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Close Collaboration
Getting the sales team and the property management team to work effectively together so they are referring business to each other is no easy task, but Brett Greensill, Principal of LJ Hooker New Farm, has pretty much managed to perfect it. Having started the business from scratch, he and his partner Andrew Clough now manage around 1,000 properties, with close…
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What does $1m buy around the world?
As the price of property continues to increase in Australia, an increasing number of buyers are looking offshore to invest in real estate, and there are many options to explore. The value of the dollar stretches much further in some regions than others. A small unit in London will run about a $1m where as for the same price you can buy…
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Sydneysiders Want Progress on Housing Affordability
Sydneysiders are desperate for improvements on cost of living, housing affordability and the city’s mobility, according to a new survey of its own residents. The Property Council of Australia today released the latest results from My City: The People’s Verdict – a national poll that tests views on the liveability of our cities. The survey, now in its fourth year,…
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5 classic ‘fails’ of many business this year
Ross Elliott has some good advice for all small business owners this year; very relevant to maintenance of CRM systems and marketing for Real Estate Businesses. A new year awaits and prospects for economic improvement look good. Some businesses will grow, others will tread water, and some will fail. But more and more as I am involved with building business prospects…
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Communicating with Chinese Buyers – Socially!
Without a doubt, digital strategy and online marketing strategy become more and more important each day for our business as the media landscape evolves. Esther Yong, from AC Property, discusses how you can use some of the the more modern and social methods to communicate with Chinese Buyers. Even though newspaper and offline media are here to stay, the influence…
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CASE STUDIES
Young Talent Time
Stacey Sheehan, Principal of Collins Real Estate in Tasmania, has set up strategic partnerships to provide a mentoring program for young agents. The goal: to provide them with similar opportunities working for a small agency, as they would have working for a large corporate. In my previous life working in property for Lend Lease and AMP, the main attraction for…
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The Future of The Shopfront
In what appears to be an era where agents are reconsidering the traditional shopfront, Stacey Sheehan discusses why it remains of utmost importance. In 2002 a new CEO was appointed to AMP, Australia’s largest superannuation fund manager, to navigate it through a corporate crisis that some viewed as terminal. He was noted to say at the time of embarking on…
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Marketing to Chinese Buyers
In certain parts of Australia, home-grown buyers have become fewer and more reluctant. Chinese buyers by contrast are sometimes wealthier and their numbers are growing rapidly. Andrew Taylor, CEO – Sales & Marketing of Juwai.com, explains how to profit from the changing marketplace. Being entrepreneurial, real estate agents and principals are some of the best at learning from other parts…
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Could you spot a drug lab?
The discovery of drug labs in Australia (particularly Queensland and Western Australia) is now a daily occurrence, with increasing numbers of these labs being found in rental properties. Stacey Holt of Real Estate Excellence, has been working on awareness for the industry since 2006. In July, 2011, there was for the first time ever a National Meth Lab Conference to…
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From Punch Cards to iPads
There’s no doubting the Australian real estate landscape has changed over the years. In fact, the industry today is estimated to have over 12,300 businesses spread across the country, contributing $8.9 billion annually to the domestic economy. Not so long ago it was a very different picture. Australian Bureau of Statistics data says that at the end of June 2003,…
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