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INDUSTRY NEWS
REIQ offers expertise on Queensland real estate market
The REIQ will be opening its doors and welcoming property buyers and investors to its free Experts Guide to Buying Property seminar at REIQ HQ, Coorparoo, October 22, 2016. The seminar, now in its third year, offers detailed, helpful information for anyone looking to buy or invest in the Queensland property market. Presenters will talk on a range of property…
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Real Estate News
Raine & Horne back in Glenelg with experienced real estate team
After a short interlude, Raine & Horne is open again in Glenelg, one of South Australia’s strongest real estate markets. Raine & Horne Glenelg will be led by highly experienced property professionals Graeme Sherwell and Christine Pinkus. “Graeme and Christine, who have had many years of real estate experience, are the prefect recruits to our network. They will enable us…
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Real Estate News
Surplus signals time for new property incentives, says REINSW
For the first time on record New South Wales is cash positive, therefore it is time to give back to the property market in the form of new first homebuyer incentives, according to the Real Estate Institute of NSW. REINSW President John Cunningham said New Total State Sector Accounts figures show the final surplus for the 2015-16 financial year was…
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Elite Agent
Connected Agent: What Does It Mean?
In his last article, Eddie Cetin explained how to mine the gold in your database through targeted email marketing. In this article he reveals how you can rapidly grow a healthy database with little effort while positioning yourself to win more listings. I’m hearing stories around Australia about how markets are tightening, and it is certainly becoming more challenging to…
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Real Estate News
Cohen Handler launches Cohen Handler Prestige
Cohen Handler, one of Australia’s largest buyers’ agencies, is providing a new service to high-end buyers with the launch of Cohen Handler Prestige. While house price growth across major Australian cities are expected to slow in the latter half of 2016 and early 2017, the prestige market at $3 million and above, has remained strong. Cohen Handler co-founder and Managing…
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Real Estate News
Property Council calls for tax reductions on transacting property in NSW
NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian’s announcement today that NSW is ‘back in the black’ having wiped out state debt for the first time in 20 years with a $4.7 billion surplus in the bank, and the Property Council of Australia are saying there has never been a better time to reduce the tax burden on people developing, selling and buying property…
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Real Estate News
Home Addressed announces 30 Day Home Co-ownership Challenge
The 30 Day Home Co-ownership Challenge, by Home Addressed, is designed to inform and teach first home buyers to take a creative approach to home ownership and to shrug off the ‘generation rent’ tag. Buyers wanting to participate will need to find a suitable co-buddy with whom to team up and buy a property. The co-partners have 30 days to meet on the…
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Real Estate News
Chinese investors shop online for property with estarhome.com
Chinese organisation, the Fosun Group, has designed an online shopping-style platform that allows middle-class Chinese investors who are seeking a safe haven, outside of China, to purchase an overseas property. The site, Estarhome.com is an online-to-offline service that provides a way for Chinese investors to find Australian properties as investments. Chinese buyers are investing mostly in new apartments and according…
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Real Estate News
Domain brings real time chat to the world of property
Potential buyers and renters will now be able to chat directly with real estate agents with the launch of Domain Chat, a new app feature released by Domain that speeds up the search and is supposed to help consumers secure their dream home faster. Chat has been one of the fastest-growing online behaviours on the internet, nearly doubling users over the…
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Elite Agent
Real Estate’s Rising Stars Fly High on Tech
Technology is undoubtedly the future of real estate. Domain Rising Star Award recipients for Victoria and New South Wales – Stasi Adgemis of hockingstuart Doncaster and Shane Sullivan of LJ Hooker Drummoyne – are relative youngsters in the real estate game, yet they’ve set themselves apart with their unique use of technology and a wise beyond years attitude towards ROI…
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Real Estate News
Idalia: Buyers Flock to Woden’s Newest Address
For the past six weeks apartments in Hindmarsh’s new Idalia development have sold at the rate of around three every week with a cross section of buyers – led by young professionals – vying to be a part of Woden’s transformation. Idalia is now over 70% sold, an impressive result that demonstrates not only the sophistication and quality of the…
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Elite Agent
ASK THE COACH – Claudio Encina
Real estate coach, keynote speaker and mentor Claudio Encina returns to answer your questions – this time in the areas of energy, balance and focus. Q. Sometimes I feel like real estate just takes and takes from me. How can I avoid burnout? – Patrick Cosgrove, Raine & Horne Bondi Beach First, set some boundaries around work and life balance.…
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Elite Agent
Renovation Rules: Top 7 Tips and Trends For 2016
THE AVERAGE AUSTRALIAN HAS been given a whole new level of confidence when it comes to renovating. Shows such as The Block, Renovation Rumble, House Rules and Selling Houses Australia have changed the way we look at the idea of renewing our homes and simplified the process so that anyone can do it. Sydney buyer’s agent Amanda Gould shares her…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
CoreLogic: September 2016 Market Outlook
If you’re eager to find out what the various property markets around the country were up to during August, and you want to have a sneak peek at what might be ahead, read on for CoreLogic’s monthly Market Outlook. Average capital city home values are up Over the month of August 2016, combined capital city home values increased by 1.1%…
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Elite Agent
Millennial Buyers: What Are They Looking For?
IN A FEW YEARS’ TIME, millennials will make up over 40 per cent of buyers in Australia. And with an insatiable thirst for the sensational in all aspects of life, they are no different when it comes to the properties they hope to buy – and their method of buying. Chloe Taylor uncovers what millennial buyers expect in a home,…
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Regional Australia seeing good growth for the first time in years, CoreLogic
According to CoreLogic’s June regional report, Australia’s regional areas have now come into the spotlight as value growth increases and capital city markets become less affordable. Released this week, the CoreLogic Regional Market Report provides analysis on the performance of Australia’s largest council areas for: NSW: Newcastle & Lake Macquarie, Illawarra, Richmond-Tweed; VIC: Geelong, Latrobe-Gippsland; QLD: Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Townsville…
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Real Estate News
Ray White Double Bay launch into spring with 85% clearance rate
Showing no signs of a market slowdown, Ray White Double Bay’s first spring auction event on Monday 29 August was attended by over 150 potential buyers and vendors. The atmosphere in the room was electric with one buyer jumping the bids by $500,000. “The lack of stock and our high level of quality marketing helped us achieve some unbelievable prices.…
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Elite Agent
Look After the Listings You Lose
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT their existing customers should be regularly followed up after the successful sale to build an ongoing relationship. Ian Grace demonstrates how to take this further and follow up on the listings you never had. How often does follow-up happen, for example with a car salesperson? Not very often, most would say. But sadly, it’s the same with…
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Real Estate News
Raine & Horne launches Hornsby office
Superbrand Raine & Horne is launching a major assault on Sydney’s popular Upper North Shore property market with the opening of a new office located in Hornsby. Raine & Horne Hornsby will be led by experienced local agent Chris Hopkins and his wife Susie, and will deliver the 133-year-old family owned and operated firm’s unique sales and property management services…
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Real Estate News
New economic report shows solid growth for Australian property market
The PRDnationwide Research Team has released a new report revealing the Australian property market has made a positive start to 2016, with housing and rental growth recorded in capital cities and metro areas along with improved conditions in regional areas. After a hot 2015, the PRDnationwide 2016 Australian Economic and Property Report reveals the Australian property market has returned to…
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Elite Agent
Big Data: How to Harness It for Prospecting
DETAILED, REAL-TIME data collection can now provide agents with more focused tools to win listings and create long-lasting relationships with clients – a radical change in how they do their jobs. Kylie Davis from CoreLogic investigates. LET’S USE AN example: you’ve recently sold a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home for a record price. You’d like to use this information to win the…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
realestateVIEW.com.au partners with AFL players to share real estate journeys
realestateVIEW.com.au has launched an exciting new partnership with The AFL Players’ Association with a short behind-the-scenes look at Jack Riewoldt’s family home in Bellerive, Tasmania. The first taste of five AFL stars to begin sharing their real estate story, Riewoldt provides a glimpse into his childhood home in the upcoming series, which will launch on realestateVIEW.com.au on Monday 11th July.…
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Real Estate News
Newcastle commercial markets surge on back of share market volatility and DIY super fund demand
Owner-occupiers and investors are combining to drive demand for commercial property in Newcastle priced below $2 million, according to Steven Dick, Co-Principal of Raine & Horne Commercial Newcastle. “The current rules[i] let Self-Managed Super Funds (SMSFs) purchase a business premises, allowing owners to pay rent directly to their SMSF at the market rate,” said Mr Dick. “Savvy Newcastle business owners…
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Elite Agent
The Power Of Technology
AS CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER at Domain Group, Damon Pezaro oversees technology at Fairfax Media’s property platform. He tells Elite Agent where real estate tech is headed and how agents can best harness the latest developments. Story by Anthony O’Brien HAVING STARTED his digital career in 1999, Damon Pezaro has spread his time across a number of start-ups and larger corporates in…
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Elite Agent
50 Top Tips from Transform
We learned more than you could ever imagine from our Transform coaches over a 12-week period. Here is a rapid fire 50 top tips from both our coaches and our Super Six. What got you here won’t get you there. What got you to 12 or 16 sales is not going to get you to 100. But there is potential…
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EPM
The Measure of Success
Are you a numbers person? History shows us time and again that property professionals who are focused on the numbers are those who enjoy the greatest success. This rings true for Peter Hooymans, Ann Rogers, Georgina Mellick, Stephen Fitzsimon and Tim Ear, founders of multi-award winning agency Melbourne Real Estate. Story by Iolanthe Gabrie. CHARISMATIC AND with an energy that…
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Elite Agent
Gaining Momentum
IN APRIL AND May this year realestate.com.au and News Corp Australia combined to create an exclusive national event series for real estate professionals – Momentum. Industry leaders Steve Carroll and Tom Panos shared some of their best tips on current and future industry trends and how to strategically incorporate print, social and digital platforms into your advertising campaigns to achieve…
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Real Estate News
State Of Australia’s Property Market
WEAK CONSUMER SENTIMENT and growing economic uncertainty are weighing on Australia’s property markets, as evidenced by a markedly slower growth and, in many cases, even falling values. However, there’s an upside to the market downturn. Nila Sweeney, Managing Editor of Property Market Insider, explains. NO MATTER HOW SOME people might try to spin it, there’s no denying the fact that,…
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Passion for real estate: Trent Faunt
Trent Faunt has had a passion for real estate from a young age, ever since he watched his parents operate a successful furniture enterprise and learned the ins and outs of business. He was listed as top agent after his first year at Kingaroy Real Estate and then made the move to Brisbane, where he now works for Place Estate…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
LJ Hooker uses advanced exclusive technology to find buyers
An LJ Hooker agent has used an exclusive digital platform to sell a stagnant Cessnock property within eight days, claiming the marketing strategy exposed over 44,000 people to the property. LJ Hooker Cessnock | Kurri Kurri principal, Bryce Gibson, enlisted the help of LJ Hooker’s digital marketing strategy, One Click Away, to sell a home that was dormant in interest…
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Housing affordability crisis causing entrenched social wealth divide
Douglas Driscoll, CEO of Starr Partners, calls for urgent Government intervention The housing affordability crisis is now one of the biggest issues in Australia, causing widespread social, political and economic implications, and according to Douglas Driscoll, CEO of award-winning real estate group Starr Partners, housing affordability is not just a problem for the young generation, it impacts other echelons of the…
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Transform 2016 Coach
Personal Productivity and Milestones for Growth – Josh Phegan
Thank you our Week 8 sponsor: myrealestatecpd.com.au provide online CPD training for NSW Agents. Click here for more information. Coaches: Josh Phegan. Josh Phegan will be speaking at AREC 16 this year, to book your tickets visit arecconference.com. Coaching Links: Josh is a regular contributor Elite Agent magazine. Click here for some of his articles Video Notes/Transcript 00:00 Introduction and Session Overview: Samantha McLean…
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Elite Agent
Stefanie Dobro: The Trusted Advisor
AS A UNIVERSITY STUDENT, 2016 Real Estate Results Network (RERN) Hall of Famer Stefanie Dobro, an associate director at Fremantle-based independent Caporn Young Estate Agents, swore off a job in sales. Yet almost 25 years later, after a being a trusted advisor in politics and academia, Stefanie is now a trusted advisor in all matters property and without doubt one…
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Transform 2016 Coach
Telephone Technique and Cold Calling with Claudio Encina
Thank you our Week 7 sponsor: Real+ are the property experts providing a full spectrum of services to grow your business and yourself. Real+ offers Training, Recruitment and consultancy services… Support + Knowledge + Industry insights + much, much more! Coaches: Claudio Encina and Fiona Blayney Coaching Links: See Claudio’s week 2 lesson where he spoke about defining your Why as well as incorporating it…
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Elite Agent
5 Trends That May Influence Property in Australia
THEY SAY THAT THE ONLY constant is change, and this is especially true of real estate. Architectural preferences change, new materials become available, construction methods take advantage of the latest technology, home layouts become more in tune with demographic and social changes, and many other factors begin to influence what buyers want – and how real estate professionals should market…
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