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Young Principals about to open 11th office
Jared and Shallain Hodge are a mission to build their real estate empire. Jared Hodge, a 42-year-old young-gun real estate principal and entrepreneur, is soon to open his 11th new business in only eight years when he opens Ray White Burleigh Heads. The move comes just weeks after the mutual departure from glamour Gold Coast suburb by the previous Ray…
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Luxury agent Chantal Hooper joins Di Jones
Di Jones Real Estate has appointed Chantal Hooper to join its Eastern Suburb’s team. Di Jones Real Estate CEO Rob Ward said Chantal’s international experience, network and ability to work across cultures sees her as a valuable addition to the team. “With a wealth of experience servicing prestige clients in Sydney, we’re delighted to have Chantal joining us at Di…
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Smashed avo makes a comeback in Brisbane
Can you still have your #smashedavo on toast and be able to buy property? A Ray White agent in Sherwood, Brisbane, believes so, using a clever marketing campaign for one of his developments that offers buyers brunch free every weekend for a year at a local cafe. Ray White Sherwood principal Cameron Crouch came up with the clever campaign playing on the…
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Starr Partners continues rapid growth with new Miller office
Australian boutique group, Starr Partners, have further extended their presence in Sydney’s South West with the opening of a new office in Miller. The move comes as recent CoreLogic Property Research revealed median house prices in the Liverpool region have increased by 9.6 per cent per annum in the 20 years to Dec 2016, making it one of the top…
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A sale a day in April for $99.87M
Powerhouse agency Ray White Double Bay just sold 30 properties for $99.87 million in April and the outlook is even brighter for the blue chip agency with increases in stock and prices. Craig Pontey, director of Ray White Double Bay, was incredibly proud of his team to sell “the equivalent of a property a day in April, it’s quite an…
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Stamp duty is stopping Australian’s from selling: LJ Hooker
A survey by LJ Hooker has shown that Government charges are dissuading property owners from selling their homes, driving up demand and impacting affordability. The survey of 2,700 homeowners showed 44 per cent of respondents who wanted to sell in 2016 but decided against it, cited transactional imposts such as the stamp duty they would pay on their next property…
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Leading LJ Hooker Business Moves to Ray White Group
LJ Hooker Lower North Shore, one of the top businesses for LJ Hooker worldwide, is joining the Ray White Group. LJ Hooker Lower North Shore directors Richard Harding, Geoff Smith and Bernard Ryan say they are excited about both the re-brand and the potential for expansion across this region. They have been operating for 60 years and employ more than 50…
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Century 21 Announces the winner of the Sunshine Coast Apartment
Century 21 yesterday announced that Mr Brian Gittings of Lindendale in Northern New South Wales has won the company’s inaugural apartment giveaway competition. Mr Gittings automatically entered the draw to win the $400,000 apartment after successfully selling his macadamia farm through Noel Outerbridge of Century 21 Plateau Lifestyle Alstonville in 2016. Last Friday evening he was notified at home that…
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Bundaberg real estate principal leads delegation to China
Bundaberg property has been put firmly on the map in Chinese investor conversations with RE/MAX Precision’s principal Scott Mackay visiting the city of Nanning in Guangxi, China earlier this month. Mr Mackey dined with the city’s Deputy Mayor Liu Weimin and other significant Nanning entrepreneurs and strengthened good relations with clients who have already invested in Bundaberg’s agriculture and property development…
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Ray White principal celebrates record first month
Ray White Frankston has achieved a record month in March, with 37 sales from 37 listings following the appointment of Ash Weston as Principal and Director of Sales. Ash comes to the position with three years of experience running the sales side of the business. Since his appointment as principal, the business has experienced record growth. “In the last two years,…
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Cobden & Hayson expands to six offices in Sydney
Boutique agency Cobden & Hayson is strategically growing through Sydney’s inner urban fringe with the launch of their fifth and sixth offices in the popular Marrickville and Surry Hills areas. The Marrickville office has just opened as a full-service real estate agency with both residential and commercial and industrial sales and property management departments. The creative force behind the inception…
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Heath Dockary team joins Di Jones
The strategic expansion at Di Jones Real Estate continues with the Northern Suburbs team growing through the appointment of high-profile agent Heath Dockary and his support team. Dockary has been recognised in the top 25 agents across the McGrath network for several years and in the top five percent of all agents in NSW. Di Jones Real Estate CEO Rob…
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RE/MAX Australia Seeks Buyers from China with New Juwai.com Partnership
RE/MAX Australia and RE/MAX New Zealand have announced a new partnership agreement with Chinese portal Juwai.com for full Chinese translation of listings. Whilst RE/MAX listings will continue to be bulk uploaded to Juwai.com in English, the new partnership provides RE/MAX agents and their vendors the option to upgrade individual listings with full Chinese translation and a superior listing rank for…
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LJ Hooker continues it’s first half expansion
Major National Franchise LJ Hooker say they are positioned to carry quarterly growth into the new Financial Year with a succession of new office openings flagged before July 1. Since January 1 this year, LJ Hooker has welcomed new offices in Wollongong, West Pennant Hills/Cherrybrook, Medowie and Hornsby in New South Wales, Gympie in Southern Queensland, while North Haven/Port Adelaide…
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Regional SA and Adelaide Offices Dominate Real Estate Industry Awards
The expansion of Raine & Horne in South Australia was underscored by the significant wins of its leading city and regional offices at the franchise’s state awards held last month at the National Wine Centre. Raine & Horne Salisbury, led by Andrew Harvey, won the group’s top office category for South Australia and Best City Office. Adelaide property professional Kate…
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Harcourts International seeing positive results with auctions in the US
Australian-headquartered real estate group Harcourts has found much success in the United States in recent months with the introduction of the their new auction platform. The group which has over 30 offices in the USA began trialling the Australian auction process throughout Southern California late 2014 and to their surprise with overwhelming response. This was a far cry from the…
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R&W Opens New Illawarra Office
The Richardson & Wrench group has opened a new office in the fast-growing Illawarra region which will start trading on Monday. Known as R&W Dapto, the new office marks the return of the franchise to the Illawarra region after an absence of many years. R&W Managing director Andrew Cocks said the combination of Sydney’s growing population and housing affordability pressures…
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Liverpool real estate agency merges with Starr Partners
In a statement made by the company on Monday, Liverpool-based Metro Professionals, following a recent rebranding, will now be known as Starr Partners Liverpool. Company director Gavin Belci said the name change comes after it had merged with Starr Partners earlier in the year to future-proof its business further which has been operational for the last 20 years. “Joining Starr…
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Raine & Horne Rural Sydney appointed by private agribusiness funds to secure quality assets
Raine & Horne Rural Sydney has won the bid to identify and secure primary production agriculture assets on behalf of several local and global agribusiness funds. To facilitate the engagement, Raine & Horne Rural Sydney has finalised a joint venture with aviation firm, Fleet Helicopters, to help transport its high-profile clients and investment fund managers to property inspections across Australia.…
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Leading agent joins Ray White Menai
Attracted to the team culture and business values, well regarded local Menai agent Lene Mitchell has joined the Ray White team. After nearly ten years of owning and operating her own real estate business, Lene brings with her extensive experience across both sales and property management. “I really respect Matt and Gavin and what they’ve built – they’ve got a…
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Laing+Simmons Parramatta donates $23,400 to Westmead hospital
Real estate agency Laing+Simmons Parramatta has donated $23,400 to Westmead Medical Research Foundation (WMRF) after a successful fundraising ceremony conducted by the office last year. As part of its agency’s 21st anniversary celebrations held last year, the agency decided to partner with WMRF to raise much-needed funds for medical research and critical care at the Westmead hospital. The campaign was…
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LJ Hooker appoints Jason Rose to the role of National Business Growth Coach
LJ Hooker has bolstered its Business Development Team with the key appointment of industry veteran Jason Rose to head national coaching and office development. Mr Rose, who over a 30-year career has called more than 3,000 auctions, returns to LJ Hooker where he previously held network sales and auctioneer roles. A specialist in online lead generation, Mr Rose’s appointment comes…
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LJ Hooker agent ups the ante with his very own TV commercial
Zed Nasheet of LJ Hooker Hampton Park has released a television commercial to advertise the importance getting the right agent to sell one’s home. Nasheet who recently applied to be recognised as the world’s fastest-selling agent by the Guinness World of Records after selling a Melbourne property in January for under 15 minutes, said the 30-second commercial would be aired on…
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First National Real Estate WA recognises its top agents
First National Real Estate’s Western Australian agents were recognised with general excellence and marketing awards at the Perth Flying Squadron Yacht Club last week. The awards brought recognition to the best of Western Australia’s real estate performances throughout last year, which according to First National WA chairman, Allan Griffiths, contributed to the company winning the Canstar Blue’s ‘Most Satisfied Customers’…
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New Raine & Horne Kingsford and Kensington in Sydney Run By Two Experienced Eastern Suburbs Agents
Raine & Horne has continued its aggressive expansion to Sydney with the launch of a new office in Kingsford, in the city’s east by two experienced Eastern suburbs real estate agents Sam Karatasas and Andrew Yong. “Sam (Karatasas), who worked for one of our inner Sydney offices in the mid-1980s, currently holds some street sales records in Kensington and Kingsford,”…
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Australia called on as property management leaders
RE/MAX LLC, headquarters of the world’s number one real estate brand, invited three Australians to deliver the first-ever property management session at its 2017 R4 Convention in Las Vegas, which attracts more than 6000 delegates each year. Facilitating the session was Justin Miller, Co-Owner and Property Management Director, who heads up the property management division at RE/MAX Regency on Queensland’s…
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RE/MAX real estate network follows global growth path
RE/MAX Australia expanded its national footprint with the addition of 19 offices since the start of 2016. RE/MAX opened in Caufield in Victoria; Kingston in the ACT; Byron Bay, Parramatta, Minchinbury, Pyrmont and Lidcombe in New South Wales; and Mackay, Ipswich, Wamuran, Ningi, Crows Nest, Graceville, River Hills, Indooroopilly, Milton, Coopers Plains, Sunnybank Hills and Brisbane CBD in Queensland. “It’s…
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From receptionist to principal: how Kate Handley rose through the ranks
It has been an illustrious career run for Kate Handley of Ray White Waterford, Queensland since she first started out in the real estate industry 12 years ago. From humble beginnings as a receptionist at Ray White Marsden, it was Handley’s willingness to work for free during the weekends “just to gain experience” was what helped her to propel to…
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Ray White Feb results rises by four percent to $3.44B compared to same month last year
Ray White Group’s total sales of dwellings for this February has risen by four percent or $3.44 billion as compared to the same corresponding month last year. Ray White chairman Brian White AO in a statement said the company’s franchise in New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria achieved the best for performance in February, reaching $1.13 billion and $526 million…
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Harcourts Victoria Nominated in the Innovation Category for REIA’s National Awards
Harcourts Victoria was chosen as one of the contenders in the innovation space for the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) National Awards for Excellence held in Canberra on March 23. The group is no stranger to such awards as it bagged a similar one at the Real Estate Institute Victoria awards for excellence in innovation last year. Harcourts head…
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RE/MAX agents making top sales
RE/MAX agent Tyler Bean made the top ten Brisbane sales list recently with a home in Charteris Street, Paddington, selling for $1.6million. The contemporary home over three levels, with a pool and views, sold under the hammer on 25th February. The median price for a four-bedroom Paddington home is $1.15 million. “The beautiful views were a definite selling point, and…
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Ray White agent competing in Half-Ironman World Championships in the US this September
One of Ray White’s newest recruits will be representing Australia in the Half-Ironman world championships in Tennessee, the US this September. Right now, Shaun O’Callaghan, 23 keeps his full-time role as Brett Pilgrim’s buyers agent of Ray White Adelaide, while at the same time committing to a gruelling 25-hour-a-week training schedule. “I train twice a day most days, for around 90…
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Husband and wife duo opens another Raine & Horne branch in Sydney’s Botany
Two of Raine & Horne long term employees have decided to capitalise on the franchise’s aggressive expansion plans by opening an office of their own in Botany on March 6. Paul Kosta who had worked for the company for the past 15 years at Raine & Horne Maroubra while his wife Olivia spend 10 years in the property management sector…
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Australians and New Zealanders figure in RE/MAX top producers and leaders
Three memorable events at the 2017 R4 Convention held at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas in March celebrated leadership and sales success throughout the global RE/MAX network as the Special Awards Luncheon, the Club Luncheon and Night of the Stars Awards Gala showcased the results of professionalism and hard work. Named in the Top 10 individuals – global…
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Annual RE/MAX R4 Convention draws the best from around the world
Sixty Australian and New Zealand property specialists have returned from the 2017 RE/MAX R4 Convention in Las Vegas with an even greater appreciation of the global reach of the RE/MAX real estate network having shared valuable experiences with more than 6000 international colleagues. “The strength of the RE/MAX brand is remarkable,” said RE/MAX Australia and New Zealand Managing Director, Michael…
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