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Real Estate News
Liverpool real estate agency merges with Starr Partners
In a statement made by the company on Monday, Liverpool-based Metro Professionals, following a recent rebranding, will now be known as Starr Partners Liverpool. Company director Gavin Belci said the name change comes after it had merged with Starr Partners earlier in the year to future-proof its business further which has been operational for the last 20 years. “Joining Starr…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Former McGrath sales director now the Agency’s new CEO
Ausnet Financial Services has appointed Sydney-based Matt Lahood as the Agency’s first CEO, effective immediately, the company told the ASX in a statement on Monday. Lahood who most recently held the position of director of sales for McGrath real estate comes with more than 28 years’ of industry experience, the company said. “I am very excited about my new role at the Agency as…
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Transform
Transform 2017 Week 4B Gavin Rubinstein: Mastering the Listing Presentation
Here are the highlights from our Super Six session with Ray White’s #1 Agent in NSW, Gavin Rubinstein. Coach: Gavin Rubinstein Key Points Have belief in the value you are bringing to your prospective vendor. Be the ‘specialist’ who understands the vendor’s situation before diagnosis (1st meeting: questions, 2nd meeting: proposals) Quote “Motivation is the key ingredient to creating a sale…
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Real Estate News
Laing+Simmons Parramatta donates $23,400 to Westmead hospital
Real estate agency Laing+Simmons Parramatta has donated $23,400 to Westmead Medical Research Foundation (WMRF) after a successful fundraising ceremony conducted by the office last year. As part of its agency’s 21st anniversary celebrations held last year, the agency decided to partner with WMRF to raise much-needed funds for medical research and critical care at the Westmead hospital. The campaign was…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Ausnet expands its foothold by acquiring Beaufort Realty
ASX-listed Ausnet Financial Services Limited is expanding its reach in Western Australia with the acquisition of Mount Lawley real estate agency, Beaufort Realty. Ausnet’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Ausnet Real Estate Services entered into a share sale agreement to acquire all of the issued shares in Beaufort Realty from its shareholders Jonathan Adams and Pamela Herron, Christine Kirkness and Dosta Buckovska. The exchanged…
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Real Estate News
REIA celebrates its most outstanding performers
The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) recognised the industry’s most outstanding talents at its 12th annual REIA National Awards for Excellence held at a 5-star hotel in Canberra last Thursday. REIA president Malcolm Gunning said more than 250 real estate professionals showed up at the event to celebrate winners across sixteen categories. “Competition was fierce across all award categories…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Stone real estate to expand to 30 offices by year-end: CEO Peter Mumford
Sydney-based Stone Real Estate plans to grow its offices from current 13 to 30 by the end of the year, its CEO and founder Peter Mumford has said. Mumford, a former McGrath agent who started the business two years ago with the first office set up in Lane Cove, said this year’s expansion plans would be executed throughout various parts in…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Let foreign buyers purchase Australian properties like the good old days says iBuyNew
ASX-listed online property agency iBuyNew Group Limited said the federal government plans to restrict foreigners from buying more than half the homes or apartments in any new development will only discourage offshore developers from doing business in Australia. iBuyNew founder and chief executive Mark Mendel said the proposal pitched as one of a raft of possible measures in the May…
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EPM
You Thought You Were a Property Manager, Didn’t You?
THREE YEARS AGO, you were employed by your agency to run a portfolio of 150 properties and had the title ‘Property Manager’ on your business card. As times have changed, many agencies have resorted to outsourcing their administration tasks. Lauren Kropp examines the effect has this had on the traditional PM role. A few years ago, every lettings agency employed…
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Real Estate News
Purplebricks launches into Perth’s real estate market
Flat fee real estate agency Purplebricks has landed on West Australia shores and commenced trading on Monday. The UK-headquartered real estate tech disrupter which charges a flat fee of $4,500 for any home sale transaction said it expects to save residents in Perth close $10,000 per sale in commissions, giving locals the first ever alternative to expensive commission fees when…
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Real Estate News
realestate.com.au puts property first with Front Page
Major real estate website realestate.com.au is putting property first with Front Page, giving agents the opportunity to advertise their properties front and centre on its homepage. With the realestate.com.au home page receiving 16 million average monthly visits, Front Page provides a level of exposure for properties like never before. “Front Page provides our agents with unprecedented reach to showcase our…
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Real Estate News
The REA Group AREAs announces a new award for 2017
This year’s REA group Annual REA Excellence awards (AREAs) has a brand new award being introduced this year – Gold AREA – agency of the year award. The agency of the year award will recognise agencies who work hard to set themselves apart from competitors and excel in all three award categories. The AREAs will also honour the most innovative,…
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Elite Agent
Why You Need To Have a Content Marketing Plan
When used to its maximum potential, content marketing can mean big benefits and more vendor inquiries for your real estate business. Melanie Hoole explains. Compared with many other industries, such as motoring, travel and insurance, real estate is still lagging behind when it comes to content marketing. A softer approach than direct selling, content marketing is about sharing useful, compelling…
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Real Estate News
REIA’s Awards finalists revealed
The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has released the names of finalists for its awards night do which will be held at Hyatt Hotel in Canberra on March 23. REIA president Malcolm Gunning in a statement said the National Awards for Excellence 2017 would showcase Australia’s most outstanding performers in the profession, adding that the winners will be announced via…
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Real Estate News
RatemyAgent award winners announced
The RateMyAgent 2017 Agent of the Year Award winners were been announced this morning, recognising those agents and agencies who have been the most consistently recommended in the system by their customers in 2016. Taking out the national title of Agent of the Year for Australia is Victorian based agent, Tim Heavyside, of Fletchers Canterbury, Victoria; while Phillips Pantzer and…
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Elite Agent
How to shape a great real estate brand in 2017
Leading real estate agencies need to think outside the square and apply modern approaches to their brand identities through new techniques in digital design, visual imagery and tone of voice. Mark Cairns from CAMPAIGNxpress shares what he and other industry brand marketers have identified as important considerations in 2017. There’s no doubt that a strong, modern brand is imperative to…
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Real Estate News
Real estate agency Di Jones expansion intensifies
The expansion at Di Jones Real Estate continues with the team at Wahroonga being bolstered by the appointment of two renowned sales agents from McGrath Pymble. Di Jones Real Estate chief executive Rob Ward said the appointment of Valerie Latham and Linda Ratcliff would now see its staff numbers at the Wahroonga office increase to 23. “Combined, Valerie and Linda…
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Real Estate News
Leah Jay honours its all girl dream team on International Women’s Day
Newcastle-based property management company Leah Jay is acknowledging its 50 female staff today, International Women’s Day. Twenty-two years after the business was founded, the company has grown from strength to strength to four offices with 50 staff – all of whom are women. While the predominance of female workers not unusual within the property management sector, the fact that all…
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Elite Agent
The Culture Club
The most important element to an agency’s long-term growth and success is the culture that exists within the business. Vendors and landlords have a sense for it. They may have difficulty describing it, but it is often the deciding factor when it comes to winning a close-fought listing presentation. Every great office has a great culture, which over time becomes…
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NSW Real Estate News
The Agency sells $10 million worth of Sydney properties in a day
Perth-headquartered The Agency has another successful weekend of auctions in Sydney last week, turning over $10 million worth of properties in a day. The company announced that of the seven properties up for auction on February 25, six of those were either sold at or before the sale at a clearance rate of 85 percent. “The sale of six properties,…
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Real Estate News
Maitland real estate agency joins Starr Partners
Maitland’s Tony Cant Real Estate will join one of Australia’s most innovative real estate groups, Starr Partners, and rebrand as Starr Partners Maitland from March 1. Having established itself in the Maitland area over the past 40 years, director Andrew Cant said the change will take Tony Cant Real Estate’s already thriving business to the next level, and clients and…
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Brand Editorial
Big Data and the Future of Prospecting
WE LIVE IN AN AGE OF consumerism, where potential clients have more information about choosing an agent than ever. But it is also true that we can access a whole lot more information that enables us to be smarter at marketing to them. Together with CoreLogic Australia, Elite Agent Magazine gathered an expert panel to share insights as to how…
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Brand Editorial
Big Data beyond Australia
THE GLOBAL REAL ESTATE market is just beginning to tap into the power of predictive analytics and other data-driven technology. Overseas markets such as the US are working through the available use cases and expanding into many types of niche solutions. These too provide valuable insights for real estate agencies looking for a new way to get an edge in…
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Brand Editorial
Join the digital revolution and reap the benefits: Lisa Claes
YOU’D BE HARD PRESSED to interact with any major service provider these days without being presented with some kind of digital offering as part of the ‘customer experience’. Lisa Claes explains how to join the digital revolution and reap the benefits for your agency. Whether it’s online shop fronts, downloadable information or mobile apps, digital technology has progressively filtered its…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Amber Werchon Property Awarded QLD’s Best Largest Residential Agency for 2017
Sunshine Coast real estate agency, Amber Werchon Property (AWP), won the Largest Residential Agency category at the Real Estate Institute of Queensland’s (REIQ) annual awards for excellence, held at Brisbane City Hall on Feb 4. Founder and Director of AWP, Amber Werchon, has been the recipient of multiple industry awards over her 17-year career but said that receiving this award…
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National
Rent360 launches online marketplace for property management
Saying they are set to disrupt traditional property management businesses, startup Rent360 has launched an Australian online marketplace for property management that allows independent pm specialists to establish their own businesses. Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Penelope Valentine explained how the platform works: “Rent360’s recommendation engine matches property investors with up to three of the best suited property managers servicing the…
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Elite Agent
Limited dwellings makes tenants offer more money to secure rental properties
Competition to secure a rental property is driving up prices across Sydney, says Di Jones Real Estate. The company’s head of investment management Bridgette Barker said the agency is experiencing high demand for three and four bedroom family homes in the eastern and northern suburbs. “Since the beginning of 2017, we’ve seen families willing to pay above the advertised price…
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EPM
7 Ways to Raise the Bar In 2017
WHEN IT COMES TO AIMING high in your property management business, dare to be different and think big. Here are seven ways you can raise the bar this year. 1 DARE TO BE UNTRADITIONAL Raising the bar in 2017 starts with daring to be ‘untraditional’. As you know, clients engage property management agencies to gain better returns and increased capital…
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Elite Agent
New report shows real estate industry one of the worst for gender pay equity
A recent survey by BankWest has revealed that there is 29.3 percent gender pay gap between men and women in the real estate industry, translating as one of the worst professions for gender pay equity. Among other findings of the report: The high gender pay gap in the industry is consistent with the industry’s low percentage of female leaders (22%)…
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Real Estate News
LJX-Lab announces digital real estate challenger, Settl
LJ Hooker today announced the first stand-alone business to come out of LJX-Lab. Settl will be a new hybrid online to offline real estate agency model that will be scaled in partnership with the LJ Hooker network to meet new trends in consumer needs. Settl is part of LJ Hooker’s $100 million digital transformation and has been in research and development…
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Elite Agent
Top Moving Tips to Give Your Clients
In today’s highly competitive real estate market, it’s important that you provide assistance far beyond simply helping clients sell or buy houses. You need to be armed with a whole range of information, designed to help clients throughout every step of the buying and selling process. Moving house is a huge part of this process. Sally Wood from Kent Relocation…
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National
McGrath Property, makes the most “mobile ready” brand list
ASX-listed McGrath Property, alongside brands like Kogan and the Iconic, are the only property agency company listed on the top ten most “mobile ready” brands in benchmarking study by Ansible Australia. Ansible, a mobile marketing and technology agency revealed what they see as the top ten Aussie brands with the most significant presence at the recent Mobile World Congress, a…
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Elite Agent
Highway to Success: Taney Jain
Taney Jain never expected a career in real estate and thought he would end up driving trucks for a living. But a series of events steered him along a road that has proved highly successful for him, having just won the Tom Panos ‘My Prospector’ calling challenge, making 2,200 calls in a single month. Taney Jain almost didn’t make it…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Purplebricks expands to the US
UK-headquartered online real estate agency Purplebricks is expanding to America; the company told the London Stock Exchange last Wednesday. The company also announced details of the placing to raise gross proceeds of up to £50 million through the issuance to finance the expansion in a state by state roll-out to the US by mid-2017. Since it’s launched less than three…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Di Jones Real Estate recognises talent at first ever Annual Awards
The legacy of 25 years of the Di Jones Real Estate brand was celebrated on Sunday 26 February at the first-ever Di Jones Real Estate Annual Awards. The black tie Gala Dinner saw team members across five offices come together to recognise their achievements. Di Jones Real Estate CEO Rob Ward said that the awards were a great tribute to…
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