NSW Real Estate News
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John McManus moves back to McGrath
McGrath has announced the acquisition of the business and assets, including rent roll, of a real estate business owned and managed by principal John McManus in Sydney’s Lower North Shore. The move is part of the company’s corporate strategy to maintain their presence in the lower north shore. Commenting on the purchase, McGrath CEO Geoff Lucas said the company was…
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Mosman trophy home hits the market with Ray White Lower North Shore
Mosman’s first trophy home listing for 2019 has hit the market with a bang, with industry figures hoping the high calibre home will bring new buyers to the market. The high end property at 28 Ruby St, Mosman was designed by architect Susan Rothwell and is being marketed locally and internationally with a price guide of $23m to $25m. Listing agents…
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Ray White Castle Hill welcomes local high performer to the team
Ray White Castle Hill has welcomed Sales Executive, Sara Perry, to the team. A local, born and bred in the Hills district, Ms Perry has been in the industry for over 13 years and started her career in reception at Ray White Parramatta. “I had a brief stint in sales before moving over to property management, and one day several…
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Entries now open for REINSW Awards For Excellence
Entries for the annual Awards For Excellence, hosted by the Real Estate Institute of NSW (REINSW), are now open. Now in its 22nd year, the awards recognise top performing real estate professionals and agencies in NSW. The program awards agencies and individuals across 21 categories, judged by a panel picked from members of the REI’s offices in any of the…
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The Agency Sydney welcomes Gavin Lewis
Gavin Lewis has become the newest team member at The Agency after becoming a lead agent with the firm. Mr Lewis has served in the industry for just over a decade and previously held a position as a senior sales associate under Alexander Phillips. Mr Lewis expressed excitement at this new career direction while outlining his main objective. “Working 24/7…
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Nick Dunn returns to Team Chauncy at McGrath Crows Nest
McGrath Crows Nest has welcomed Nick Dunn back to the team as the office plans for further expansion. Peter Chauncy, Principal of McGrath Crows Nest, believes that Mr Dunn has all the necessary ingredients to be one of their future stars and was delighted to welcome him back. “Nick typifies the calibre of agent that we wish to recruit and…
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LJ Hooker Avnu welcomes Cameron Maxwell to the team
LJ Hooker Anvu in Sydney’s Lower North Shore has welcomed Cameron Maxwell to the team to service the highly sought-after area. In addition to his real estate experience, Cameron has also spent time as a taxation specialist with BMT specialising in property investments. Christine Mikhael, Chief Performance Officer of LJ Hooker Avnu, said she was delighted to have Mr Maxwell…
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Stone Real Estate expands into Albury Wodonga
Stone Real Estate has expanded further into regional areas with the opening of Stone Albury Wodonga, on the border of New South Wales and Victoria. The new office is led by established local agents Craig and Kelly Huckel, who had initially intended to start an independent agency before the Stone brand caught their attention. “It’s a very city looking brand and…
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Ray White Commercial analyst recognised in ‘500 Women in Property’ program
Ray White Commercial NSW analyst Ellen Feng has been recognised in the Property Council of Australia’s (PCA) 500 Women in Property program. The initiative involves a personal commitment from PCA members to champion women in their organisation or business sphere who they believe would benefit from further networking, profiling and professional development opportunities. Ms Feng, who has been an analyst…
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Gavin Rubinstein sets his sights high as he sells $40M worth of properties in 14 days
In the middle of what many people are calling a lacklustre market, the director of The Rubinstein Group at Ray White Double Bay has just sold almost $40M worth of property across eight luxury homes in Sydney’s affluent eastern suburbs in 14 days. “March has started off really positive given the negative media commentary of late,” said Mr Rubinstein. “Although…
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McGrath shows its confidence in the Illawarra with a new office in Wollongong
McGrath Estate Agents has reaffirmed its commitment to the Wollongong/Illawarra region of NSW having assigned the franchise to its long-time franchise partner, the McCarthy/Sutherland Shire Group, led by Patrick McCarthy. According to Christopher Mourd, Head of Franchise Network, the company continues to believe that Wollongong, as the gateway to the south coast, is an important and evolving property market that…
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City of Sydney announces free strata workshops covering need to know basics
A new incentive to help owners understand the nooks and crannies of strata is set to roll out in early April as the City of Sydney announces a series of free workshops in English and Chinese. These two-hour sessions will help both strata-dwelling owners and renters tackle issues including pets, levies and noisy neighbours. The City of Sydney’s strata skills…
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New ideas for more diverse housing in Sydney
The City of Sydney is calling for new ideas to boost the diversity of housing across the city, with a focus on identifying and developing new models to increase affordable housing supply. The Alternative Housing Ideas Challenge encourages new ways of thinking about housing across financing, management and design and is open to anyone interested in innovation in the housing…
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World first cryptocurrency auction to take place on the North Coast of NSW
History is set to be made next month on Monday April 8 2019, when James Pratt becomes the first auctioneer to conduct a live cryptocurrency real estate auction. A first also for Australia to be the country to facilitate this. Mr Pratt was asked to collaborate with international heavyweight blockchain corporation NuYen, and cryptocurrency giants Binance to offer interested bidders the…
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Colliers International and Ad Group have partnered to launch a First Home Buyers guide
Melbourne-founded property technology business, AD Group have partnered with Colliers International to promote their First Home Buyers Guide to buying off-the-plan in NSW, a manual for first-home buyers to assist them in entering the NSW property market. ‘We are really proud to have developed Colliers International First Home Buyers Guide,” said Dennis Vertzayias, National Director, Head of NSW Residential Project…
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Crown Sydney on a steady course for completion in early 2021
Crown Resorts Limited’s (ASX: CWN) latest development of Crown Sydney, One Barangaroo, which will house Australia’s first branded residences, Crown Residences at One Barangaroo, is on a steady course to meet its completion in the first half of 2021. The construction team has reached three critical building stages; completion of the podium structure which is capped off by two roof top…
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Peake Agency honour founder Christine Peake after taking home dual ARERA awards
The annual Australasian Real Estate Results Awards (ARERAs), honouring the top real estate network results in 2018, was held on 25 February 2019 in Sydney. We caught up exclusively with the team at Peake Agency after being awarded the Marketing Campaign of the Year and Boutique of the Year awards collectively. Coming off a win from last year’s ARERA awards…
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New president elected to lead NSW Property Council
The New South Wales Division of the Property Council of Australia has elected a new Division Council and President for the next two years. Carl Schibrowski, Head of Development for Brookfield Properties, has been elected the new NSW President. Carl holds has held senior roles at Charter Hall, Macquarie and Lend Lease and has worked internationally in Spain and the United…
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Professionals Montgomery Group rebrand to Belle Property
Professionals Montgomery Group, with three offices across Sydney’s St George region, has rebranded to Belle Property. “The St George area is a vital part of our growth strategy so choosing the right team to drive our market presence was crucial,” said Peter Hanscomb, CEO of Belle Property. “Directors Michael Kaye, Mark Somboli and Kristina Lee are incredibly talented and committed,…
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Joshua Gilbert has won the First National Real Estate Leadership Award at Seven News Young Achiever Awards
Joshua Gilbert won the Award from a strong field of young achievers. The winners were announced on Friday 1 March at Doltone House, Darling Island Wharf, hosted by 7 News Presenter Michael Usher. Commenting on the importance to communities of the Awards, Mr Ellis said that First National along with Prime Seven were honoured to be the only major sponsors…
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Barry Hudson from Ray White Hornsby celebrates half a century in the game
The 74-year-old has made a career out of helping others buy and sell real estate for fifty years, with three of those decades spent working for Ray White. Mr Hudson started his career in Hornsby in 1969 following a stint as an apprentice motor mechanic. “I saw an ad in the local paper wanting real estate agents,” he said. “I…
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Century 21 North Harbour celebrate the grand opening of Crows Nest office
Principal Koji Amaike and his team at Century 21 North Harbour have officially opened their Crows Nest office on Sydney’s Lower North Shore. Family, friends and members of the local community gathered to see the ribbon-cutting ceremony performed by Mr Amaike and Charles Tarbey, Century 21 Owner and Chairman. “We were extremely pleased to have such a great calibre of…
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Steven Mason expands his Ray White business to Broulee
Experienced real estate professional Steven Mason is thrilled to have just taken ownership of his second Ray White office in the NSW coastal town of Broulee. After five years of running the Ray White office in Batemans Bay, Mr Mason said he was ready to take his business to the next level. “I’m excited to be able to offer the…
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Co-living company Hmlet expands into Australia
Singapore-based co-living company Hmlet (pronounced ‘Hamlet’) has announced its March debut into the Australian market with the launch of two co-living properties in the Sydney suburbs of Newtown and Marrickville. This latest move marks the company’s second overseas location outside Singapore, with Hmlet on track to quadruple its members to more than 2,400 across Asia Pacific by the end of…
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Laing+Simmons springboard into action
Exclusively free to Laing+Simmons office principals and their teams, as well as team members from Laing+Simmons’ parent company Dexar Group, Springboard is the company’s annual “planning day on steroids”. It is designed to encourage and empower team members, providing an opportunity for everyone in the network to hear directly from leading industry speakers and understand how they achieve success in…
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Raine & Horne Commercial celebrates 15 years
Lower north shore commercial property firm Raine & Horne Commercial North Sydney has renewed its franchise agreement with Raine & Horne for another term. Raine & Horne Commercial North Sydney launched in 2003 and principals Jay Sheffield, Duncan Grady, and Nick Moloney lead the business. The trio of principals is excited to continue their operation within the 136-year-old real estate…
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Disability housing provider launches unique disability housing prototype
Specialist disability housing provider DPN Casa Capace will commence construction of an architecturally designed, resident-centric home for people with disabilities this month. DPN Casa Capace aims to scale the model to more than 700 homes in five years, in partnership with institutional investors and disability care providers. The Australia-wide homes will be worth around $1 billion and help meet the…
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McGrath rolls out a mobile maintenance service with i4Tradies
McGrath Property Management, announced yesterday that they’ll be will deploying a new cloud-based maintenance management platform called i4Tradies, across its company owned office network in New South Wales and Queensland. i4Tradies is being describes as “Uber Style” and will connect trades service owners, on-the-road tradies, tenants and property managers with an integrated job management software; accessible anywhere, anytime and on…
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Final report issued on the Opal Tower
At the request of the Hon. Anthony Roberts, Minister for Planning and Housing, an investigation was carried out into the causes of structural damage to the Opal Tower in Sydney Olympic Park, which was first observed in late December 2018. The first report stated that the Opal Tower was overall structurally sound and was not in any apparent danger of collapse,…
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Professionals expands further in NSW
Professionals Group Australia is making its presence in NSW known with the opening of a new branch in Wauchope as well as with the appointment of Ken Cheeseman as National Network Executive. In the past year, Professionals have added eight new offices and only two months after it added Professionals Bonny Hills on the NSW Mid North Coast, another Professionals office…
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Industry young gun joins LJ Hooker
In this role, Mr Sutton will focus on identifying areas of opportunity and supporting the growth of new offices in the LJ Hooker network Head of Network Development Ben Mitchell said: “James has great enthusiasm paired with an experienced, proven background. “At LJ Hooker, we’ve just experienced two of our biggest years in office and agent recruitment. We have a…
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Dynamic Sydney auctioneer joins Ray White NSW
Mr Pattaro started calling auctions as a fresh-faced 18-year-old, although video footage dating back to when Mr Pattaro was just eight years of age proves auctioneering has always been in his blood. “I was in my pyjamas and I think I may have gone to an auction with dad,” he said. “I legally started auctioneering when I was 18, learning…
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First National celebrates excellence in Sales and Marketing
First National Real Estate’s New South Wales estate agents were presented with their General Excellence and Marketing Awards at Sydney’s Hyatt Regency on Saturday night. The awards recognised the best of First National’s NSW agents throughout 2018, with the top 10 individuals and offices now vying for a national GEM Award, which includes an expenses paid trip to the National…
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Ray White’s Nowra, Callala Bay and Culburra Beach businesses gets familiar face at the helm
With more than 18 years experience, Mr Hadfield believed every sale and property management transaction was an opportunity for his team to exceed their client expectations and deliver an excellent outcome. “Locally we’ve been here for around 30 years so we hold strong connections with our local community. My team will continue to provide, and increase, the quality of service…
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New building codes developed to ensure NSW structural designs
It isn’t hard to forget the dual evacuations of the Opal Tower residents in Sydney Olympic Park in late December 2018. Today the Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Matt Kean announced a new set of reforms which will be brought into action. The reforms which were announced on Sunday, include the appointment of a Building Commissioner who will become the…
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