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INDUSTRY NEWS
Dynamic duo reunites to take on Sydney’s South West
They say good things come in threes, and that’s certainly the case for The Agency’s newest property partners in Sydney’s South West.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Indi Cleary is carving her own path in Penrith
If there’s one thing Indi Cleary knows, it’s that there are no shortcuts to success.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Listing levels back on track nationally
New listings surged in October, rising 17 per cent month-on-month nationally, according to the latest PropTrack Listings Report.
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Elite Agent
Kylie Dulhunty: Write your way to productivity
In an age obsessed with digital solutions, the real key to productivity may be as simple as pen and paper.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Remote investing surges as investors head to WA
Remote investing has taken off in 2023, with the distance between where landlords live and where they invest almost doubling compared to last year.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Is Queensland’s First Home Owner Grant all it’s cracked up to be?
The Queensland Government has doubled the state’s First Home Owner Grant but a property expert warns the offer may not be as good as it first appears.
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APPOINTMENTS
Experienced luxury market specialist Guido Scatizzi returns to BresicWhitney
BresicWhitney’s Lower North Shore team continues to expand, this time with the return of established agent Guido Scatizzi.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
TOOP+TOOP leverages AI to revolutionise real estate tasks
The Artificial Intelligence revolution isn’t going anywhere and agencies need to embrace their curiosity and play with the technology to discover how it can best work for them.
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Real Estate News
WA to halve CPD requirements in proposed self-funded model.
The annual CPD requirement for real estate agents in Western Australia will be halved to five points from 2026, as part of a new self-funded model proposed by the State Government.Â
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Sydney leads global cities in luxury rental growth
Sydney has recorded the highest luxury residential rental growth of 10 global cities measured by Knight Frank in its Prime Global Rental Index (PGRI).
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Oliver Lavers rises to partner at The Rubinstein Group
When Oliver Lavers started out in real estate 12 years ago he had no Plan B.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
DocuSign and WhatsApp collaboration to streamline property deals
DocuSign has integrated with the world’s most popular messaging platform, WhatsApp, which will enable smoother, faster real estate deals.
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National
OnTheHouse and Openn combine to bring private treaty sales online
CoreLogic’s consumer property research and listing platform, OnTheHouse.com.au, has strengthened its partnership with Openn, to bring private treaty sales online through Openn Offers.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Francesca Packer-Barham’s luxurious Sydney apartment for sale
Francesca Packer-Barham’s opulent apartment in the renowned the Horizon complex is about to hit the market with a price guide of $32 million.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Secret payouts for properties stretching to centre of the Earth
In a quirky legal twist, dozens of homeowners who live above the troubled $10.8 billion West Gate Tunnel project have secretly won a multimillion-dollar compensation payout because their land titles extend to the centre of the Earth.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
WA’s new short-term accommodation rules miss the mark, industry expert claims
The short-term accommodation market has long been the “whipping boy” for the rental crisis, but a Stayz director says the sector is not to blame and new regulations the Western Australian Government has introduced will have a limited impact.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
National vacancy rate hits record low… again
The national vacancy rate has hit a new record low of 1.02 per cent, according to PropTrack’s latest Market Insight report.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
WA rent relief to aid struggling tenants and landlords
Western Australia's peak real estate body has welcomed the State Government's new rent relief measures, saying they will provide a "circuit breaker" for struggling tenants and support worried investors.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Propic’s CLAIRE upgrade to revolutionise real estate customer service
Propic has completely rebuilt its innovative Artificial Intelligence technology, equipping its virtual concierge with more than 160 new features, including generative AI, that change the paradigm of service real estate agents can offer their customers.
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Celebrity Homes
Sally Jessy Raphael lists her Elizabethan-style Tudor mansion
Sally Jessy Raphael, the iconic former radio host and Emmy-award-winning tabloid chat show presenter, has placed her Dutchess County estate on the market.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Cup Day rate rise: RBA lifts interest rates to 4.35 per cent
The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted interest rates for the first time in five months, hiking the cash rate 25 basis points to 4.35 per cent, which is a 12-year high.
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Elite Agent
Midjourney and ChatGPT accelerate luxury home renovation under tight deadlines
The owners of an immaculately renovated, luxury Broadbeach Waters property that's set to go under the hammer later this month have credited the combination of AI and human creativity for transforming it under tight deadlines.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
NAR boss Bob Goldberg announces early retirement
Embattled National Association of Realtors Chief Executive Officer Bob Goldberg has brought forward his retirement.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
The interest ‘rates’ that stop the nation
It’s not often something steals the show on Melbourne Cup Day, but all eyes will certainly shift from the racetrack to Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) at 2.30pm on November 7.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Unlocking agent potential: Laing+Simmons’ innovative mentoring approach
A new Laing+ Simmons mentoring program that matches agents according to their values and personalities has already proved successful, with one of the first participants confidently establishing herself in a new, more senior position.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
From ordinary to extraordinary: The Block leaves lasting impression on property market
The 19th season of hit renovation show, The Block, may be nearing its finale, but it will leave a much longer lasting legacy on the Australian property market, according to Domain Editor Alice Stolz.
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COMMERCIAL
RWC Medical uniquely links healthcare real estate and recruitment
Franz Stapelberg is looking to revolutionise the healthcare real estate sector, setting up an end-to-end service with the creation of RWC Medical.
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Real Estate News
Perth’s crazy fast property market sees homes sell in just over a week
Perth houses are selling almost twice as fast as they were a year ago, with buyers snapping them up in a median of just eight days in October.
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INTERNATIONAL
New brokerages sued after jury rules against agencies in antitrust commissions case
Just minutes after a federal jury ruled the National Association of Realtors and two major real estate companies had conspired to inflate buyers' agent commissions, the plaintiffs attorney filed another class-action lawsuit against NAR and new residential brokerages.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Australian property prices hit a new record
The downturn is officially over, with property prices hitting a new peak after rising 0.36 per cent in October.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
REA Group secures multi-grand slam champion for its 2024 headline property industry event
REA Group has secured former world number one and eight time Grand Slam champion, Andre Agassi, as the keynote speaker for Ready24.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
ASQA to audit real estate training for standards compliance
The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) will monitor the performance and conduct audits of registered training organisations (RTOs) across the country, following reports standards in three real estate qualifications are not being met.
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Elite Agent
Alexandra Haggarty: Creating safe havens for domestic violence survivors
Alexandra Haggarty doesn’t just help change lives, she potentially helps save them.
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Real Estate News
Chaotic auction sets a new record with 161 registered bidders for damaged home
When Cory Boyd and Keron Petzer listed the dilapidated home at 19 Billabong Drive, Crestmead, they had no idea of the chaos that would ensue on auction day.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Rental market is ‘extremely challenged’ as listings drop and rents soar
A chronically challenged rental market, fuelled by record low supply and soaring weekly rents, is creating a self-perpetuating housing crisis where would-be first-home buyers are finding it increasingly difficult to stop renting and buy a home.
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