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Bathla Group collapses into administration owing $3 billion
The western Sydney home builder's collapse leaves roughly 15,000 properties under construction and puts agents managing off-the-plan settlements on alert.
Council to give agencies over a year to fix lockbox habits
Sydney's Lord Mayor says the lead time before enforcement is designed to let real estate businesses arrange different…
REIACT honours more than 30 Canberra real estate professionals
The ACT's peak industry body marked its 32nd Awards for Excellence as the sector navigates a slower market…
Ray White Core Group opens seventh Victorian office
Ray White Beveridge has launched with a first-year target of 100 sales and 100 new rental managements, led…
Housing Australia fast-tracks 1,000 shovel-ready affordable homes
A new funding stream opens in September for well-located, low-density projects that can move from planning to construction…
Sotheby’s Bayside adds senior sales hire in May Wang
The bilingual sales agent brings a decade of high-end and off-market experience as Melbourne Sotheby's International Realty grows…
China: Evergrande founder jailed for life as fraud scale emerges
A Shenzhen court found Hui Ka Yan's property empire overstated revenue by around $112 billion, a collapse an…
Monika Doyle returns to Barry Plant as Chief of Staff
The newly created position is designed to keep the growing network aligned as it works through its next…
Transparency strategy delivers five offers in six days for Urrbrae fixer-upper
A transparent approach to a property needing some repair work and TLC delivered 40 inspection groups in two…
Why this downturn is unlikely to become another GFC
Ray White chief economist Nerida Conisbee models what it would take to match the Global Financial Crisis and…
Why cheap and investable are not the same suburb
Hotspotting's managing director explains the fundamentals separating genuine growth prospects from suburbs that are simply low priced, across…
Ray White WA honours top performers
CEO Mark Whiteman used the network's annual awards night to congratulate its top performers while warning that listings…
Real REMAX Group marks global milestone
REMAX Holdings has completed its US$880 million merger with Real, but Australian managing director Joel Davoren says the…
How a homegrown AI platform won the crowd by taking the friction out of property management
A Brisbane principal built his own leasing chatbot after his software bill hit $900 a month, and it…
Marshall White promotes ten to partner and director roles
Ben Manolitsas and Bailey White step up to director as Grace Morley is named partner in a round…
Brett Reddell builds family succession plan at Area Specialist
The Gold Coast agent credits a mindset shift for turning his business around, and is now preparing to…
The suburbs where $1 million still buys a house
New realestate.com.au data shows a median price is just the midpoint of a suburb's market, and buyers chasing…
Nearly a third of borrowers hand over half their pay
Finder's 2026 Home Loan Report finds 29 per cent of mortgage holders now spend more than half their…
What a tax shake-up means for luxury rental demand
As stamp duty and council tax changes reshape London's top end, buyer interest has dropped sharply while rental…
Alexander Phillips launches Ray White Phillips & Co in Woollahra
The eastern suburbs agent, whose team handles more than $1 billion in property sales a year according to…
Gavin Rubinstein hits Elite status six weeks into the financial year
The TRG founder is on track for a 13th consecutive Chairman's Elite year, a run he shares with…
Ripple Wu brings Box Hill team to Jellis Craig
The merger adds a new Box Hill office to the Jellis Craig Whitehorse hub alongside its existing Blackburn…
Jenna Wallace promoted to lead Knight Frank occupier platform
The appointment brings Knight Frank's Global Portfolio Solutions and Tenant Representation teams under one national leader.
OBrien network honours top performers at annual gala awards
More than 350 people gathered in Melbourne to celebrate the network's top sales agents, property managers and offices…
$146m to fast-track 18,900 Gold Coast homesites
Queensland's Residential Activation Fund will pay for roads, power, water and a sewage plant upgrade across Coomera, Pimpama,…
What the new foreign buyer rules mean for your market
Extended purchase bans, tripled FIRB fees and a 30% capital gains tax rate are reshaping offshore demand, with…
The small maintenance issues that can become costly insurance claims
Small maintenance issues can become costly problems when left unchecked, with flow-on effects for landlords, tenants and insurance…
Ray White Goulburn staffer to shave head for grandfather
Tamika Straney is taking on the World's Greatest Shave after learning her grandfather has lived with chronic myeloid…
Beba Ramic joins The Agency WA
The Mosman Park specialist brings close to two decades of local market experience to her new role.
Geoff Grist joins Harcourts after 21 years in Mosman and Neutral Bay
The Lower North Shore veteran has opened a franchise, built and sold a rent roll, and merged property…
New consumer research shows what Vendors and Buyers actually Value, Notice and Act On.
Whether choosing a home to buy or selecting an agent to appraise, online presentation is where the decision-making…
Winning is just the beginning for Barfoot & Thompson
Seven months after a history-making trifecta at the International Property Awards, New Zealand's largest family-owned real estate company…
How much rents would need to rise to save investment property returns
Ray White modelling suggests a 30 per cent rent increase could remove the need for any price correction…
Cunninghams welcomes Claudia Macdonald to strengthen Forest area presence
Cunninghams has welcomed experienced sales agent and Northern Beaches local Claudia Macdonald to its growing sales team, strengthening…
Political theatre: why the housing accord target is a ‘fairy tale’
The finance commentator Alan Kohler says Australia is building 100,000-plus homes short of its national target each year,…