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Real Estate News
Luke Lombardi and Christian Bellomo have joined Pulse Property
Luke Lombardi and Christian Bellomo have joined Pulse Property as the company continues to grow.
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Elite Agent
5 books that caught our eye in McKinsey’s 2024 annual book recommendations
Every year McKinsey collates its recommendations for the best books in business, technology, workplace culture, and more.
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Real Estate News
Top agents open a new Sydney Sotheby’s office
Maclay Longhurst and Emily Davidson have taken the next step in their already successful real estate careers, opening a Sydney Sotheby’s International Realty office.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
The top 50 residential real estate influencers for 2023
There is rarely a dull day in real estate. From mergers and acquisitions, record sales and the AI boom, 2023 has once again been a year for the record books.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Our top picks from the AREC 2023 Expo Hall
The Expo Hall at AREC is always a favourite with principals, agents and property managers alike, this year was no exception. Whether you were looking for innovative solutions to streamline your property management processes, or new ways to generate sales leads and listings, there was something to suit every need among this year’s exhibitors. There was plenty of innovation on…
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APPOINTMENTS
Elders Real Estate corporate team in growth mode
Following a record-breaking year, the Elders Real Estate residential corporate team has announced a slew of new roles in the business to support the trajectory of growth over the next three years.
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BTW
Ray White Commercial Canberra appointments of head of agency
Dan McGrath’s appointment is part of the regeneration of the leadership team at Ray White Commercial Canberra. The Announcement: One of Canberra’s leading commercial agents, Dan McGrath, has joined Ray White Commercial Canberra as the new Head of Agency. Continuing on the tradition of industry leadership and deep expertise established by Mark Thompson, Mr McGrath will work closely with Ray White Commercial…
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OPINION
The nature of work is changing, are you ready to adapt?
Last week speaking at WIRE, one of my final slides said, “AQ is the new EQ”.
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Elite Agent
Perfecting your prompt writing for ChatGPT, Midjourney and other AI generators
Generative AI is having a moment. ChatGPT and art generators such as DALL-E 2, Stable Diffusion and Midjourney have proven their potential, and now millions are wracking their brains over how to get their outputs to look something like the vision in their head. This is the goal of prompt engineering: the skill of crafting an input to deliver a…
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Real Estate News
The top 50 residential real estate influencers and innovators for 2022
There is rarely a dull day in real estate. From mergers and acquisitions, pivoting in a changing market and continued acceleration of PropTech, 2022 has been a year for the record books.
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Elite Agent
How to motivate your team to sustained excellence
Motivation is one of those things that can take us to great heights, but at times, as we all know, that motivation can be hard to find.
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SELLING + MARKETING PROPERTY
“Solving the struggle”: The six stages of consumer buying and how to close more deals in real estate
“Nobody wants to be sold to, but everyone loves shopping with their friends…” That’s what Ryan Serhant told me about his approach to real estate sales on the Elevate podcast earlier this year. And he’s right. You think about it. We all love buying new stuff. I love nothing more than sitting down with my iPad and a glass of…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Headhunter-style solution for rental applications
Inspect Real Estate has released a new innovation in leasing, and already it's producing results for agents.
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Elite Agent TV
From Elton John to Gloria Gaynor: Tim McKibbin and Leanne Pilkington perform a mashup of the ’80s biggest hits
At the REINSW Awards on Friday night, REINSW President and CEO performed the ultimate mashup of 80’s hits, singing to the dance floor chart-toppers Don’t go breaking my heart, I will survive and YMCA. But the two showed a lighter side to their challenging roles this year by changing the lyrics to a tongue in cheek look at difficulties agents…
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LUXE LISTINGS SYDNEY SEASON 1 RECAPS
It’s (almost) a wrap – our recap of Luxe Listings Sydney episode 6
After six hours of flashy cars, designer threads and Sydneys best properties, our recaps of Luxe Listings Sydney Season 1 comes to a conclusion.
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LUXE LISTINGS SYDNEY SEASON 1 RECAPS
If you don’t like rejection, get out of real estate: Luxe Listings Sydney Episode 4 recap
Rise and grind people – we’re back with this week’s recap of Luxe Listings Sydney. And we mean grind. No dates. No roses. No boats. No bars. Just the 5am club, plenty of cold calls, a malfunctioning mouse and a very long drive over the Harbour Bridge. The end. Just kidding. We’re straight to into the action at Cohen Handler where…
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Elite Agent TV
‘You’re dealing with a lot of egos in this business…’: Luxe Listings Sydney makes its debut
After spending the last 15 years shamelessly indulging in the reality shows of the luxury property market (and their over-the-top agents) of Los Angeles and New York, finally, it’s Australia’s turn.
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Stone Real Estate opens Logan franchise
Real estate franchise network Stone is set to capitalise on the growth potential of Logan, Queensland, with a brand new office. Local agent Jason Savage will open the office in what is a strategic move in Stone’s expansion strategy. With a population of just shy of 350,000, Logan is located between Brisbane, Ipswich and the Gold Coast, with easy access…
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Video of the Week
Video of the Week – Location and living space
Never in our lifetime has the concept of the home been so important, including the ability to have a functional and relaxing space.
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Elite Agent
Does swapping New York for LA count as downsizing for Matt Damon?
For the first time in decades, Matt Damon will be making a move without his best friend, Ben Affleck.
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Video of the Week
Video of the Week – With a little help from my friends
When Jane Booty from Stone Real Estate In Castle Hill decided to sell her house, who did she list it with? All of her mates in the area, basically. Appearing in this video are Karen D'Angla from DiJONES Northern Districts, Melissa Williams from Response Baulkham Hills, Ruma Mundi from First…
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Elite Agent
How would you market this ’60s party mansion?
The former party mansion of mafia girlfriend and America's sweetheart, Phyllis McGuire is on the market, complete with its own replica Eiffel Tower.
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Video of the Week
Video of the Week – ‘Home Alone?’
Collings Real Estate’s Stefan Perera listed 1/197 Separation Street, Northcote in Victoria for sale this week, launching the property campaign with a Home Alone themed house tour just in time for Christmas. The inspiration was iconic Christmas movie(s) Home Alone, which they felt would do well to show off the three-bedroom home at Christmas time, allowing potential buyers to envision…
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Elite Agent TV
2020: Have you been keeping informed?
2020 has been a year for the ages - and so much has happened. We're reviewing the year with an all star panel - where we will find out who has been 'paying attention' to the news this year in the real estate industry. Bookmark this page to watch the…
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Video of the Week
Video of the Week – ‘Dreams’ of the perfect buyer
Spiros Vamvalis and Christian Gravias listed 1/240 Punt Road, Prahran in Victoria for sale last week, launching the property campaign in conjunction with one of their viral property videos.
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Elite Agent
1.1 million Aussies plan to sell their houses in the next six months
DFA’s survey data concluded that over 1.1 million Australians intend to sell their property in the next six months. In terms of the demographics, 298,093 international owners (foreign citizens and Australians living overseas), 309,032 investors, 115,893 up traders, 350,093 down traders and 28,003 first home buyers intend to sell in…
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Real Estate News
Ray White Marsden targeting Upper Logan expansion
Ray White Marsden continues to not only survive but thrive in a year many would rather forget.
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Elite Agent
Rules relaxed for Victorian inspections and auctions
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced further relaxations to the state's COVID-19 restrictions. Open for inspections and in-person auctions can now be attended by up to 20 people indoors, and 50 outdoors. Workers in the Melbourne CBD will return to offices from next week, with strict capacity numbers and cleaning…
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Real Estate News
Rent.com.au raises $1.5m to launch RentPay
Rent.com.au has raised $1.5m to market and launch RentPay, RENT's flagship 'tenancy period' product.
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Real Estate News
Victoria extends eviction moratorium
The Victorian Government has announced today they will be extending the eviction moratorium until March 2021. This means that evictions for both commercial and residential tenants are banned until March 28, 2021. In addition, rental increases will also be banned. Consumer Affairs notes: “Residential tenants and landlords who struggle to reach agreement over rent reductions have access to the dispute…
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Real Estate News
Property Council of Australia nominations now open
Nominations for the Property Council’s industry committees are now open. “Effective advocacy for our industry and its contribution to Australia has never been more important,” said Property Council of Australia Chief Executive Ken Morrison. “Our members are critical in this important work, including through participation in our various industry committees. Our committee members help to shape the future for our…
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Elite Agent
Rent prices take first quarterly fall since 1972
In the first quarterly fall since 1972, rent prices were down 1.3 per cent for the June quarter, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The downward trend coincided with the biggest drop in consumer prices since 1931, with the consumer price index for the June quarter falling 1.9 per cent. “Weak rental market conditions…
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Real Estate News
Auction clearance rates keep falling in Melbourne
Towards the end of June and the start of July, clearance rates in Melbourne sat in the low 60 per cent range. By the week ending July 12, it sat at 51.2 per cent. The following week, the final clearance rate was 43.8 per cent. Not surprisingly, the Melbourne clearance rate during this second wave is similar to that of…
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Real Estate News
Aussie cricket legend Steve Smith buys $6.6m Sydney property
Australian cricketer Steve Smith has added a luxurious Vaucluse pad to his bulging property portfolio. The former Australian captain paid $6.6 million for the six bathroom, four-bedroom property, which was initially listed for $6.8m. The beautiful property boasts views of Sydney Harbour, a large pool and cricket-friendly yard, a steam room and gym, a spacious wine cellar (plus an outdoor…
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Video of the Week
Without edges with Sadhana Smiles and Samantha McLean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vQgvjhVZ9w&t=484s Recently Elite Agent Editor Samantha McLean joined Sadhana smiles on her podcast show "Without Edges" In this show, Sadhana and Sam break down The impacts of COVID-19 on real estate (and Elite Agent)"Running into the chaos"Looking for Gen Z for clues to the future of real estateWhy tilting is better than jugglingWhy you need…
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