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INDUSTRY NEWS
Remote investing surges as investors head to WA
Remote investing has taken off in 2023, with the distance between where landlords live and where they invest almost doubling compared to last year.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Is Queensland’s First Home Owner Grant all it’s cracked up to be?
The Queensland Government has doubled the state’s First Home Owner Grant but a property expert warns the offer may not be as good as it first appears.
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APPOINTMENTS
Experienced luxury market specialist Guido Scatizzi returns to BresicWhitney
BresicWhitney’s Lower North Shore team continues to expand, this time with the return of established agent Guido Scatizzi.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Ray White’s annual conference uses curiosity to drive innovation and growth
The Ray White team has come together at their annual conference on the Gold Coast with a focus on curiosity, and finding ways for the company to continue to grow
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INDUSTRY NEWS
TOOP+TOOP leverages AI to revolutionise real estate tasks
The Artificial Intelligence revolution isn’t going anywhere and agencies need to embrace their curiosity and play with the technology to discover how it can best work for them.
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Thought Leaders Podcast
Beyond the transaction: Andy Reid on high performance, mastering emotional intelligence and why developing a farmer’s intuition could be your secret weapon
In an industry where early setbacks are often seen as roadblocks, Andy Reid masterfully reveals the tactics the top 20 per cent of agents use to build lasting client loyalty, defend their fee and offer discernable value that’s unbeatable.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Property values rise in more than 80 per cent of markets
The Australian property market continues to build steam, with new data showing 82.4 per cent of house and unit suburbs recorded a jump in values in the past three months.
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Celebrity Homes
Joe Jonas lists New York apartment after split with wife Sophie Turner
Several months after Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner parted ways and sold their Miami mansion, Jonas has put his New York City property on the market, a move that seems to echo the sentiment of their split.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
REIQ supports Queensland body corporate reforms
Body corporate reforms aimed at prohibiting smokers and making life easier for pet owners living in units, strike the right balance according to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ).
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Elite Agent
Maximising the allure: How to prepare homes for a new year sale
As you approach the end of the year, it’s time to put in some prep and get 2024 vendors ready for the opportunities that a new year brings.
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Real Estate News
WA to halve CPD requirements in proposed self-funded model.
The annual CPD requirement for real estate agents in Western Australia will be halved to five points from 2026, as part of a new self-funded model proposed by the State Government.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Sydney leads global cities in luxury rental growth
Sydney has recorded the highest luxury residential rental growth of 10 global cities measured by Knight Frank in its Prime Global Rental Index (PGRI).
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Victoria’s new ‘granny flat’ reforms to boost housing supply
New secondary dwelling reforms introduced by the Victorian Government will likely boost housing supply by around half a per cent according to new research.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
NAR seeks a “complete reversal” in US commissions case
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) are set to fight the decision against it in the Sitzer Burnett commission lawsuit and will seek a “complete reversal” suggesting the controversial case is far from over.
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Celebrity Homes
Gianna “Gigi” Caruso buys Pacific Palisades mansion
In a notable real estate transaction, Gianna “Gigi” Caruso, CEO and founder of the successful clothing line Gigi C swimwear, has acquired a striking property in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, for $9.5 million.
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Oliver Lavers rises to partner at The Rubinstein Group
When Oliver Lavers started out in real estate 12 years ago he had no Plan B.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
DocuSign and WhatsApp collaboration to streamline property deals
DocuSign has integrated with the world’s most popular messaging platform, WhatsApp, which will enable smoother, faster real estate deals.
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National
OnTheHouse and Openn combine to bring private treaty sales online
CoreLogic’s consumer property research and listing platform, OnTheHouse.com.au, has strengthened its partnership with Openn, to bring private treaty sales online through Openn Offers.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
“Fundamentally broken” rental market crushing low income earners
Low income earners continue to be the hardest hit from the ongoing rental crisis, with renters in Sydney, Hobart and Canberra all but priced out of the market.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Office market declines approaching GFC level
The decline in office assets is approaching GFC levels, with the outlook for 2024 looking “rough” according to an expert.
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Celebrity Homes
Pretty profit: Julia Roberts sells her San Francisco home
Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts has recently sold her San Francisco home for $11.3 million, a significant gain from the $8.3 million she paid for it in early 2020.
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SUPPLIER NEWS
Three million Australian homes tracked on realestate.com.au
Homeowners now track a record three million Australian properties on realestate.com.au, which equates to almost 30 per cent of homes nationally.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Francesca Packer-Barham’s luxurious Sydney apartment for sale
Francesca Packer-Barham’s opulent apartment in the renowned the Horizon complex is about to hit the market with a price guide of $32 million.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Michelle May: Property trends that will dominate in 2024
As we fast approach the end of 2023, the Australian real estate landscape is showing clear indications of the trends that will dominate in 2024.
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FRANCHISE NEWS
RE/MAX Property Group journey begins
It’s been one heck of ride for Jesse van Nek into business ownership, but he’s grabbing the bull by the horns, determined to make his mark with the establishment of RE/MAX Property Group in Gympie, Queensland, this week.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Greg Norman launches $300 million Sydney luxury estate
Golfing legend Greg Norman is back in Australia to launch a $300 million luxury residential community in southwest Sydney alongside developer Sekisui House.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Secret payouts for properties stretching to centre of the Earth
In a quirky legal twist, dozens of homeowners who live above the troubled $10.8 billion West Gate Tunnel project have secretly won a multimillion-dollar compensation payout because their land titles extend to the centre of the Earth.
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Celebrity Homes
Greene with envy: Toby’s Drummoyne home hits the market
AFL star Toby Greene is selling his Drummoyne residence as he and his partner, Georgia Stirton, anticipate the arrival of their first child.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
WA’s new short-term accommodation rules miss the mark, industry expert claims
The short-term accommodation market has long been the “whipping boy” for the rental crisis, but a Stayz director says the sector is not to blame and new regulations the Western Australian Government has introduced will have a limited impact.
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Elite Agent
Nerida Conisbee: Regional Australia house prices return to growth
It is hard to find a capital city suburb that is not recording price growth.
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Elite Agent
Unlocking millions: Caroline Bolderston’s real estate revolution revealed
Caroline Bolderston is one of the best, and the best known, coaches in the Australian real estate sector and in this piece, we revisit three of her best read articles.
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Linc Property to provide a mobile agency for Melbourne’s south east
With 17 years’ real estate experience, Victorian agent Lincoln Scott had long considered the idea of starting his own agency and now that concept has become a reality with the launch of Linc Property in Melbourne’s south east.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
More high-profile departures from NAR after US commission case
National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) staff member Donna Gland has announced her retirement following the CEO's exit, as the fallout continues after a federal jury ruled the NAR and two major real estate companies had conspired to inflate buyers’ agent commissions.
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Celebrity Homes
Marilyn Monroe’s former Hamptons hideout spins onto the market
In the summer of 1957, the Hamptons, a renowned retreat for artists and celebrities, welcomed the iconic newlyweds Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller.
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Thought Leaders Podcast
The Leadership Diaries: Matthew Harvey on becoming a top-tier agent, cultivating community connection, and redefining leadership
In a world that often views leadership as goal to reach once, Matthew Harvey understands it’s an evolutionary process, delivering a masterclass on how to ascend to real estate’s top tier, extract peak performance from your team and business, and elevate your brand through community relationships.
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