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Real Estate News
The lesson for Australia out of Victoria’s property tax hikes: two out of three ain’t bad
Victorian treasurer Tim Pallas’s three-pronged strategy to raise an extra $2.7 billion in property taxes over the next four years is a case of two out of three ain’t bad, writes Brendan Coates.
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2021 REIWA Awards for Excellence winners announced
More than 400 Western Australian real estate professionals attended the REIWA Awards for Excellence at Crown Perth on Friday 21 May to celebrate and acknowledge the industry’s best and brightest.
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New agency set to bring the ‘wow factor’ to Melbourne market
Jignesh Kapadia says his new agency – Luxon Real Estate – is about delivering something special to Melbourne’s real estate scene. “Whatever we do in terms of providing service to a client or vendor, or just a phone inquiry, we want to add ‘Wow!’ to it. My focus is, ‘How we can create experiences for vendors and purchasers which becomes…
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Planner says it’s time to urbanise the suburbs
With many homebuyers extending their property searches to outer-suburban areas over the past year, a leading urban planner says it's time to break the conventional suburban ‘housing estate’ mould.
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Real estate. Done better!
A combination of innate hustle and a desire to create a better way of doing business compelled Antony Thompson to launch blac property group earlier this year.
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A budget wish list for the real estate sector
As the countdown to the release of the Federal Budget begins, LJ Hooker Head of Research, Mathew Tiller, has put forward his wish list for the real estate industry. Mr Tiller said he hoped to see regional investment, an extension to HomeBuilder, and the opening of international borders among the measures announced on budget night in a bid to support…
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Former Wallabies star Will Genia looking to offload home in Brisbane’s Coorparoo
Australian rugby union star Will Genia and his wife Vanessa have put their suburban Brisbane home on the market, after the former Queensland Reds player extended his contract with a Japanese club.
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Peeved buyers demand pet-friendly apartments
Dwelling values are continuing to climb but so is confidence, with new data showing industry confidence levels are approaching record levels.
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Canberra needs 12 new houses a day for next 20 years
Arabella Rohde was elected as the Property Council’s new ACT division president last month and she’s now issued a blunt warning about challenges faced by population growth in the nation's capital.
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Sherrie Storor masterminds new program for high performers
Building a business that is profitable, with healthy revenue margins, encompasses a high-performing team, is structured, enables you to develop your leadership skills and allows you to build wealth and legacy and provides you with freedom is all within reach.
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Century 21 opens five new offices in five weeks
Century 21 has experienced strong growth in Australia and New Zealand so far in 2021, with the network opening five new offices in the past five weeks.
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Build-to-rent surge will change apartment living for Australians, but for better or worse?
Australia’s emerging build-to-rent sector is growing — “booming” by some accounts with a 70 per cent jump in value in the past year.
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Real Estate Content
Balancing act: How do you expand regional centres without destroying their character?
With massive population growth in the regions over the past year, ensuring regional areas can sustainably expand without losing the character that made them attractive in the first place is often a difficult balancing act.
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Why isn’t there a big increase in tiny house living?
Heather Shearer, Research Fellow, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University and Paul Burton, Professor of Urban Management & Planning and Director, Cities Research Institute Griffith University, contributed this article to The Conversation. The original title was Loving the idea of tiny house living, even if you don’t live in one.
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UrbanX marks the spot for Gavin Croft’s latest role
Experienced real estate industry executive Gavin Croft has been appointed Director of Growth at UrbanX, a support platform for high-performance agents wanting to create their own brands.
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How working for himself changed Clinton Eastell’s life
There's been a bit of a debate around the rise of small-business, self-branded agents who are shunning the large-franchise model and, instead, striking out on their own.
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Elite Agent
D-Day looms for the end of government props: Andrew Cocks
Six months ago, the nation prepared itself to step off the fiscal cliff. Not much liking the rocky landing back in September, the day of reckoning was delayed but now both the moratorium on tenant evictions and JobKeeper support have run their time and March 28 is D-Day.
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Real Estate News
Don’t blame zoning for Australia’s soaring house prices
Among the many explanations put forward for soaring home prices, one we hear repeatedly is zoning — the regulations that govern the purposes for which land can be used, including how densely people can be housed in different locations.
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Elite Agent
Dan Argent: The superpower of specialisation
When you start a new business should you focus on saving money or making money?
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Elite Agent
Five employees for the price of one
Innovate Property Group isn't Mark Spinelli's first tilt at starting a business, but lessons from the past about homing in on your talents while outsourcing the rest are making this new journey even sweeter.
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Elite Agent
Positive conditions forecast to continue according to REA Insights Property Outlook Report
REA Group's newly released Insights Property Outlook Report is tipping positive conditions to remain throughout 2021, with a few notable exceptions.
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Elite Agent
A new leash on life: Study finds benefits for all parties in pet-friendly residential arrangements
More than 60 per cent of households across the nation own a pet but those living in private rentals are much more likely to have to give up a companion animal due to housing circumstances, according to Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute research.
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Elite Agent
The thrill of starting your own agency
Matt McKee is no stranger to adventure, but even he says there's nothing quite like the adrenaline rush of opening an agency with your name on the door.
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Property Council welcomes NSW build-to-rent changes
The commencement of changes designed to implement a fit-for-purpose planning and tax regime to get build-to-rent housing off the ground in NSW have been welcomed by the Property Council of Australia today.
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Elite Agent
Experienced Toowoomba agents launch their own brand
The leap into business ownership was not always front of mind for Alan Reilly and his wife Emma. But trusting in his own name, the pair have taken the leap launching Reilly Real Estate in the regional Queensland city of Toowoomba. Mr Reilly said the new agency had been well received in its three weeks of operation. “People I’ve known…
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OPINION
Spot the ailment: Dan Argent
With all the talk about vaccines right now, Dan Argent wonders if it's possible to vaccinate against potential road blocks in business
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Elite Agent
Regions show record price growth
House prices have hit a new record high across all Australian capitals with exceptions of Darwin and Perth.The Domain House Price Report for the December 2020 quarter released this morning also shows that outer city regions across the country saw record price growth as demand rose throughout COVID.
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Elite Agent
It’s not the brand, it’s the agent
Shannon Beavis launched Your Property Co in Maroochydore on Queensland's Sunshine Coast in November 2020, and just three short weeks after opening the doors, he'd racked up close to $3 million in sales.
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Elite Agent
Lifting lockdown leads to record Victorian house prices: REIV
The median house price in Victoria has recorded its largest increase since 2000, according to data from Real Estate Institute of Victoria's quarterly December report. For the first time, Metropolitan houses in Melbourne surpassed a median value of $900,000, jumping by 9.5 per cent from the September quarter to land…
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Elite Agent
Stay remote but come in to collaborate: Knight Frank’s 10 predictions for 2021
Global residential and commercial property consultancy Knight Frank has just released its Top 10 predictions for Australia’s Property Market in 2021, with the pandemic set to reshape the future of business premises. With more employees working remotely, a shift is forecast where facilities will be less about individuals and more about coming together. “Physical offices will be increasingly grounded in…
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Elite Agent
The hits and misses for commercial property in 2021
COVID-19 changed the way we do commercial property, potentially forever says to Steve Palise, commercial property expert and author.
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Real Estate News
Brisbane inner-city specialist announces solo venture
Phillip Harrigan was once a 'big company' man, but a yearning to break free of the corporate structure and build his own brand has seen him launch Harrigan Property Group - and he's not looking back.
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INTERNATIONAL
From ‘Zoom Rooms’ to Chef kitchens: 7 top home trends for 2021 from US portal Zillow
Zillow has done the research: but which US buyer and tenant trends will translate to the Australian market in 2021?
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OPINION
2021 Market Outlook: Leanne Pilkington
All things considered, 2020 closed on a high. House prices are showing a mild increase month-on-month in metropolitan and regional locations, which provides some comfort to consumers as Australia embarks upon a long-term economic recovery. In an unusual but appropriate move for the times, the Reserve Bank has confirmed interest rates will remain low for the next few years, which…
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Elite Agent
14 property and finance predictions for 2021: Rebecca Jarret-Dalton
Just as we are about to close the door on 2020, many of us are watching the property market and economy hoping to anticipate what opportunities are likely to present themselves in 2021. Based on recent events, the state of the nation and our current appetite when it comes to…
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