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Real Estate News
Top 10 suburbs to retire and build equity
When it comes to their golden years, there are three essential factors retirees should take into account when choosing property, according to RiskWise Property Research. RiskWise CEO Doron Peleg said lifestyle, relative affordability and building equity should all be considered by those leaving the workforce behind for the easy life. And a RiskWise analysis has…
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Thought Leaders Podcast
Competition, Transparency and Social Proof: Will Ainsworth
“The only people that will succeed at Openn Negotiation are honest real estate agents, for starters. There’s more work involved in this process than there is under the traditional selling methods, so it does take a bit of time, but once you master it, it’s quite an easy process.” – Will Ainsworth Download the action guide…
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Real Estate News
Real estate industry property and media stars recognised at AREAs 2019
Recognising industry excellence and best practice, 21 awards were presented across the categories of Innovation, Service & Marketing Excellence, and Community. Gold AREA awards were presented to outstanding individuals and agencies changing the game in property. (More photos below story) 1 2 3 4 5 Gold AREA award winners: Residential Agent of the Year – Holly Komorowski, home.byholly, ACT Commercial…
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Real Estate News
Domain launches app to help owners track property demand
Owning a home can be stressful. Should you rent it, sell it or just sit tight? Today, this decision has become easier with the launch of Domain for Owners.This feature from Domain lets owners see current, personalised information including demand for properties like theirs, how it has changed over time and its estimated value, all with…
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Real Estate News
AI agent sells new luxury address in Western Sydney
The new Nepean Rise luxury apartment project in Jamistown, just moments from Penrith CBD, is being sold by Emma. Emma is the country’s most advanced virtual selling agent, with a depth of AI learning capacity drawn from a bigger data lake than any other real estate bot has ever been powered by. Laing+Simmons Projects, in…
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Elite Agent
Weekend Auction Wrap: Sydney’s second busiest weekend of the year
Once again, Sydney was the market leader for auction results over the weekend, coming in with a preliminary clearance rate of 81 per cent. According to the latest data from CoreLogic, Sydney had 931 homes taken to auction making it the second busiest weekend of the year. In Melbourne, however, there was also a surge in volumes, but the clearance…
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Real Estate News
Stu Benson to spearhead Box+Dice national growth
Melbourne-based CRM software provider Box+Dice is preparing to go national with well-known auctioneer Stu Benson set to spearhead their push for growth. Box+Dice General Manager Ashley Blakey explained the business had established a clear market leadership in Victoria and was now looking to expand their market share on a national level. “At the moment our numbers indicate we have about…
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Real Estate News
Ray White’s 2019 Elite Conference looks to the future
This year more than 130 Ray White Chairman’s Elite and Elites jetted to Bali for their annual retreat, but this year, the agenda was developed by the group’s high performing members. Ray White Head of Performance Management Adam Downes surveyed the elite sales people before the conference to determine which topics of discussions were prioritised.…
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Thought Leaders Podcast
Exactly what to say to progress the deal: Jimmy Mackin
“Sales shouldn't be sleazy. Sales shouldn't be misleading. Sales should not be something where. It's an argument, and oftentimes when we look at the landscape, we look at the scripts that are out there. We found that the outdated techniques that agents were using were both ineffective and didn't really represent what we felt were…
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Elite Agent
Well, well: the rise of ‘wellness homes’
With so many threats to our health and well being posed by the changing environment and pollution, fresh air and clean water are no less than a luxury today. People are looking for new ways to ensure that the air they breathe and the food they consume is pure and while simultaneously trying to reduce…
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Real Estate News
Managing agent appointed for Aspen’s $20 million Perth rental portfolio
Accommodation provider Aspen Group has invested in 84 properties in the Perth real estate market, appointing The Agency as sole property management provider for the $20 million investment. The deal marks a significant uplift in The Agency’s Perth portfolio from 1,025 to 1,109 and takes the national property management portfolio to 4,671. From January to the calendar year to date,…
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BEST PRACTICE
How to beat real estate fatigue: Joel Davoren
Career fatigue is not often talked about openly in our industry. But career fatigue is real. As agents, we tend to be conditioned to accept tough outcomes, rejection and negativity, and react by getting on with things.
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EPM: Ask The Expert
How to stay productive in the lead up to the silly season
Q: It’s almost the end of the year and I am feeling overwhelmed. I don’t know where the year has gone. Help! Ain a society where consistent connection into the matrix has become the new normal, it can be easy to become overwhelmed. As we head towards the end of the year, it is wise…
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Real Estate News
Smart Cities Awards applaud innovation and impact
Thirteen winners have been applauded for their visionary leadership, best practice projects and real-world impact at the second annual Smart Cities Awards. Telstra and GWI partnered with Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand to present the awards, which were held in Sydney as part of Smart Cities Week. “The 2019 winners of the Smart Cities Awards are delivering truly world-standard…
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Real Estate News
A series of wins for Ouwens Casserly
Ouwens Casserly has notched up a series of successes, opening a new office at Kensington Gardens, and also receiving two awards for project marketing. Due to growth of Ouwens Casserly in the Eastern Suburbs, Mark Bressington and his team are now located at Shop 5/365 Kensington Road, Kensington Gardens, where he is able to service his clients even further by…
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Real Estate News
Introducing Laing+Simmons Oatlands/Carlingford
One of western Sydney’s most experienced agents, Ray Fayad, has joined Daniel Mourad as co-principal of the newly opened Laing+Simmons Oatlands|Carlingford. Mr Fayad, long-term principal of the powerhouse Laing+Simmons Parramatta and Granville offices in western Sydney, said the new office would enhance the service offering to the team’s growing customer base in the area locals affectionately refer to as Kingsdene.…
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Elite Agent
Weekly Auction Wrap: Lower volumes but strong sales
There was a lower number of homes going to auction over the weekend, thanks to the Spring Racing Carnival in Melbourne. But that didn’t stop Sydney and the rest of the country from putting in another solid performance. The auction clearance rate in Sydney remained at a very upbeat 79.4 per cent, while Melbourne dipped to 73.3 per cent on…
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Real Estate News
Melbourne and Sydney drive rise in house prices
House prices across the nation continue to move higher, getting dragged along by continued strength in both Sydney and Melbourne as house prices continue to rise. According to the latest data from the CoreLogic, it was Melbourne property prices that gained the most in the month of October, up 2.3 per cent – its strongest result since 2009, while Sydney…
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Real Estate News
Adelaide’s tallest building celebrates ‘topping out’
The Kyren Group’s much anticipated $150 million Frome Central development - home to the Adelaidean and Crowne Plaza Adelaide - reached its pinnacle construction milestone ‘topping out’ as Adelaide’s tallest building today. Located diagonally opposite Lot Fourteen in Adelaide’s premier entertainment and cultural hub in the East End precinct, the magnificent mixed-use tower, which incorporates…
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Thought Leaders Podcast
How to become an authority in real estate by writing a book: Geoff Grist
“If you can find an area that you want to educate somebody about, how you do the job, what happens ‘if’…there’s a lot of things that can go wrong and if you can explain all those in an easy to read way, there’s probably a book in it." – Geoff Grist In this episode of the…
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Elite Agent
Gen Z and home-ownership: How might the future look
The real estate industry needs to take notice of the rising trend of Generation Z turning into homebuyers while they are still in their 20s. An idea which would be unthinkable of 5 years back is gaining prominence, as Generation Z steadily starts flitting towards the real estate market. At this point of time, the…
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Real Estate News
HIA reports confidence returning to housing market
“New home sales bounced back in September to return to levels seen during the latter half of 2018,” stated HIA Economist, Angela Lillicrap. The HIA New Home Sales report – a monthly survey of the largest volume home builders in the five largest states – is a leading indicator of future trends in the residential…
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Real Estate News
Partnering for experience
It’s no secret that agents find it quite challenging to ask consumers to rate on various platforms including realestate.com.au, Google, Facebook plus a video or written testimonial. Last week Domain and RateMyAgent announced a reciprocal partnership which links review data with Domains Listing Data. Domains Chief Operating Officer Tony Blamey explains the thinking behind the…
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Real Estate News
Ray White unveils Est.1902 collection
Ray White Group today unveiled its new corporate uniform range infused with a subtle touch of Australiana in a nod to its humble bush beginnings. The new uniform collection called Est.1902 will unify its 12000-strong army of agents, property managers and administrators across Australasia as one team with the same dream. The family-owned and led franchised group…
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Real Estate News
Weekend Auction Wrap: Auction volumes surge higher
It was another strong weekend of auctions around the country, highlighted by a huge surge in the number of properties going to auction. The auction clearance rate in both Sydney and Melbourne dipped slightly, with Sydney recording 79.7% and Melbourne 77.1% according to the latest data from CoreLogic. While the national rate ended up 75.3%.…
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Thought Leaders Podcast
Tara Bradbury – Building A Rent Roll From Scratch
Tara Bradbury, the Founder of the BDM Academy, has, over many years, being someone who has immensely raised the profile and status of the role of business development manager. In this podcast, she shares not only lessons from her time as a BDM coach, but also now in the role of business owner having this year started a PM business…
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Elite Agent
10 things to attract top Gen Z talent to your business
It wasn’t that long ago that folks out there were scratching their heads trying to work out ways of attracting, recruiting and retaining millennials to businesses. Now, with the 2019 HSC well underway and school leavers looking for jobs the conversation needs to turn to attracting Generation Z talents to businesses. So push the smashed…
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Real Estate News
Ray White joint chairman selling his ‘character home with rural heart’
Ray White Group joint chairman, Paul White, is selling his beloved Clayfield 1930’s-style home called Arlington, named after a western Darling Downs sheep station where he once worked as a young jackeroo. Mr White and his partner Lynne Porcsin have owned the four-bedroom, classic, single storey home on one of Brisbane’s best streets for more than five and a half years.…
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Real Estate News
Rugby royalty Stephen Moore lists his Brisbane home
FORMER Wallabies captain Stephen Moore has decided it's time to sell his near-new inner city contemporary home in Brisbane as the former international says his growing family needs a little more space to kick ball. Just back from Japan where he was cheering on the Wallabies in their Rugby World Cup campaign, the former player…
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TECH + SOCIAL
The new frontier of auctioneering
David Scholes has carved out a hugely successful career as a real estate auctioneer. His former business AuctionWorks handles over 70% of commercial property auctions on the Australian Eastern Seaboard and David has personally called about 35,000 transactions. But he didn’t necessarily start with aspirations to be in real estate, nor in auctioneering. Instead, the self-confessed country boy started in…
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Real Estate News
Crown Group takes out industry awards for architecture and design
Australian developer Crown Group has won two prestigious industry awards for its iconic residential and hotel development, Arc by Crown Group in Clarence Street, Sydney. It took out the respected international award, The Architecture MasterPrize last week, as well as Australia's peak industry body's, the HIA's Best NSW Apartment Complex 2019, at a ceremony in Sydney on Saturday night. The Architecture…
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BEST PRACTICE
How to set yourself free from negative thinking
OUR MIND IS PERHAPS the most advanced piece of technology in existence, but it is not without a glitch or two. Pancho Mehrotra delves into negative thinking patterns, how they can hold us back and how to set ourselves free. In the current challenging economic climate, many people struggle to change the way they react…
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EPM: Ask The Expert
Incentive structures for BDMs and how to calculate packages
Q: What incentive structures do you recommend for a BDM? A: There are many incentive structure options. However, my preference is to incentivise on both volume of results and revenue generated. Of course, consideration also needs to be given to the base package and allowances in place for the individual. The structure must also motivate the BDM and make financial…
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Real Estate News
Hmlet opens biggest co-living property in Sydney
Australia's largest co-living company is opening its biggest property to date in Sydney's inner suburb of St Peters. With 82 rooms, Hmlet St Peters will open in November 2019 and will further expand Hmlet's reach to meet the needs of Australians and expats looking for new living alternatives in Sydney. Having successfully opened eight properties in Sydney since launching in Australia in January 2019, Hmlet has anchored its presence in Sydney's…
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CUSTOMER SERVICE
Move over Airbnb, it’s time to share the pool and the backyard
The world of real estate services enabled through PropTech changes so fast we’ve completed a round-up of some of the other innovations that have caught our attention. Torii Boston-based disruptor Torii knows that buying a home can be hard. Founded in 2017, the PropTech startup offers homebuyers a full suite of services, including…
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