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INDUSTRY NEWS
Residents say ‘goodbye’ to capital city suburbs
Long-time residents are moving away from capital city suburbs, with many shifting to regional Australia, according to analysis by buyersβ agency, Propertyology. A deep dive by the firm into ABS data revealed tens-of-thousands of big city residents are deciding itβs time to move on to areas such as Bendigo, Cairns, Tamworth and Wodonga. The numbers uncovered 33 regional locations where…
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BEST PRACTICE
Managing your biggest barrier to success: Mark Engelmann
Business owners and leaders often understand the financial implications of engaging an offshore team. Firstly, it is more cost effective to have a low-cost resource doing the non-revenue generating, or low-value, work; secondly, the opportunity cost that it creates by freeing up the local team to focus on revenue-generating work is also very clear. However, the commercial benefits alone are…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Barry Plant Sunbury recognised for outstanding customer service
A testament to the Barry Plant Groupβs focus on customer service, the real estate network has once again been recognised by the 2018 Australian Achiever Awards with a group certification for customer service. For the 14th year in a row, every Barry Plant office achieved a βHighly Recommendedβ status for customer service, with Sam DβAngelo and the team at the…
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Elite Agent
Real Estate’s night of nights to recognise all aspects of property
Exclusive to the Australian market, the AREA Awards focus on recognising and celebrating agents who show excellence in supporting their customers through their property journey. In addition to the regular award categories, this year the awards include four Gold AREAs for Most Influential Woman in the Property Market, Agency of the Year (won by Barry Plant Manningham last year), Agent…
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TECH + SOCIAL
The Future of Work: Special Report
Cloud-based virtual real estate brokerages, offshore labour, and designing and building emotionally and intellectually intelligent buildings will dramatically change the way agents work in the future, experts say. The days of real estate agents existing solely in a bricks-and-mortar office are already dissolving, with US cloud brokerage eXp Realty hitting more than 10,000 agents and uplisting on the Nasdaq Stock Market late last month. The agency…
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EPM: Ask The Expert
Ask the Coach: How to be prepared for a Tribunal
Q. The thought of Tribunal and the process isΒ daunting. How can I be more prepared? One of the ο¬rst things to remember is to breathe. Tribunal is one of those areas in property management that can prove challenging and often is entwined with an element of stress. One way of reducing that stress is your level of preparation. Being well…
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Gift of a Lifetime: Laing+Simmons
What do a pizza, a walk in the park, a haircut, a cocktail and a cup of tea have in common? Theyβre the key elements in a $50,000 award-winning marketing campaign that successfully promoted the Laing+Simmons real estate brand last year. Entitled Memorable Moments, the campaign took out the Annual REA Excellence Award for Brand Campaign of the Year – Residential. Laing+Simmons Managing Director Leanne Pilkington says…
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EPM: Leadership
The D-Word: Brock Fisher
What strikes me when I think back to the start of my accidental property management career in 1998 is that the fundamentals of what we do are still very much the same. Sure, our trust accounting software is now a bit fancier. We market properties on the internet and take online bookings to view them. We usually do our inspections on an app rather than with pen…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Online offer management system gets high profile agent shareholder
Market Buy, an online offer management system that aims to streamline real estate transactions, has caught the eye of Queensland agent Chris Gilmour who’s joined the company as an equity partner and shareholder. Mr Gilmour is one of the founders of All Properties Group, and a regular speaker at real estate seminars around Australia. HeΒ brings a wealth of experience to…
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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. βI am thrilled that Andrew Ramsey has accepted our invitation to join The Agency,β said The Agency Gold…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Prestigious property agency relaunches with new name
Slavko Romic and Anthony Moore are thrilled to announce today the relaunch of their prestige property agency RomicMoore Property. The dynamic duo have provided exceptional service to the eastern suburbs area for over 12 years. The rebrand to RomicMoore Property will see the agency move to an independent structure. It will also enable them to spread their area of service…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Rockstars and politicians head the lineup at Ray White’s Connect 2018
This yearβs Connect 2018 conference is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever. Up to 3000 agents and brokers are expected to arrive on the Gold Coast for Connect 2018 on August 13 and 14, bringing together the strength of the White family businesses of Ray White, Loan Market, Wealth Market, Home Now, Living Here, White & Partners…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Elders to open three new offices in July
The Queensland additions includes Toogoom and Northern Beaches offices, while in South Australia the service offering will increase on the Yorke Peninsula, with new franchise locations in Ardrossan and Port Vincent. Elders Real Estate Toogoom and Northern Beaches The new office in Queensland increases Eldersβ presence in the sunshine state to 107 locations. High profile agents and experienced agency operators…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Established regional agent brings The Agency to the Hunter Valley
The Agency is further expanding its reach into NSW with established regional agent Charlie Lund and her team joining The Agency. βCharlie Lund and her team have been running an extremely successful and highly regarded real estate business in the Hunter Valley region for over a decade,β Matt Lahood, CEO of The Agency, said. βCharlie is a passionate local resident…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Well known local real estate agents launch new agency in Canberra
Established real estate agents Brett Hayman and Shane Killalea, along with business partner Sue Killalea, are launching a new real estate brand with big vision. Hayman Partners is the brainchild of the trio who have been business partners for 11 years within the limitations of a franchise network. The new brand aims to be agile in all services with an…
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EPM: BD & Growth
Natalie Hastings: Should They Stay, Or Should They Go?
Property management is a people business, best suited to those natural problem-solvers with a positive disposition and a flair for collaboration. But what happens when you do your very best time and again, yet find your days disturbed by an aggressive landlord who is impossible to please? Many principals are loathe to βsackβ a landlord β even if their behaviour is…
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EPM: First Person
Problem Personalities: Debbie Palmer
Across the nation we are collectively known as property managers β but we should be more aptly known as people managers or relationship managers. Properties donβt complain, get angry or fail to follow through on requests, but tenants and landlords sometimes do. Managing difficult clients is all about understanding relationships, and peopleβs emotions and behaviours. More often than not, an…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Real estate trailblazer Di Jones passes away
Real estate industry pioneer Diane Lenore Jones passed away on Saturday surrounded by family. Di Jones CEO Rob Ward paid tribute to Di Jones, who opened her first agency in Woollahra in 1992 and played an active role as brand ambassador until her death. βDi Jones was a remarkable and generous woman who was an inspiration to many,β he said.…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Ray White agents master customer experience at Super Sales Day
The underlying fundamentals of the Sydney housing market remain strong and agents have every reason to be optimistic but they need to change as their customers have changed, according to social researcher Mark McCrindle. Mr McCrindle of McCrindle Research reminded more than 300 Ray White agents at the groupβs Super Sales Day – The Modern Customer last week, that they…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Top agents head to Melbourne for Ray White industry event
Agents from all over Australia this week attended an industry function in Melbourne hosted by the leading property group Ray White. More than 100 real estate agents from many different brands – both boutique and other franchise groups – travelled from Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and across Melbourne to compare notes on their markets and performance amid the backdrop of…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
How footy preferences are driving migration choices
It might be hard to believe, but your footy code preference may well influence where you end up living, according to new research by property market analysts Propertyology. The market research firm and award-winning buyersβ agency analysed interstate migration trends over the past 20 years and found a significant correlation depending on whether you are a rugby league or an…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Raine & Horne continues global expansion with third office in Fiji
Leading Australian property group Raine & Horne is escalating its worldwide expansion with the opening of a third office in Fiji in less than 12 months. Raine & Horne Fiji directors, CJ Shergill, Sanjay Krishnan and Aveet Goundar, launched offices in Lautoka and Nadi in July 2017. βSince joining the network, the Fiji team have gone from strength to strength…
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
How agents can make the digital shortlist with Valentina Borbone
Long before any consumer picks up the phone, theyβre actively researching online, shortlisting the right person for the job. Valentina Borbone is an expert at ensuring businesses make that shortlist, and sheβll be applying this knowledge at Digital Live 2018 as she helps agents tap into best-practice recommendations in the online space. Looking at a host of areas ranging from…
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TECH + SOCIAL
Augmented Reality: The Personal Touch by Diana Dugan
How long have you been in real estate? Iβve been in real estate for 10 years. I initially joined local franchise agencies in the Bayside area before starting my own company in 2011. It seems like only yesterday I branched out on my own, with a lot of nerves but also a lot of ideas and determination. How did you…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Award winning agent Jeff Anderson joins @realty
Award-winning real estate agent and avid football fan Jeff Anderson is switching teams to kick goals for fast-growing national real estate network @realty, which has recruited 500 agents in the past four years. Mr Anderson, who was managing director of an agency in Carnegie and has conducted more than 4,000 successful auctions in his 34 years in real estate, is…
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Real Estate News
Boutique agency opens second office
Fresh off the back of a keynote at AREC 2018, WHITEFOX have opened a second office in Melbourne. The new office, atΒ 590 Malvern Road, Prahran, marks a quick expansion for the agency, under the helm of director Marty Fox.Β And although WHITEFOX prides itself on having βno coreβ area, they identified the need to bring an office to an area…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Lower North Shore agency wins office design award
A Lower North Shore real estate agency has won acclaim from the design fraternity for an architectural vision that has set a new benchmark for customer experience. LJ Hooker Willoughby | Artarmon has won Silver in the Commercial category of the prestigious 2018 Sydney Design Awards for the design of their office on Mowbray Road, Willoughby. The panel of judges…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
PPM National Property Management Awards announced
The PPM Group held its annual awards last night at the Marriott Hotel, Surfers Paradise, QLD. Congratulations to the following list of winners: Support team member of the year Annabel Noonan – Di Jones real estate Leasing Consultant of the year Connie Morton – rental results Client service award of the year McGrath Estate Agents port Macquarie Social media and…
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Elite Agent
Stress-free end of financial year
Here are five things you can do to ease the EOFY burden. 1: PAY OUTSTANDING INVOICES The EOFY tends to see phones running hot and inboxes overflowing. Owners want the peace of mind of knowing that any outstanding invoices relating to their property are paid before the clock ticks over to a new financial year. When you receive a request…
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BEST PRACTICE
Eddie Cetin: Game on!
Tech companies β and clever principals β are exploiting agentsβ natural inclinations towards play and competition by gamifying their teamβs digital experiences, enhancing bottom-line results in the real world. So, whether riding high on the victory of a hard-won listing or slumping over their laptops, discouraged by losing business to their opposition, how can your team play along? Odds on, youβre already…
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Every Agent Has a Story
Every Agent Has a Story: Nhi Chang
Every Agent has a Story Season 2 is brought to you by Other episodes from Every Agent has a Story Season 2 This story comes from Nhi Chang, Product Owner at Console, who shares the key lessons she learned when one of her tenants fell into arrears. Always carry out due diligence; keep a checklist handy to ensure you cover…
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TECH + SOCIAL
How agents can overcome ‘digital fatigue’: Justin Nickerson
The new wave of proptech disruption is seeing both residential and commercial agents introduced to a myriad of new technologies to streamline their sales process, showcase properties more favourably and reach new buyers (such as Gavl, Purplebricks, REALas, Next Address, StoreMatch, OpenAgent, Snaploader and Sellable). Auctioneer Justin Nickerson explains what agents should consider when choosing the latest quality tech to…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
The Agency continues its expansion in Western Australian with acquisition
The Agency has acquired Inglewood Estate Agency, further expanding its reach in the Western Australian property market. Through this acquisition, the network has added a portfolio of approximately 80 properties to its property management arm. Inglewood Estate Agency Principal, Mark Jewell, will also come across to join the team. Established in 1960, Inglewood Real Estate was a longstanding family business…
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TECH + SOCIAL
How efficiency can give you the edge: Evan Broadbent
Finding and implementing new processes can benefit agents significantly, not only through increased revenues or margins but often by providing their clients with a better level of service, cost savings or β even better β both. Currently, most agencies use a CRM software that assists them in the listing and selling process. This type of software has come a long way…
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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. βI am very honoured to be appointed Associate Director,” said Mr Ginsberg. βIt means a lot to me to…
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