QLD Real Estate News
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The Bundaberg agent making million dollar deals with China
RE/MAX Precision prinicpal Scott Mackey told Elite Agent how he’s using his city’s China connection to boost the Bundaberg economy. Scott Mackey has been in real estate for 22 years and spent all of his career working in Bundaberg. He’s come to know the market like the back of his hand and says there’s more diversity that you may think.…
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Coronis sets new suburb record in the Brisbane suburb of Ascot
Originally built in 1930, the iconic Hamptons-style home boasts six bedrooms, six bathrooms and enjoys prime position on a massive 2024sqm block of land which is located on Brisbane’s most prestigious tree-lined street. In recent years, the property has undergone a multi-million-dollar renovation elevating it to its current grand scale. Facilitated by Coronis Managing Director Andrew Coronis and Patrick McKinnon…
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Coasts outperform the capital in Queensland for 2017
The beachfront markets of the Gold and Sunshine Coast, and Noosa, have finished 2017 with the strongest growth in the state, significantly outperforming Brisbane. The Gold Coast delivered a gold medal performance, with the annual median house price growing by 7.7 per cent, to end the year on $615,000. The Sunshine Coast median house price grew 6.4 per cent to…
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Growth agency identifies staff well-being as a priority
A Brisbane real estate agency which has undergone significant expansion has made team welfare a key part of its team development strategy. LJ Hooker Cleveland has become the Redlands area’s largest operator following an astute recruitment drive and mergers. Between August and February, the team: increased its sales division from 22 to 28 agents; added 4 portfolios to its rental…
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Queensland’s top agents shine at First National awards night
First National Real Estate’s Queensland estate agents were presented with their General Excellence and Marketing Awards at Sofitel Brisbane on Saturday night (March 3rd, 2018). The awards shone a light on the state’s leading agents, property managers and offices of 2017, which, according to QLD Chairman David Forrest, faced a considerable variance of market conditions throughout the state. ‘2017 was…
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REIQ names best of the profession for 2018
A record-breaking fourth title win for REIQ Auctioneer of the Year Justin Nickerson has led this year’s REIQ Awards for Excellence as more than 700 real estate professionals gathered to recognise the elite in their field at the Brisbane Royal International Convention Centre (RNA) on March 3rd, 2018. The win is the third consecutive win for Mr Nickerson and the…
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Ray White principal Michael Stack expands Sunshine Coast presence
Ray White elite performer Michael Stack has expanded his Sippy Downs business to now include Nambour. “We’re so excited to see Michael Stack start servicing the needs of this real estate community in Nambour,” Ray White QLD CEO Tony Warland said. “We know Michael is looking forward to being able to put a shopfront in place in the near future…
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RE/MAX Auction Culture Set To Soar
In an exciting strategic move, RE/MAX Australia introduces its latest addition to the expanding franchise network, RE/MAX Auction Services. “We’ve been given the opportunity to grow the RE/MAX auction culture through having one of the best in the business, Dene Tucker, join RE/MAX Australia as a franchisee and a trainer,” said RE/MAX Franchise Director, Joel Davoren. “Dene holds state and…
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Iconic Woody Point agency joins Ray White
The Ray White Group is pleased to announce an iconic Woody Point real estate agency is joining its network to future-proof their business and take it to the next level. The Misso family have a proud history serving the Redcliffe Peninsula in Queensland and surrounding areas for three generations since 1956. Ray White Queensland CEO Tony Warland said he was…
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Power couple joins Queensland Sotheby’s International Realty
Queensland Sotheby’s International Realty continues to add to its existing team of sales executives with the addition of Kelly Qualtrough and Sean Wallis, former franchise owners of Explore Property in Ashgrove. The experienced and extremely successful duo are the latest top agents to join the company, following in the footsteps of Port Douglas’ Barbara Wolveridge and North Gold Coast’s Lisa…
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Winter Olympian, The Urban List and Josh’s Rainbow Eggs take centre stage at the PM Leadership Summit
On the 7th and 8th March, a Winter Olympian, The Urban List and Josh’s Rainbow Eggs will take centre stage at the Property Management Leadership Summit on the Gold Coast. Connecting principals, heads of PM department, BDMs and career property managers with experts from outside the real estate industry, the summit empowers delegates with leading tools, new technologies and bold…
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A strong start for 2018 for Harcourts Coastal
Harcourts Coastal have reported a leap in their sales figures for the month of January, up an incredible $14 million from this time last year. More than $81 million sales were made on 105 properties and Managing Director Dane Atherton said the outstanding results had been largely driven by local buyers. “This was a record January for us. In January…
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Ray White Julie Mahoney opens in Townsville
One of Queensland’s best performing sales agent Julie Mahoney has today opened her own business in Townsville. The real estate icon opened Ray White Julie Mahoney on the ground floor at 46 Oxley St, North Ward today. She has been an agent in the north Queensland regional centre for the last 10 years and is deeply passionate about her clients,…
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Victorian Group Biggin & Scott announces expansion to NSW & QLD
Victorian Group Biggin & Scott have announced their intention to expand nationally in 2018, with new offices opening in NSW and Queensland. Founded by Kevin Biggin over 100 years ago, Biggin & Scott are well established in the Victorian property market with over 35 offices currently in operation. Their business model, which focuses on offering franchisees larger territories and encouraging multiple…
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Lisa Halpin to open Sotheby’s International Realty new North Gold Coast Office
Lisa Halpin has been appointed by Queensland Sotheby’s International Realty to head up its new North Gold Coast office. Ms Halpin started working within the Gold Coast real estate industry just five years ago and has already forged a reputation for strong sales garnering more than $130 million in recent residential property deals. Ms Halpin started with Queensland Sotheby’s International…
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NGU Real Estate opens on the Gold Coast
NGU Real Estate is expanding south with the opening of an office on the Gold Coast. Award-winning team Karen Stewart and Edward Smyth will direct NGU Real Estate’s first Gold Coast office. It is the fifth NGU Real Estate office to open since the company launched in 2016, with two more Brisbane-based offices to be revealed in the next six…
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Former AFL player makes mark on new field at Ray White
Ray White is excited to welcome former AFL player Jamie Charman to its winning team. The towering former ruckman with the Brisbane Lions has joined Ray White principals David Treloar and Dwight Ferguson as a sales agent in their Albion office. “I actually worked for Ray White Corporate part-time while I was still playing, so it feels so right to…
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Elders welcomes new Beenleigh office
Elders Real Estate opened its first new office for the year in Beenleigh, located halfway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast in QLD. Owners Mark, Debra, and Jess Affleck are experienced real estate operators with strong networks throughout the Logan area. “We’ve enjoyed our time with the Elders network for the past eight years with Elders’ Shailer Park office so…
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The Agency Projects appoints senior director on the Gold Coast Tony Hymus
The Agency Projects has appointed an experienced senior executive on the ground in the Gold Coast. Former National Director of Project Marketing with Colliers International Australia, Tony Hymus, has joined the team, bringing knowledge across the marketing of off-the-plan apartments, finished developments, home and land packages and development sites. “The last 20 years of project marketing experience on the Gold…
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New Ray White office opens in Marsden
With deep connections in the local community, Avi Khan is excited to be moving into business ownership and opening a Ray White office to service the Marsden community. His business has a new location with a new team of experienced agents and an invigorated approach in Marsden. “I am very active in this community and I am so excited to…
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Inner Brisbane vacancies ease, rest of the State tightens
Renters flocked to the middle ring, while supply in inner Brisbane exceeded demand, pushing the vacancy rate to 4 per cent, according to REIQ December quarter rental data released today. Inner Brisbane (0-5km ring) vacancies lifted from 3.7 per cent in September last year to 4 per cent in the December quarter, while the middle ring sharply tightened from 3.4 per…
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Queensland Sotheby’s International Realty signs Barbara Wolveridge for new office
Barbara Wolveridge has been appointed to the position of Director of Queensland Sotheby’s International Realty – Tropical North Queensland, based out of a new Port Douglas office. “I am honoured to be bringing the reputable luxury brand of Sotheby’s International Realty to Port Douglas and its surrounds,” Ms Wolveridge said. Since entering the real estate industry in 1984, Ms Wolveridge…
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Coronis bolsters team with addition of three agents
Sales Director Craig Gillies has announced that Rod Podbury, Joanne King and Jason Powell had all joined the team in Sales Manager roles. “We’re very excited that Rod, Joanne and Jason have chosen Coronis to progress their careers and will actively work with our leadership team to propel us towards our goal of 40 offices by 2020 and inspire continuous…
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Ray White set to open in North Ipswich
THE power couple behind the successful Ray White Ipswich business are excited to have just opened their next venture together in North Ipswich. Selling principal Warren Ramsey opened Ray White Ipswich almost 25 years ago and now he and his wife Deanne (pictured above) have just opened Ray White North Ipswich. Mrs Ramsey, who has been focused on the property…
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Raine & Horne launches office in Ascot QLD
Raine & Horne who are celebrating 135 years of operation in 2018, has launched into the New Year with an office in Ascot, Brisbane. The office will be led by Adam Duffus, who has extensive sales, real estate and retail experience. Apart from owning a successful independent real estate business in Toowoomba between 2013 and 2017, Mr Duffus owned and…
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Raine & Horne opens for business in Townsville and Carlingford
Raine & Horne has launched an office in Townsville, led by experienced business partners Steve Leaumont and Sue Edmunds. Raine & Horne Townville is the fifteenth office opened by the brand in Queensland in the last 12 months. In the past month, Raine & Horne has also opened offices in Kilcoy and Brisbane. “Raine & Horne enjoys strong brand awareness…
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Beachfront markets lead growth surge: REIQ
Southeast Queensland’s world-class beaches are driving median price growth for our coastal housing markets, with Noosa reining supreme with 9.6 per cent annual growth, followed by Gold Coast with 7.3 per cent annual growth and Sunshine Coast LGA with 6.8 per cent annual growth to median house prices. REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said the growth surge was helped along by…
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Coronis Community Collects More Than 1000 Toys & Books For The Smith Family
Property Management Director Jodi Ford said the large donation was a group effort with Coronis’ team, tenants, landlords, buyers, sellers and suppliers all pitching in and donating a toy or book. “About six weeks ago, we put the call out to all our clients and team across our 24 offices to help us collect 750 toys and books for The…
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RE/MAX Territory moves into Labrador
Hot on the heels of its June expansion, RE/MAX Territory will finishes 2017 with the addition of eight new sales agents and a new premises in Labrador. “Our greater Gold Coast team will be spread across the offices at Labrador and Oxenford, servicing real estate needs in those suburbs, Monterey Keys and right across the city,” he said. Broker-owners Rob…
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Coronis Targets Booming Coastal Markets With Two New Offices
Taking the independently owned network to a total of 24 offices across South East Queensland, Sales Director Craig Gillies said the additions were part of the Group’s strategic growth strategy of building 40 offices within the next two years. “Our new Gold Coast office is a joint venture with the Podium Property Group and was a strategic choice for the…
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Raine & Horne helps Alexandria Hills vendor support Seeing Eye Dogs Australia
Alexandria Hills homeowner Laila Abbassy has won $2,500 for her favourite charity, Seeing Eye Dogs Australia by listing her home at 84 Vienna Road, Alexandria Hills with Raine & Horne. The $2,500 donation is one of 16 grants Raine & Horne has made available to vendors who choose to exclusively list their properties with the Superbrand this spring. “Raine & Horne is donating…
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REIQ 2018 Awards for Excellence Finalists Announced
REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said this was a very special event because the winners would be part of the REIQ during its centenary of celebrations. “As we look back on a century of shaping the Queensland real estate market it’s wonderful to draw a link between today’s highly professional real estate practitioners and those ambitious few men who started this…
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Queensland A-List revealed
A List awards spokesperson Ashleigh Molden thanked Mercedes-Benz Brisbane and Pricefinder for their support of these awards to find the best of the best agents in Queensland. There’s lots of awards in the real estate industry, but the A List stands heads and shoulders above any other award as it compares agents from all agency groups using their sales data.…
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Karuna Dimelow named COO of Coronis
In her new role, Karuna will oversee all aspects of Coronis Headquarters including events, administration, contracts, recruitment, marketing, operations, Concierge and IT. Karuna says she is “elated” and her main role will be moving the business forward on the strategic plan. The business has the goal of expanding to 40 offices within the next two years. “My role is about…
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REIQ wish list ahead of election
REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said the election offered voters an opportunity to cast a vote for a candidate who recognises the importance that the real estate sector plays in the state’s economy. “Real estate employs around 50,000 Queenslanders and this makes it of huge significance to the future fortunes of Queensland,” Ms Mercorella said. “Improving the health of the sector…
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