QLD Real Estate News
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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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REIQ Announces New Board of Directors
The REIQ has announced a new Board of Directors following its Annual General Meeting at the Cannon Hill offices last week. In accordance with the Institute’s Constitution and by-laws, two new Director positions were contested by a vote of the membership. The two new Board Directors are John Newlands and Damien Keyes. The full Board of Directors for the next…
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RE/MAX agent takes open home visitors into the world of opera
Patrick says his initiative for houses in ‘blue chip’ suburbs was intended to increase interest, foot traffic, the duration of viewing and the enjoyment of the viewers. For selected properties, he can arrange for the services of Sven Roehrs, a member of the Brisbane Chorale, one of Australia’s premier symphonic choirs, who has also sung with OperaQ and was recently…
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Real estate profession growing in Queensland and women dominate the industry
REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said the Census data, a count of employed people on Census night, aligned with expectations considering how well the market is performing lately. “We know that the profession grows when the market is performing well and the over the past five years the Queensland real estate market has delivered steady, sustainable growth, particularly in the southeast…
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Raine & Horne top 10 front-runner: Clare Dawson from Tin Can Bay
Ms Dawson, who recently turned 31 and started in real estate in 2012, is currently leading the field based on the number of her sales in 2017, and is in the top five for the dollar value of her sales, according to Steve Worrad, General Manager, Raine & Horne. Clare is consistently one of Raine & Horne’s best sales agents.…
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Queensland Sotheby’s merges with Gold Coast boutique firm M-Motion
Queensland Sotheby’s International Realty CEO Paul Arthur said the addition of M-Motion would be a “wonderful complement to the existing enterprise”. “We are genuinely excited about what this does for Queensland Sotheby’s. The M-Motion culture is a perfect fit for our business,” Mr Arthur said. He said the Main Beach office of Queensland Sotheby’s International had been operating for 12…
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Queensland’s top 150 salespeople revealed
The A List is determined purely on sales which reveals the top 150 performers in the state across all markets in Brisbane and regional centres. The A List initiative was established five years ago by the Ray White Group, but the data is sourced and verified by Pricefinder. Ray White Queensland chief executive officer Tony Warland said he was happy…
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Place Estate Agents Aspley gets a $500,000 makeover to boost happiness for staff and clients
Tristan fitted out the offices in a homemaker centre, which is somewhat unusual given most agencies are in a shopping village or main road, but has reaped the rewards given the ease of 500 parking spots and the space for his 13 staff. “The front area is about 100sqm and we use the area for in-room auctions, client nights, landlord…
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Queensland Government Going Digital by Default
For real estate agents, it is important to view the broader move to digitisation within the industry-specific movements. There is an intergovernmental agreement in place mandating a migration of property transfers from paperless to digital by 2019, and the topic of electronic signatures is gaining traction as we look towards a digital future. While the government is unlikely to face…
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Belle Property Noosa principals open their second agency in Coolum
Growing their business through harbouring a culture of quality and team development, John and Ben say their operation has gone from strength to strength. “We came together with the mission to improve the professionalism of agents on the Sunshine Coast,” John said. “We’ve achieved that in our Noosa business through developing better trained agents. Our auctions are achieving extremely strong…
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Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast remain Queensland’s powerhouse markets
The latest REIQ Queensland Market Monitor reporting on the June Quarter median price shows that the Brisbane LGA median house price grew 3.6 per cent in the 12 months to June, to reach a new high of $655,000. The Gold Coast grew 6.8 per cent over the 12 months to June, reaching an annual median house price of $595,000. The…
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Ray White QLD awards recognises high achievers
Ray White Queensland traded $8.6 billion in residential property sales, made up of over 16,000 transactions in 2016-17. In the new category of Chairman Club – those who wrote in excess of $1.25 million in fees and/or 120 sales – the White Family presented Sonya Treloar (Ray White Bridgeman Downs), Michelle McLeod (Ray White Indooroopilly), Matt Lancashire (Ray White New…
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