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Joshua Gilbert has won the First National Real Estate Leadership Award at Seven News Young Achiever Awards
Joshua Gilbert won the Award from a strong field of young achievers. The winners were announced on Friday 1 March at Doltone House, Darling Island Wharf, hosted by 7 News Presenter Michael Usher. Commenting on the importance to communities of the Awards, Mr Ellis said that First National along with Prime Seven were honoured to be the only major sponsors…
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Barry Hudson from Ray White Hornsby celebrates half a century in the game
The 74-year-old has made a career out of helping others buy and sell real estate for fifty years, with three of those decades spent working for Ray White. Mr Hudson started his career in Hornsby in 1969 following a stint as an apprentice motor mechanic. “I saw an ad in the local paper wanting real estate agents,” he said. “I…
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Real Estate Results Network have announced the winners of the Australasian Real Estate Results Awards (ARERAs)
The top-performing independent real estate agents throughout Australia and New Zealand have been recognised at the 13th annual Australasian Real Estate Results Awards (ARERAs). Hosted by industry coaching and training body Real Estate Results Network (RERN), this year’s awards saw strong competition in all award categories. The coveted award for Agency of the Year (metro) was given to Melbourne agency…
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Clint Hynes takes the reins of Ray White Nerang on the Gold Coast
Real estate agent Clint Hynes has just opened the doors to the newest Ray White business on the Gold Coast, in Nerang. Mr Hynes, who has been a high performer at his family’s Ray White Oxenford/Helensvale offices for the past six and a half years, has decided to take the leap into business ownership. “Real estate is such a social…
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Gayle Walker appointed to lead Tasmania Sotheby’s International Realty office
Sotheby’s International Realty Greater Australia has appointed Gayle Walker, a Sotheby’s Realty Director from Sydney, to head up the Greater Hobart operations for the brand. Gayle will lead the launch of a new Sotheby’s Realty office in the Sandy Bay area with the aim of offering a stronger local community connection while providing local, national and international exposure for Hobart…
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Century 21 North Harbour celebrate the grand opening of Crows Nest office
Principal Koji Amaike and his team at Century 21 North Harbour have officially opened their Crows Nest office on Sydney’s Lower North Shore. Family, friends and members of the local community gathered to see the ribbon-cutting ceremony performed by Mr Amaike and Charles Tarbey, Century 21 Owner and Chairman. “We were extremely pleased to have such a great calibre of…
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RE/MAX names Cyndi Ward as an everyday hero
Cyndi Ward spoke exclusively with Elite Agent, giving us a glimpse into why she was chosen to receive the prestigious and heartfelt Everyday Hero title, which has only been awarded once before. It’s not every day that you come across a hero, but then again, chances are you may not have even known it. The Gladstone property manager and business owner is…
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Adam Sorrell joins Ray White Rowville as a principal
Adam Sorrell has been in the real estate industry since 2006 and has now taken over the Ray White Rowville office as their new principal. “Having lived here for the past 30 years, when the opportunity came up to take over the reins, I felt the time was right to join the Ray White family,” Mr Sorrell said. Having worked…
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RE/MAX New Zealand announce top performers at awards night
RE/MAX New Zealand announced its top 2018 performers at a gala event held at Pullman Auckland on February 21st, which concluded the day’s ‘Think Bigger’ rally. The network’s ultimate individual honour, Broker Owner of the Year, is held for the final evening’s announcement.In a rare circumstance, the award was given for the second time to the same individual. In a…
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Steven Mason expands his Ray White business to Broulee
Experienced real estate professional Steven Mason is thrilled to have just taken ownership of his second Ray White office in the NSW coastal town of Broulee. After five years of running the Ray White office in Batemans Bay, Mr Mason said he was ready to take his business to the next level. “I’m excited to be able to offer the…
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Realogy named in world’s most ethical companies
Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY) has been recognised by the Ethisphere Institute a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of the 2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies®. This is the eighth consecutive year in which Realogy has been recognised among 128 companies to be honored by Ethisphere spanning 21 countries and 50 industries.…
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Ray White offices across the country honoured as the cream of the crop in property management
The Ray White Group has announced the recognition of elite performance in the field of property management and business development for property management. Alan White Elite – Property Management Business was awarded to 27 offices across the nation and the Property Management – Business Development was awarded to 10 offices from Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. Ray White Head…
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Laing+Simmons springboard into action
Exclusively free to Laing+Simmons office principals and their teams, as well as team members from Laing+Simmons’ parent company Dexar Group, Springboard is the company’s annual “planning day on steroids”. It is designed to encourage and empower team members, providing an opportunity for everyone in the network to hear directly from leading industry speakers and understand how they achieve success in…
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Dexar Group Celebrates its best for 2018
Dexar Group recognised its stars of real estate over the weekend at a Hollywood themed event held at QT Hotel. Amongst the winners were Jonny Warren, who was recognised for his leadership, receiving the Richard Stanton Memorial Award for Role Model of the Year, while Salesperson of the Year was awarded to Mark Wolens. Aaron Lewis, Ashleigh Webb, Mark Larmer…
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Raine & Horne Commercial celebrates 15 years
Lower north shore commercial property firm Raine & Horne Commercial North Sydney has renewed its franchise agreement with Raine & Horne for another term. Raine & Horne Commercial North Sydney launched in 2003 and principals Jay Sheffield, Duncan Grady, and Nick Moloney lead the business. The trio of principals is excited to continue their operation within the 136-year-old real estate…
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McGrath rolls out a mobile maintenance service with i4Tradies
McGrath Property Management, announced yesterday that they’ll be will deploying a new cloud-based maintenance management platform called i4Tradies, across its company owned office network in New South Wales and Queensland. i4Tradies is being describes as “Uber Style” and will connect trades service owners, on-the-road tradies, tenants and property managers with an integrated job management software; accessible anywhere, anytime and on…
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Gawler triumphs at First National SA/NT awards
The awards recognised the best of First National’s SA/NT agents throughout 2018, with the top 10 individuals and offices now competing for national GEM Awards, which hold the chance of an expenses paid trip to the National Association of Realtors conference in San Francisco this November for top 10 national winners. Acting SA/NT State Chair, Zeta Bennett, says the results…
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Professionals expands further in NSW
Professionals Group Australia is making its presence in NSW known with the opening of a new branch in Wauchope as well as with the appointment of Ken Cheeseman as National Network Executive. In the past year, Professionals have added eight new offices and only two months after it added Professionals Bonny Hills on the NSW Mid North Coast, another Professionals office…
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Industry young gun joins LJ Hooker
In this role, Mr Sutton will focus on identifying areas of opportunity and supporting the growth of new offices in the LJ Hooker network Head of Network Development Ben Mitchell said: “James has great enthusiasm paired with an experienced, proven background. “At LJ Hooker, we’ve just experienced two of our biggest years in office and agent recruitment. We have a…
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UK and US Chiefs quit Purplebricks amid revenue downgrades
Purplebricks Group released a statement this morning stating the UK boss Lee Wainwright and US Boss Eric Echkardt would be leaving the business. The statement also reports updated revenue guidance figures for 2018/19 Financial year of GBP 165-175m (AUD 300-320m) has been revised down to GPB130 – 140m (AUD 240-260m), with expectations for the US markets and Australian markets similarly…
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McGrath Paddington announces a new star recruit
McGrath Paddington has announced the recruitment of Roxanne Liu to the team. Kon Stathopoulos, Head of Sales for McGrath’s company-owned offices said that he is delighted that she will be joining the existing team to focus on what they consider to be one of the most exciting property markets in the country. “This is in line with our plan to…
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Dynamic Sydney auctioneer joins Ray White NSW
Mr Pattaro started calling auctions as a fresh-faced 18-year-old, although video footage dating back to when Mr Pattaro was just eight years of age proves auctioneering has always been in his blood. “I was in my pyjamas and I think I may have gone to an auction with dad,” he said. “I legally started auctioneering when I was 18, learning…
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Former Ray White CEO returns to the coalface
Domenic Belfiore is already making an impact less than a month into his new role as Ray White Werribee director. It’s a change of pace for Mr Belfiore, who resigned as CEO of Ray White Victoria and Tasmania in January after four years at the helm. Recognising opportunity and potential for great growth, Mr Belfiore enthusiastically commenced work in his new role…
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Elders Real Estate announces CCA partnership
Elders Real Estate franchisees in South Australia and Alice Springs have announced the launch of a major sponsorship of the Childhood Cancer Association (CCA). The new partnership was officially launched at Elders Head Office last week. The CCA is one of Australia’s key childhood cancer support organisations. Currently, the CCA supports children with cancer and their families from South Australia,…
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Ray White announces new head auctioneer for Victoria and Tasmania
Ray White Victoria and Tasmania has strengthened its focus on selling properties under the hammer with the announcement of Matthew Condon as Chief Auctioneer. Mr Condon started in the role this month, however his ties with the Ray White Group date back two years to when he started in the business as a national skills trainer, educating agents on successful…
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Rally inspires RE/MAX network to think bigger
‘Think bigger’ was the theme of the 2019 RE/MAX Australia Rally, held this year at The Star, Gold Coast. Managing Director Michael Davoren officially commencing the day, welcoming and encouraging attendees to do just that – think big! “We’ve chosen ‘think bigger’ for our 2019 rally theme, but it is not just about ‘thinking’. It’s about creating more opportunity for…
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Reinvigoration of IT strategy to kickstart McGrath’s future growth
McGrath Limited (ASX: MEA) announced its FY19 first-half results, showing an 18 per cent drop in revenue. A release to the ASX points to the subdued market conditions having an impact on performance, resulting in an EBITDA loss for the first half of $2.5 million. This result comprises the previously reported first-quarter loss of $1.9 million and a reduced second-quarter…
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Industry growth specialist joins LJ Hooker
LJ Hooker has appointed Asha Kerr as Business Growth Manager, to work alongside its extensive network of business owners in New South Wales to support their long term growth strategies. LJ Hooker Network Chief Graeme Hyde said, “We are delighted to welcome Asha to the LJ Hooker family. With a career spanning almost two decades, she brings with her tremendous…
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Ray White’s Chairman Elite performer awarded to Top Western Australian agent
Top agent Vivien Yap of Ray White Dalkeith | Claremont was recently honoured as a Chairman’s Elite performer, ranking her among a very small handful of top Ray White agents across Australasia. Ms Yap is the leading group’s first female Chairman Elite of 2018-19 – awarded to those who write in excess of $1.25 million in fees and/or 120 sales…
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First National celebrates excellence in Sales and Marketing
First National Real Estate’s New South Wales estate agents were presented with their General Excellence and Marketing Awards at Sydney’s Hyatt Regency on Saturday night. The awards recognised the best of First National’s NSW agents throughout 2018, with the top 10 individuals and offices now vying for a national GEM Award, which includes an expenses paid trip to the National…
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Ray White’s Nowra, Callala Bay and Culburra Beach businesses gets familiar face at the helm
With more than 18 years experience, Mr Hadfield believed every sale and property management transaction was an opportunity for his team to exceed their client expectations and deliver an excellent outcome. “Locally we’ve been here for around 30 years so we hold strong connections with our local community. My team will continue to provide, and increase, the quality of service…
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RE/MAX Australia announce top performers at annual awards night
RE/MAX Australia have announced its top performers of 2018, as more than 450 agents made their way to The Star on the Gold Coast last night. The evening formalities hit off with the announcement of the networks ultimate individual honour, The Eagle Award. The prestigious award went to siblings Travis and Tandi Gill, broker-owners of RE/MAX Advantage, located in Brisbane’s bayside…
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First National does it for the kids
As Australia’s only 24/7 free and confidential counselling service for young people, Kids Helpline has responded to more than 8 million contacts over the past 28 years and this year First National is lending a hand. “Every 90 seconds, someone’s son or daughter, grandchild, niece, nephew, neighbour or friend gets in contact with Kids Helpline via its free call number…
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Growth and Consolidation for Belle Property in Neutral Bay
Co-principals of Belle Property Neutral Bay Matthew Smythe and Mark Jackson have set their sights on taking the business to the next level, buying out business partner Tim Foote and signing a long-term deal with Belle Property. “Although we’ve enjoyed being partners with Tim over the years, we are very excited about the future of our business as we continue…
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Hutton & Hutton return to Brisbane with New Farm office
After a decade of absence from the New Farm district in Brisbane, real estate duo Peter and Karen Hutton are thrilled to announce a comeback to their old stomping ground. The new Hutton & Hutton office has opened on the corner of Brunswick Street and Merthyr Road in November 2018, placing them in the heart of the Brisbane area. CEO…
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