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Elite Agent
Sydney house prices rise as units fall, marking largest price gap on record
Sydney housing prices took a massive tumble in the June quarter, losing close to $22,000 off the median price.
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Hobart house prices to leapfrog Adelaide, as Darwin moves past Perth
Domain's latest House Price Report has revealed the Australian housing industry has largely bounced back, with all capital cities aside from Melbourne recording house price growth over the September quarter.
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Thought Leaders Podcast
The industrial revolution (in real estate)
Malcom joined Colliers International in 1994 in the North Sydney office as an industrial sales and leasing agent. He now manages the Australian Industrial agency team, comprising of over 100 experts nationally, and as NSW State Chief Executive he also leads the 730+ staff in the NSW team across six offices…
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Elite Agent
Healthy housing agenda needed
The World Health Organisation has always been interested in housing as one of the big “causes of the causes”, of the social determinants, of health. The WHO launched evidence-based guidelines for healthy housing policies in 2019. Australia is behind the eight ball on healthy housing. Other governments, including in the United States, United Kingdom and New…
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Real Estate News
Survey highlights rental uncertainty during COVID-19
A new survey from Flatmates.com.au with more than 12,000 respondents highlights the uncertainty felt by renters during the pandemic.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Auction markets continue to strengthen
As Victoria returns to in-person auctions, the market is gaining moment, with a surge in Melbourne listings contributing to 1456 capital city homes taken to auction this week. The figure is the highest volume of auctions seen since early April, while the clearance rate also proved strong, with preliminary data…
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GUEST INTERVIEWS
The Power of Storytelling: Holly Komorowski
Founder of home.byholly, Holly Komorowski is one of the best storytellers in the business. Her ability to look beyond the face-value of a property and create clever marketing campaigns centred around the story behind the property, it’s owners and the community, has captured the imagination of locals - and it's seen her and her team win AREA awards in each…
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Elite Agent
Melbourne overtakes Sydney in new property listings
Since private inspections started back up again in Melbourne towards the end of last month, a flood of new listings have entered the marketplace.
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Real Estate News
Why more housing stimulus will be needed to sustain recovery
In response to the COVID-19 recession, federal, state and territory governments quickly provided support to the housing industry for two reasons. First, to safeguard jobs and, second, because investment in the housing and construction industries has a high economic multiplier effect. However, new research released today shows further housing stimulus measures will be essential to help drive an economic recovery into 2021…
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OPINION
Foreign real estate investors tipped to favour Australia over UK and US
“Australia’s reputation has been buffed and shined to a new level of polish.” Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board has released data on foreign buyer transactions in 2018-19 that reveals where foreign investors buy residential real estate, and what types of properties they prefer.Insights into foreign purchases and sales of residential real estate 2018-19 shows that during FY19, the total number…
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Elite Agent
REA Group celebrates ‘excellent results’ in annual report
REA Group have delivered an annual shareholders report that celebrates a number of wins in what Chairman Hamish McLennan calls "unprecedented market conditions."
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Thought Leaders Podcast
How to effectively nurture leads in your real estate CRM: Trevor Bragg
This episode of the Elevate podcast is brought to you by Connect Now “Automation won’t do everything for you. You still have to make those calls. And that’s the thing, there is a balance with automation. ” Learn how implementing the best CRM (Customer Relationship Management) technology for your business can…
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Real Estate News
New webinar to help real estate agents build profitable strategic partnerships
O*NO Legal services led by real estate lawyer Kristen Porter have today announced a new webinar called 'Skyrocket for Real Estate'. The series is designed for principals and senior managers looking to smash their revenue goals - or who are looking to go out on their own. Ms Porter, who…
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Elite Agent
Property confidence rises in SA but plummets in ACT
The latest ANZ/Property Council Survey has shown that as South Australia's property industry continues to gain confidence, the ACT industry's confidence levels have plummeted.
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Real Estate News
Confidence in the housing market has boomed: Westpac
"This is an extraordinary result," said Westpac chief economist Bill Evans of the overall consumer sentiment.
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Elite Agent
Rob Lowe sells stunning Montecito mansion for $63.4m
To quote his character from Parks and Recreation, Rob Lowe is, literally, on top of the world right now. After two years on the market Rob and wife Sheryl Lowe have managed to sell their Rob and Sheryl Lowe have shown that patience is not only a virtue, but often…
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Elite Agent
New Zealand sees flood of first home buyers over September quarter
First Home Buyers made up a quarter of the total property purchases in New Zealand during the September quarter, according to figures from CoreLogic.
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Elite Agent
Am I coping well during the pandemic?
The pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges. Many of us have lost work, gained carer responsibilities and grappled with social isolation. Experts have warned of a looming wave of mental illness as a result.
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Elite Agent
Why do some people struggle to make ‘healthy’ decisions, day after day?
To navigate our way through the world, we constantly make choices. While we’ve all made our fair share of regrettable ones, most of us eventually learn from these – and we generally take this ability for granted.
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Real Estate News
Sydney’s vacancy rate on the rise again
Despite a slight turnaround in August, vacancies in Sydney are once again on the rise.
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OPINION
COVID impacts demand a change of plan: from commuting to living locally
Long-term planning has delivered mass transit systems to cater for high-patronage, hub-and-spoke transport systems. Unfortunately, this has left many city residents without basic access to public transport services. And we could never have planned for the impacts of COVID-19. Our previous plans were based on the best available data at the time. Today, these plans must be critically reviewed using new…
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Elite Agent
John Lennon’s ‘lost weekend’ NYC penthouse for sale
The magnificent Manhattan penthouse that John Lennon lived in during his 18-month period of estrangement from Yoko Ono, later referred to by Lennon as his 'lost weekend', is up for sale, with a market guide of $5.5 million.
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Elite Agent
Is housing supply driven solely by demand? New research sheds light
New Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) research reveals what many of us assumed, that housing supply across Australia is uneven. The uneven distribution of housing supply 2006-2016 was authored by academics at The University of Sydney, Curtin University, and The University of Adelaide, and delves into both the…
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Elite Agent
Vic property values defy gloomy predictions
Despite the prolonged lockdown and a reduction in auctions, Victorian property values have continued to defy gloomy price predictions with regional homes even setting a new quarterly record. Releasing new data on Sunday, Real Estate Institute of Victoria President Leah Calnan said values were holding firm after six months of the Coronavirus pandemic. “The quarterly median prices for the September…
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Thought Leaders Podcast
A hopeful future for real estate: Stu Benson
This episode of the Elevate podcast is brought to you by Connect Now The pandemic lockdown upended Australia’s real estate industry this year, but auctioneer Stu Benson is still optimistic about what’s in store for the future. Stu has been in the industry for 20 years and is the Director of Benson Auctions, servicing Sydney’s North West, and is known for…
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Real Estate News
Queensland teams with Mirvac and Frasers for build-to-rent project
The Queensland Government have announced partnerships with two developers for their Build-to-Rent Pilot Project. Frasers Property and Mirvac will work with the Government to deliver affordable key-worker housing options to the inner-city. Under the Pilot Project agreement, Frasers Property will develop 354 apartments on a 2,020 sqm site in Fortitude…
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Real Estate News
Treechange vs seachange: which is better?
As city-dwellers flee for the comfort of a slower paced life, a debate has reared up. Which is better, the beach or the bush?
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Real Estate News
Award-winning technology recognised for protecting property purchases from cyber theft
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month and Securexchange describes themselves as the property industry’s answer to fighting cyber-fraud. Today, Securexchange won the prestigious Australian Business Award for New Product Innovation, highlighting the need for law firms, conveyancers and real estate agents to be aware of the risks of cybercrime and what they need to do to keep themselves and their…
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Real Estate News
Budget is great news for real estate – if forecasts become reality: REIA
The Real Estate Institute of Australia has said that the critical Budget 2020 has provided an encouraging outlook for all players in the Australian property market. President of REIA, Mr Adrian Kelly, said that despite the challenging and unprecedented events of 2020 with a deficit of $210 billion, Budget 2020…
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Elite Agent
Cutting JobSeeker payments will cause crippling rental stress in our cities
As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic caused businesses to shut down, state governments acted to avoid evictions by introducing moratoriums, and the federal government introduced the Coronavirus Supplement of A$550 on top of the fortnightly JobSeeker payment. These measures were intended to enable 1.6 million Australians to ride out the pandemic-related business shutdowns. This welcome…
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Thought Leaders Podcast
Leadership with Purpose: Leanne Pilkington
Leanne Pilkington is a pioneer of industry firsts in real estate. The President of the REINSW, founder of Catch up with the Property Girls, the Real Women in Real Estate network and Managing Director of boutique real estate group Laing + Simmons, Leanne was the 2019 winner of the Gold AREA for Most Influential Woman in property. With thirty years…
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Real Estate News
Byron Bay price record smashed again
A sprawling property on Wategos Beach was on the market for less than a week before breaking the area's price record, netting a price just shy of $22 million.
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GUEST INTERVIEWS
The secret to building long relationships: Mark McGill
With two decades almost evenly split as an architect and real estate agent, Mark established himself as one of the top agents on the Sunshine Coast. Founder of The McGill Group, Mark received the 2019 AREA award for Excellence in Customer Service. In this episode of the Elevate podcast, Mark explains why he has a standing lunch reservation on Fridays…
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Real Estate News
Openn Negotiation smash seller expectations
Online property sales platform Openn Negotiation has reported a strong start to the spring selling season – with 53 per cent of properties sold in September selling above expectations.
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Real Estate News
The Block’s winning bedroom borrowed from Byron designer
Block contestants Luke and Jasmin were thrilled after scoring a perfect 30 for their jungle-themed children's bedroom on Sunday's episode of The Block, but it soon became apparent they'd leant a little too heavily on a popular Byron Bay AirBnB for inspiration.
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