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  • Real Estate News

    Bendigo Bank reduces their owner-occupied home loan variable interest rates

    Bendigo Bank has announced it is decreasing its Bendigo Express Home Loan and Basic Home Loan variable interest rates. Bendigo Bank Executive, Consumer Banking, Richard Fennell said the changes introduced will enhance customer experience by providing greater choice. “Some of our customers, particularly first home buyers, may prefer the assisted home loan journey and market-leading service excellence of our Bendigo…

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  • Real Estate News

    Household lending rises in February: ABS

    New figures released by the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have revealed the value of new lending commitments to households rose 2.6 per cent in February 2019. The February rise followed on from a fall of 2.3 in January. According to ABS Chief Economist, Bruce Hockman, despite the activity, the longer term story is largely unchanged with new lending…

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  • Real Estate News

    realestate.com.au has launched ‘How to Home Loan’ – a video campaign

    realestate.com.au has launched a new video series to help first-home buyers navigate the challenges of securing finance and buying a home. The tongue-in-cheek series, called How to Home Loan, stars Jess Harris and explores the everyday frustrations that come with the home-buying journey. From daunting bank meetings to maintaining the avocado lifestyle while trying to save, the five-part educational series…

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  • Real Estate News

    Independent rebrands to reflect a focus on the future

    Independent has rebranded their businesses, dropping ‘Property Group’ from the brand name to reflect a drive towards innovation. According to Chief Experience Officer John Minns, the company’s new look represents the future. “This rebrand is about updating the look and feel of Independent to be in line with how we are as a company – innovative, friendly, relatable and approachable,”…

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  • Real Estate News

    LJ Hooker Avnu welcomes Cameron Maxwell to the team

    LJ Hooker Anvu in Sydney’s Lower North Shore has welcomed Cameron Maxwell to the team to service the highly sought-after area. In addition to his real estate experience, Cameron has also spent time as a taxation specialist with BMT specialising in property investments. Christine Mikhael, Chief Performance Officer of LJ Hooker Avnu, said she was delighted to have Mr Maxwell…

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  • Real Estate News

    Budget 2019 focused on a strong economy

    Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down the Federal Budget last night. With a Federal Election on the horizon, the centrepiece of the budget was a cash rebate pitch to middle income earners and no changes to taxation legislation this side of an election. It’s the second year in the row there was no mention of…

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  • Real Estate News

    Housing downturn loses some steam: CoreLogic

    CoreLogic’s latest home value index results show the pace of declining property values in March eased relative to the past four months. Head of Research at CoreLogic, Tim Lawless, confirmed that the 0.6 per cent drop in March was the smallest of the month-on-month declines since values fell by 0.5 per cent in October last year. However, Mr Lawless noted…

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  • Real Estate News

    REIA responds to Opposition’s start date for negative gearing and capital gains tax changes

    The REIA has reiterated its strong opposition to the Labor Party’s negative gearing and capital gains tax policy, following the announcement that 1 January 2020 would be the start date for their negative gearing and capital gains tax increases if they were to win the federal election. “The REIA has always been concerned with the impact the policy would have…

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  • Real Estate News

    RE/MAX Revolution expands in New Zealand

    With its new name and a refreshed look, RE/MAX Revolution Howick comes as an exciting business expansion for Don Ha. The well-known Auckland real estate identity, who opened his first RE/MAX Revolution in Papatoetoe last year, has now expanded in the eastern suburbs of Auckland with a new RE/MAX Revolution office in Howick. RE/MAX Revolution in Howick will specialise in…

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  • Real Estate News

    Independent Property Group to hold a free seminar for first-home buyers wanting to break into the Canberra market

    Independent Property Group has announced the launch of a free seminar, sponsored by Westpac Bank, for first-home buyers looking to break into the housing market in Canberra. The event will feature Will Honey, Principal at Independent Property Group Tuggeranong, Aimee Bergan and Nicole Kerli from Westpac Bank, as keynote speakers on the evening. The expert panel will cover everything concerning finance…

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  • Real Estate News

    Gavin Rubinstein sets his sights high as he sells $40M worth of properties in 14 days

    In the middle of what many people are calling a lacklustre market, the director of The Rubinstein Group at Ray White Double Bay has just sold almost $40M worth of property across eight luxury homes in Sydney’s affluent eastern suburbs in 14 days. “March has started off really positive given the negative media commentary of late,” said Mr Rubinstein. “Although…

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  • Real Estate News

    Sunshine Coast agents dominate the REIQ Awards

    THE Sunshine Coast staked its claim to be home to the best agents in Queensland, scooping five of the 19 awards at last night’s REIQ Awards for Excellence gala, as more than 500 real estate professionals gathered at the RNA Showgrounds. Jodie Hedley-Ward from McGrath Caloundra claimed the Best Salesperson of the Year award, while the agency also took home…

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  • Real Estate News

    Colliers International and Ad Group have partnered to launch a First Home Buyers guide

    Melbourne-founded property technology business, AD Group have partnered with Colliers International to promote their First Home Buyers Guide to buying off-the-plan in NSW, a manual for first-home buyers to assist them in entering the NSW property market. ‘We are really proud to have developed Colliers International First Home Buyers Guide,” said Dennis Vertzayias, National Director, Head of NSW Residential Project…

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  • Real Estate News

    Victoria continues to lead First Home Buyer Market as each capital improves in different sectors

    The Adelaide Bank/REIA Affordability Report for the December quarter 2018 showed a slight decline in housing affordability nationally with the proportion of income required to meet loan repayments increasing to 31.2 per cent, up by point one per cent. However, it showed an improvement of point four per cent when compared to the December Quarter of 2017. “When we look…

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  • Real Estate News

    CoreLogic Home Value Index: Downward trend continues in February

    CoreLogic released its February home value index results showing a a fall of 0.7%, across the combined capitals increasing the cumulative decline to -6.8% since values last peaked in October 2017. Head of research at CoreLogic, Tim Lawless said, “The fact that we are seeing weakening housing market conditions across regions where home values were previously rising at a sustainable…

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  • Real Estate News

    Gawler triumphs at First National SA/NT awards

    The awards recognised the best of First National’s SA/NT agents throughout 2018, with the top 10 individuals and offices now competing for national GEM Awards, which hold the chance of an expenses paid trip to the National Association of Realtors conference in San Francisco this November for top 10 national winners. Acting SA/NT State Chair, Zeta Bennett, says the results…

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  • Elite Agent

    Welcome to California: Glen Coutinho

    Glen Coutinho recently sat down and penned a quick letter. It was a short note to his first ever client in real estate, thanking him for his support. “I hope you’re enjoying your home,” he wrote. “Just letting you know I’ve been in real estate for 30 years now, but I wanted to remind you that you were my first…

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  • FRANCHISE NEWS

    Ray White’s Chairman Elite performer awarded to Top Western Australian agent

    Top agent Vivien Yap of Ray White Dalkeith | Claremont was recently honoured as a Chairman’s Elite performer, ranking her among a very small handful of top Ray White agents across Australasia. Ms Yap is the leading group’s first female Chairman Elite of 2018-19 – awarded to those who write in excess of $1.25 million in fees and/or 120 sales…

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  • Elite Agent

    To 2020 and beyond- REIQ summit 2019

    With the evolution of technology, digital creations and products, virtual reality and artificial intelligence progressing at warp speed, you’d be forgiven for thinking we humans may be living on borrowed time. Steve himself is a champion of change and a leader in the futurist thinking world. He has developed a full-sized, air-powered Lego hot rod, launched a Lego space shuttle…

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  • Real Estate News

    AD Group expand into NSW and ACT

    Property technology business AD Group has soared to new heights this month by taking its latest innovation, HouseandLandDevelopments.com.au into the NSW and ACT markets. The company’s latest offering is billed as a cost-effective marketing tool for the booming land market as property prices drive buyers to the outer suburbs. According to co-founder Jordan Catalano, this step was a natural progression having…

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  • FRANCHISE NEWS

    Local real estate agent steps up into leadership

    WELL-KNOWN local agent, Sam Doman, has opened the doors to the newest Ray White business in Tea Tree Gully, servicing the north-east, foothills and acreage market. Having worked in the north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide for over 10 years, Mr Doman said it was a natural progression to step into business ownership. “Nothing about my service will change – it will…

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  • SUPPLIER NEWS

    Record price for Melbourne Penthouse with $30M sale

    Luxury property developer GURNER™ has broken Melbourne’s price record for the most expensive apartment sale, contracting a $30m penthouse at its ultra-luxury Saint Moritz development in St Kilda to a high-profile Melbourne family. The sale, contracted off-market prior to the development’s slated public launch in June this year has achieved an unprecedented $40,000 per square metre. The price is 20…

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  • INDUSTRY NEWS

    Banking Royal Commission final report demands crackdowns and compensation

    The long-awaited final report from the banking Royal Commission has been handed down. The report, received by the Morrison Government on Friday 1 February and released publicly Monday 4 February, has suggested sweeping changes to the industry and 76 actionable recommendations. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne’s final 530-page report and 76 recommendations have been welcomed by the Federal Government and Labor, who…

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  • FRANCHISE NEWS

    Century 21 announce partnership with Seven West Media

    Century 21 has announced a multi-year partnership with Seven West Media that will see the new look Century 21 brand, properties and agents promoted across several media assets. Home Beautiful will feature the Century 21 brand on the cover of the magazine and exclusive Century 21 property listings within it in 2019. Century 21 agents and branding will also feature…

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  • INDUSTRY NEWS

    CoreLogic’s January Home Index shows continued falls

    CoreLogic’s January home value index shows the property market in Melbourne and Sydney continued to fall, with all capital cities apart from Canberra recording a month-on-month fall in dwelling values. CoreLogic’s hedonic home value index shows a further 1.0 per cent decline in national dwelling values over the first month of 2019, taking the cumulative decline in Australian dwelling values…

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  • FEATURE INTERVIEWS

    Toowoomba to Cairns: Starting over with Tiffany Krause

    “You obviously meet a lot of people through the RE/MAX network and I’d consistently caught up with the guys up here. Then I came for a holiday a couple of years ago and just loved it, absolutely loved it.” After falling in love with the Cairns region, Tiffany reached out to principal Tony Williamson and asked if there was a…

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  • SUPPLIER NEWS

    Online platform allows buyer to purchase home while shopping for groceries

    Ipswich Real Estate’s Dylan Ansems and Jason McNamara are savvy users of technology. When they listed a property in Woodend, their Click2Offer system sent an email to alert all parties interested in property that it was now open for online offers (over $365,000). When the email notification popped up on one parties phone, she immediately registered and made her first offer…

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  • Brand Editorial

    Introducing your Digital Twin in 2019

    This year will see the Australian real estate industry welcome a new breed of agent: the digital twin. Most existing examples of a digital twin in real estate refer to the creation of digital replicas of actual properties using the internet of things. But what about a digital twin of yourself working with you to service customers? Artificial intelligence that…

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  • INDUSTRY NEWS

    First home buyers claim their biggest slice of the property pie in six years

    First home buyers have claimed their biggest share of new housing loans in more than six years, according to the latest ABS Housing Finance figures. The data shows first home buyers made up 18.3 per cent of owner-occupier loans taken out in November, up 0.2 per cent from last month. This is the highest share for first home buyers since…

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  • Brand Editorial

    How having a ‘tech startup’ mentality can make you more successful

    Before some bright spark in China invented the compass in 206 BC – the west didn’t get their version until AD 1190 – navigators used the North Star to find their way home (trivia!). Today, North Star metrics (NSMs for short) are used to guide the ‘hacking’ techniques used to drive the growth of many of the fastest growing start-ups and…

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  • FRANCHISE NEWS

    A familiar face opens Ray White Narre Warren South

    With more than 16 years experience in the industry, Metin Aziret says he’s excited to rebrand his office to Ray White Narre Warren South. With a well-established presence across his local area, Mr Aziret said he was confident this is the next step his business needs to continue its growth. “For us to improve we needed a brand that could…

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  • INDUSTRY NEWS

    Downsizers, first-timers, rainfall and a new banking order bode well for NSW regional property in 2019: Raine & Horne

    Downsizers eager to take advantage of Sydney’s long-term capital growth, along with more rainfall and less banking red tape are set to underpin property values in NSW regional centres such as Dubbo, Tamworth and Wagga Wagga in 2019 according to Raine & Horne Chief Angus Raine. “Despite softer dwelling prices in Sydney, downsizer activity is driving demand for real estate…

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  • FEATURE INTERVIEWS

    Focus on 2019: What the top agents are doing

    Grant Smith Director, Century 21 Grant Smith Property What’s the market like in your area? The Sunshine Coast property market is a strong performing region with extensive growth and development. The region is experiencing growth in the health sector with the new hospital, as well as expansions to all major shopping centres. Being on the coast, just an hour north…

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  • PROSPECTING + LISTING

    2019: The Year of the Buyer Database

    As we approach the finish line of 2018, it’s an ideal time to reflect on our professional achievements. In any single year, a real estate agent learns so much, encounters their fair share of challenges and enjoys many satisfying wins. What hard-won learnings will you take from 2018 to propel you to greater heights in the coming year? What changes will…

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  • INDUSTRY NEWS

    REIA elects new president

    The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has welcomed the election of a new President, Adrian Kelly from Tasmania. Mr Kelly was elected as the 45th President of REIA, the national professional association for Australia’s real estate sector, at the Annual General Meeting held in Canberra on 13 December, effective immediately. Hayden Groves from Western Australia was re-elected Deputy President…

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