
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Every Agent Has a Story
Every Agent Has a Story: Karmen Costigan
This story comes from Karmen Costigan, Business Development Executive at Ray White Queensland, who shares the key lessons she learned during the start of her career in the USA. Maintain strong customer service and experience, and be helpful and attentive Have the ability to think on your feet: consider who’s affected and what’s the best outcome for all parties involved.…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Ray White Lower North Shore enters Crows Nest
Directors David Gillan and Richard Harding are at the helm of a team based in one of Sydney’s most liveable suburbs. “We’re bringing with us the experience and strengths of the Ray White Lower North Shore Group to Ray White Crows Nest,” Mr Gillan said. “We have access to the biggest buyer pool in the Lower North Shore, which includes…
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The Austar Group joins Ray White New Zealand
The eight residential and one commercial Ray White Austar offices officially open this week, bringing the total number of Ray White New Zealand offices to 166, with 71 of those based in Auckland. Ray White Austar directors Craig Smith, Len Day and Amy Anderson lead a team driven by the ambition to be West Auckland’s market leaders. “Our driving goal…
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Ray White Myrtleford’s new owners are familiar faces
Sandra Dondio is continuing her swift rise up the real estate industry ranks as she takes over ownership of Ray White Myrtleford, with the support of her husband Dean Johnson. Ms Dondio was born and raised in the attractive northeast Victorian town of Myrtleford, which is on the scenic Great Alpine Road between Wangaratta and Bright. Almost three years after…
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Ray White welcomes Aaron McDonald back to the agency
Melbourne auctioneer and agent Aaron McDonald has been welcomed back to one of Victoria’s leading agencies, Ray White, with open arms. Mr McDonald said he was excited be back at Ray White after running his own business and working with a local agency, where he was awarded the number one sales agent from 2014 to 2017. He has successfully helped…
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Top Ray White principal advises The Mentor
Matt Lancashire, the number one selling principal in Ray White’s Queensland network, was humbled to be chosen by businessman Mark Bouris for his new hit reality TV show, The Mentor. The first of Seven’s new seven-part reality makeover series The Mentor, which aired last night, centred on a family real estate agency in Moreton Bay. “I felt humbled that Mark…
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Thought Leaders Podcast
Episode 42: How to Build a Business Culture of Endurance and Growth with Megan Jaffe
Guest Interview: Samantha McLean talks to Megan Jaffe, Principal of Ray White Remuera and speaker at AREC 2018 who shares her views on positionship vs real leadership, what makes her culture great, how like attracts like and why she can never stop learning. ‘Elevate’ is the official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real estate industry sales professionals, property managers,…
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TECH + SOCIAL
2018: the year of the Smart Home
It’s been billed as the year we’ll all get connected and smart products will simplify our lives. In some ways that prediction is proving correct, and the internet infrastructure that drives smart tech is becoming a requirement, not just a desire. But what does the smart home mean for real estate? Is there appeal and value in savvy tech and the hyper-connected home? And is the smart…
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
The Numbers Game: Ash Weston
Ash Weston fell into real estate by accident after dropping out of high school and cutting his teeth on a variety of manual jobs. Now he’s one of Ray White’s top agents, winner of several awards and last year earned fees of over $1,500,000. But he has never forgotten the lessons he learned on the factory floor. How did you…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Ray White’s Cameron Crombie wins gold for Australia
Congratulations Cameron Crombie of Ray White Canberra, who won a gold medal in the F38 shot put at the Commonwealth Games this week. By day the star athlete is a sales agent at Ray White Canberra in the capital city. “It won’t sink in for a while yet, it could be a few weeks or months. I haven’t had much…
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Ray White Burnside recreates village vibe
Ray White Burnside has now officially opened their stylish new office in the heart of Adelaide’s blue-chip eastern suburbs. This is the third business for owners Brett and Kirsty Pilgrim, as they keep learning and developing high-performing teams in Adelaide’s east. In a model set to be copied by others in the industry, the Ray White Burnside office has been…
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Ray White makes key leadership appointment
Ray White believes it can now predict who their next high-performing agents are most likely to be. Over the last 18 months, Ray White has been working on its own tool to identify benchmarks for success using psychometric, aptitude and personality testing. Ray White has spent extensive time and effort in identifying benchmarks for how its high performers act and…
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Ray White Carina recruits top local agent
Ray White Carina are thrilled to welcome experienced real estate consultant Conrad Leisemann to the team. Mr Leisemann is an award-winning property sales agent with a deep insight into the local market, having lived in the area for more than 30 years. “I was born and bred in Carina, went to Mayfield State School, and my partner and I have…
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Treloar family of Ray White Bridgeman Downs expands reach to Albany Creek
Wayne Treloar is excited to announce he has acquired ownership of Ray White Albany Creek, just west of his existing Bridgeman Downs office. Mr Treloar and wife Sonya are already local success stories, following their sharp rise to excellence at Ray White Bridgeman Downs. “We have lived locally for more than 12 years, so when the opportunity came up to…
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Ray White’s expands presence in Eastern Bays
Auckland principal Wayne Maguire, who owns Ray White Mission Bay, is pleased to announce he has acquired two neighbouring businesses from well-regarded veteran agent Peter Best. Mr Maguire will more than double his team to 55 sales agents when the Kohimarama and St Heliers teams are welcomed into his new big ‘one team’ business structure. Mr Best, who has owned…
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Real Estate News
Ray White Indonesia celebrates its winners
More than 500 agents in Indonesia attended the annual Ray White Awards for 2018 in Jakarta, coming from all over the country to celebrate the year’s achievements and success. Ray White Indonesia CEO Johann Boyke Nurtanio (pictured below) said the network’s number one position as market leader was defined by more than awards but by the acknowledgement from businesses across…
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Ray White Double Bay partners with Sony Foundation
Ray White Double Bay has thrown its support behind Sony Foundation, a charity aimed at helping young Australians facing the toughest adversity. Sony Foundation is the charitable arm of the Sony Group of companies operating in Australia including; Sony Australia, Sony Music Entertainment Australia, Sony Interactive Entertainment Australia and Sony Mobile Communications. Since its inception in 1998, Sony Foundation has…
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Ray White agents ‘link up’ to celebrate referrals
REAL estate agents, mortgage brokers and financial advisers from all over Australia and New Zealand have spent a memorable evening at the historic village in Crows Nest where it all began for property giant Ray White in 1902. The attendees were the winners of the group’s biggest-ever referral initiative called LINK which saw every facet of the White family business…
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Local duo open Ray White South Hurstville
A South Hurstville real estate team have opened their doors under the Ray White brand and are certain to build on their stellar reputation in their community. Steven Beattie and Maurice Maroon, both co-principals of Ray White South Hurstville in the St George region, NSW, have gained an impressive reputation for selling premium waterfront properties with record-breaking results. Both local…
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SUPPLIER NEWS
Australian startup Gavl recognised by IBM
The co-founder and CTO of Gavl, an auction live stream platform which launched in 2016, has been invited to speak at IBM Think 2018 in Vegas. The platform has live-streamed more than $5bn in auction sales over its time, and allows buyers anywhere to watch and bid on live auctions via app or website. So far Gavl has chalked up…
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