The Three Prospects You Need To Know
Meeting with a potential client for the first time can be an unnerving experience. We can find ourselves being overwhelmed with fear and excitement at the same time, but understanding client...
View ArticlePurplebricks and Purple Cows
Are you getting noticed? John Knight looks at the importance of standing out from the crowd to make sure your business is top of mind for the right reasons. Almost anyone who has heard me talk at...
View ArticleREA Group launches Spacely, enabling Australians to work, their way
REA Group have announced the launch of Spacely, a new listings site that will make it easier for Australians to find short-term commercial rentals and co-working spaces that meet their needs. Spacely,...
View ArticleInner Sydney Agency Chalks Up 40-year Milestone
Sydney property figure Warwick Williams is preparing to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Drummoyne real estate business he founded in 1977. The agency has grown from a humble four-person operation...
View ArticleAustralians prefer to make mobile calls than get them: Roy Morgan Research
“Don’t call me, I’ll call you.” Over three million Australians say they love being able to contact others via mobile phone whenever and wherever it suits—but don’t enjoy being contacted themselves, Roy...
View ArticleStatic LED displays light up real estate agents’ bottom line
Australia’s real estate agents – whether in busy city locations or more relaxed regional settlements – are finding that backlit window displays that present their properties and services in the most...
View ArticleNew Biometric Technology to Speed Up Loan Approvals
Property agents should appreciate the flow-on effects of ground-breaking new identity verification technology, based on facial recognition, that is set to streamline mortgage approvals and speed up the...
View ArticleAre Governments becoming too reliant on property tax revenue?
The growing reliance of state and local governments on fat property tax revenues generated by the eastern states’ property boom has prompted analysts at CoreLogic to issue a warning – it may be time to...
View ArticleTransform 2017 Week 9A Colin Anstie: Grow Your Real Estate Business Using...
Here are the highlights from our Super Six session with Raging Digital’s CEO, Colin Anstie Coach: Colin Anstie Key Points 3 key elements to keep up-to-date on your Facebook Page: cover photo, profile...
View ArticlePreliminary clearance rate holds firm around 74 percent on lower auction...
This week, 1,662 capital city auctions were held and preliminary results show that 1,365 auctions have been reported so far, with a preliminary clearance rate of 74.6 percent, rising from a final...
View ArticleTransform 2017 Week 9B Trish Varker-Miles: Grow Your Real Estate Business By...
Here are the highlights from our Super Six session with Trish Nicol Agency founder, Trish Varker-Miles Coach: Trish Varker-Miles Key Points PR involves spreading information between an organisation or...
View ArticleIs a Price Guide Really the Answer? Haesley Cush
Last week in Victoria new legislation was released making it mandatory for agents to provide price ranges, or ‘statement of information’ forms, to all buyers. These forms will in most cases include...
View ArticleTransform 2017: Challenge Week – Behind the Scenes
Transform 2017 Coach Jet Xavier takes you “Behind the Scenes” of the Week 10 listing presentation challenge with John McGrath and Monika Tu. Samantha McLean also chatted to Jet about his experiences...
View ArticleTransform 2017: Coach Interview Tom Panos
Transform 2017 Coach Tom Panos talks about the progress of #TeamTom (Nikki Horner and Lukas Pedder) and what he is asking them to focus on for the next couple of weeks before AREC. The post Transform...
View ArticleSydney apartments shine at 2017 national property Innovation & Excellence awards
A magnificent makeover of Bondi’s old Swiss Grand Hotel and a 42-storey apartment tower in Chatswood have taken home two prestigious awards at the 2017 Property Council of Australia / Rider Levett...
View ArticleLeading 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...
View ArticleWhat to expect from the 2017 Federal Budget (for property people): Sarah Bell
Just like The State of Origin night, Budget night draws a crowd of millions as the nation waits in anticipation to see what plays will be made by the rainmakers in their pin-striped suits….OK, that...
View Article2017 Budget preview – What’s in it for housing: Andrew Cocks
Scott Morrison’s 2017-18 Federal Budget would have to be one of the most anticipated in recent memory. Speculation about its content has generated enormous media coverage, as well as a lot of angst in...
View ArticleAffordability Crisis Could Lead to the First ‘Cubby House’ Generation: CoreLogic
The Federal Government has a big task ahead as it prepares to release its housing affordability strategy in today’s Budget after new research by CoreLogic has revealed the affordability crisis has...
View ArticleNew Home Approvals Cycling Down
Building approvals data for March 2017, released today by the ABS indicate that residential building is set to slow, according to the Housing Industry Association (HIA). HIA Acting Chief Economist...
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