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OpenLot portal has thrived through pandemic
After launching earlier this year, digital property platform OpenLot has gone from strength to strength, with the pandemic playing to the portal's strengths.
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Survey: Rent is easier to pay, but renters see a grim future
Renters are finding it easier to make their rental payments than at the start of the COVID-19 crisis, but feel less positive.
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Emotional rescue: building a strong workplace
Building a strong workplace culture requires a lot of work by leadership. But the rewards are great - it can pull the business through the toughest of times - even a global pandemic. But sincerity…
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HIA welcomes relaxed Qld border restrictions
Thousands of builders and tradies working either side of the NSW/QLD border will breathe a sigh of relief today.
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PCA call for six-month Home Builder extension
Recent research by the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation predicted that demand for housing in Australia would fall by up to 232,000 dwellings over the next three years.
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Drop in migration to cause drop in Aussie housing demand
The global COVID-19 pandemic could cut demand for housing in Australia by between 129,000 and 232,000 dwellings over the next three years, according to new research released today by the National Housing Finance and Investment…
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Pandemic sheds light on landlord insurance myths
The global pandemic has taught us a lot, but not all of it is about hand hygiene and social distancing. COVID-19 has also highlighted important misconceptions about landlord insurance. The insurance industry is already complex…
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COVID-19 Safety Plans now mandatory for NSW open homes and auctions
COVID-19 Safety Plans are now mandatory for open homes and auctions.
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C21 boosts service offering
Century 21 Australia has acted on insight obtained while operating through COVID-19 and bolstered its service proposition to existing C21 network and those joining the brand. With the level of uncertainty introduced by the COVID-19…
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Michael Sheargold expands leadership toolkit with Coach the Coach
With a tough year now entering its final stretch, there’s never been a better time for real estate leaders to expand their toolkit and bring out the best in their team, according to renowned real…
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New survey tool reveals industry benchmarks and identifies opportunity
New survey tool reveals industry benchmarks and identifies opportunity The team behind the Rex real estate CRM, have announced a new tool that will anonymously benchmark agencies and assist real estate agency owners looking to improve their customer relationship management strategy. Known as CRMGrader, the tools harnesses the team’s 10 years’ worth of knowledge dealing with real estate agents, administrators and business owners to provide a tool that truly provides value to agencies in just five minutes. …
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Highest preliminary clearance rate since March
With Melbourne still out of the picture, the remaining capitals have clocked up their highest combined preliminary clearance rate since March, coming in at 72.4 per cent. This is well above last week’s preliminary success rate of 67.3 per cent, which later revised down to 63.0 per cent at final figures, while CoreLogic notes this time last year, a final…
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Co-living company Hmlet moves into property and lifestyle sector
Hmlet, Asia-Pacific’s fastest growing co-living company, announced a range of products that see them enter the property and lifestyle space. “The goal of Hmlet’s new product lines is to change the way people live for…
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Focus and discipline
Jason Pellegrino has seen a lot of businesses transform in his career so far. And with a CV full of experience in a number of blue chip companies, he’s seen plenty of ‘behemoths’ of the corporate world struggle to keep up in a world where rapid change will continue to be the norm. He says there is a reason that…
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“Mr Premier, I don’t think you understand” – REIV
REIV announce the start of a public campaign urging the government to reconsider their decisions, with the hashtag #reconsider-lockdown.
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Will Torres: Value your worth as an agent
Years in the industry? 16 years What’s a special place in your local area? My office. It’s my second home. Other than that, I love to visit property at the high peaks of Coorparoo that show off the epic Brisbane city view. Did you choose real estate or did real estate choose you? We chose each other. I thought I would jump (blindly)…
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The harder the lockdown the faster the property market recovery?
The harder the lockdown, the greater potential for swift property market recovery. That’s the major takeaway of a Domain webinar that was recently delivered by Senior Research Analyst, Dr Nicola Powell, and Domain National Managing Editor, Alice Stolz, who took a deep dive into what’s happening in Victoria. Covering topics like consumer sentiment, online search behaviour and global trends, Dr…
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Gen Z wants split-rate mortgages, Boomers want fixed rates
The generational gap is evident in new research by Finder, which shows a new level of employment uncertainty is influencing how younger generations would prefer to structure their home loans. Out of 1000 Australians surveyed on how they would structure their mortgage if they were to refinance, 20 per cent would choose a split mortgage, dividing their loan into fixed…
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An essential cashflow management guide for difficult times
It’s just as easy to go broke in a boom as it is in a bust. Equally you can make profit with negative cashflow and a loss with positive cashflow. Whilst a good majority of business owners will continue to look at their feet, some will raise their gaze to focus on opportunities. Difficult times call for extraordinary measures to…
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The easing of regional Victoria’s restrictions signals hope for Melbourne too
Regional Victoria will take the third step out of COVID-19 restrictions.
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Why COVID-19 might not change our cities as much as we expect
What will be the normal way of urban living when the COVID-19 crisis passes? What aspects will remain with us and what will disappear? The coronavirus pandemic has thrust us into a moment of rapid change. Like all change, it is difficult to predict. But lessons from history provide us with two important insights. First, temporary change sometimes has remarkably…
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Australia’s lowest mortgage rate is now 1.89 per cent
In late June, Loans.com.au became the first lender in the country to offer a home loan rate of under 2 per cent, with their 1.99 per cent introductory rate. Since then, nine other lenders have slid under the 2 per cent bar, prompting a race to the bottom that is now being led by Reduce Home Loans – who clearly…
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From Olympic Gold to real estate gold: Gail Miller reflects on Sydney 2000
Gail Miller is the founding director of Goldstone Property Sales
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Passion and pride
Five years ago Laura and Samuel Shooter started SJ Shooter Real Estate in the study of their Dubbo home. Now, Laura has taken out a grand prize of $5,000 and the winner’s trophy for Transform 2020. Here, Laura explains how she never planned on joining the real estate fold and why she’s spending her prize money on boosting Dubbo’s digital…
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All the winners from the 2020 reiwa.com awards
Western Australia's real estate professionals came together to celebrate the industry's best at the 2020 reiwa.com Awards Ball held at Crown Perth on Saturday 12 September.
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Domain teams up with The Block agents to sell this year’s properties
Domain will again be supporting the selling agents on this season of The Block. In the lead up to the finale, Domain will be helping the agents maximise their exposure for the five period homes in the Melbourne bayside suburb of Brighton. The Block listings will be exclusive to Domain, with agents given access to property marketing offerings across print,…
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National clearance rate at 67.3 per cent as Melbourne grinds to a halt
This week, the combined capital city preliminary auction clearance rate held firm relative to last week across a lower volume of auctions. This was despite a record slump in Melbourne where the volume plummeted to just 14 properties and the clearance rate struggled to reach 27.3 per cent. Across the capitals, there were 823 homes taken to auction over the…
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Ultraviolet light can make indoor spaces safer during the pandemic – if it’s used the right way
Ultraviolet light has a long history as a disinfectant and the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is readily rendered harmless by UV light. The question is how best to harness UV light to fight the spread of the virus and protect human health as people work, study, and shop indoors. The virus spreads in several ways. The main route of transmission is through person-to-person…
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After COVID, we’ll need a rethink to repair Australia’s housing system and the economy
A new report from the New South Wales Productivity Commission (NSWPC) announces that “[higher] housing costs […] impose broader economic costs”. That chimes with our own newly published research. The implication is that Australia’s heavily capitalised housing market will weigh down economic recovery from the shocks of the coronavirus pandemic. A niche group of economists and epidemiologists had warned the world for decades that a…
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What would you do with an extra six-and-a-half hours each week?
You could make about 65 more cold calls. Or hold 13 more open homes. Or you could take a power-nap every day of the week. Unfortunately, there are only 24 hours in a day – you can blame the Egyptians for that one. So, if you can’t make more time, what can you do? You can save it.Enter CRM. A…
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Victorian Treasurer offers hope to real estate agents angered by restrictions
Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas has suggested a level of flexibility in the much-maligned Victorian roadmap that may give relief to frustrated real estate agents.
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REIWA ‘extremely disappointed’ by extension of rental emergency period
REIWA is extremely disappointed with the WA Government's decision to extend the emergency period tenancy.
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Bathurst indicative of tight regional rental market
Bathurst Real Estate principal Michael Whittaker has confirmed just how tight the rental market is in some regional areas of New South Wales, noting vacancy in his region is currently below 1 per cent. In…
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Andrew Harding: Enjoy the journey
Years in the industry?I started in October 2017. I was extremely fortunate that in my first full year in 2018 I was working under the CEO. He came back selling after a short break and he taught me everything. I did a year on my own in 2019 and towards the end of that year, I started the team. I…
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Contestants Sarah and George discuss this unusual season of The Block
From one of the most challenging years in our history, to one of the most unusual ‘The Block’ series in its history. Each contestant group is renovating a completely different style and era of home…
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