House building boom in 1980’s set to bolster opportunities for reno market in...
HIA released its latest edition of the HIA Renovations Roundup Report yesterday. The Report is a review of Australia’s $32 billion home renovations market. The publication analyses latest developments...
View ArticleRachel Lawrie: Scientifically Speaking
As an agent, Rachel Lawrie professes she is different than most, but when you get talking to her it’s clear that’s definitely in a good way. Having grown up in the country on a farm, and also having...
View Article5 Tips to Close a Sale in Under a Week: Cameron Nicholls
Following reports of clearance rates significantly dropping and the constant threat of an interest rate rise, I thought I’d share my personal tips on how to close a sale in under a week – and for a...
View ArticleSafety Tips for Property Managers with Fiona Blayney: Part 2
TRANSCRIPT Welcome back to our second episode around safety in the workplace. I’m going to speak with you about what to do when you’re actually on site and that gut instinct, that fight or flight mode...
View ArticleEpisode 12: How to achieve extreme rent roll growth
Transform Masters: Tara Bradbury of BDM Academy talks to the 2017 Masters about how she became a successful BDM, why rituals and routines are key to growth and how to stay accountable using her rent...
View ArticleRaine & 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,...
View ArticleDownsizing.com.au reaches 100,000 website visits per month
NSW’s Central Coast, Nelson Bay, Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour, the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast in Queensland and Hobart in Tasmania are among the website’s most popular retirement destinations....
View ArticleHarcourts South Australia launch interactive ‘Cubby House Project’ to help...
The Cubby House Project gives people the opportunity to purchase one-of-a-kind cubby houses for their family and give back to their community at the same time. Four cubby houses have been hand-built by...
View Article5 Ways to Inspire Your Team through Emotional Intelligence
While we all want the professionals we work with to be self-motivated, a helping hand from inspiring leaders never hurts. After all, without motivating his hordes, Genghis Khan may have remained the...
View ArticleHow to Successfully Increase your Capacity Through Outsourcing: Aimee Engelmann
Transform Masters 2017 is brought to you with thanks to our sponsors Property Tree, realestate.com.au and Real+ In this preview of her Transform Masters Coaching session, Beepo CEO Aimee Engelmann...
View ArticlePurplebricks lands in hot water in the UK
The Telegraph in the UK reports that in the past 18 months, the Advertising Standards Authority has banned seven of Purplebricks’ adverts, and the number of complaints upheld by the advertising...
View ArticleHigher interest rates for investors eases housing affordability for...
“The HIA Housing Affordability index for Australia improved by 0.5 per cent in the September 2017 quarter but still remains 4.4 per cent below the level recorded a year ago,” said Tim Reardon, HIA’s...
View ArticleVictorians respond positively to Andrews’ government announcement to improve...
A Rent.com.au survey has found that the Victorian government’s proposed changes to improve tenant rights are welcomed, but 85 per cent of renters still think landlords are ‘too powerful’. The...
View ArticleBalancing Selling and Leading: Ben Faulks
Becoming an agent and principal on the same day is a feat that not many in real estate can attest to. Leaving a career in banking, Ben Faulks changed to real estate in 2010 and set up the first Ray...
View ArticleSafety Tips for Property Managers with Fiona Blayney: Part 3
TRANSCRIPT Welcome back to Episode 3 of our safety and risk management in the workplace. Today we’re going to speak about technology and the importance of having, at a base minimum, one tracking system...
View ArticleEpisode 13: Business growth, Shopfront reno for niks, Safety in the...
Weekly wrap: Samantha McLean and Mark Edwards recap the week that was with special guest Kaly Smith of KS Property Solutions. ‘Elevate’ is the new official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real...
View Article3 Key Home Loan Stats You Can Use to Convert Buyers
There are two types of buyers out there – serious buyers and tyre-kickers. I’m going to show you a little trick you can use to turn some of those wannabes into genuine prospects. Unfortunately, my...
View ArticlePreliminary auction clearance rate remains below 70 while activity holds firm
National auction clearance results for the week ending 22/10/2017 courtesy of CoreLogic The trend towards softer auction market conditions has been led by the Sydney market where the final auction...
View ArticleSemaphore agent maintains standing as one of South Australia’s best real...
Ms Smith scored gold in the competitive Local Auction Salesperson Western/Beachside category and a bronze in the South Australian Salesperson Residential category. “The bronze in the South Australian...
View ArticleHarcourts Builds member App Store
Built with Apple’s iOS, the store is an enterprise application through which Harcourts team members can access, download, update and install its proprietary mobile applications eOne, eOpen and...
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