FRANCHISE NEWS
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Rockstars and politicians head the lineup at Ray White’s Connect 2018
This year’s Connect 2018 conference is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever. Up to 3000 agents and brokers are expected to arrive on the Gold Coast for Connect 2018 on August 13 and 14, bringing together the strength of the White family businesses of Ray White, Loan Market, Wealth Market, Home Now, Living Here, White & Partners…
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Elders to open three new offices in July
The Queensland additions includes Toogoom and Northern Beaches offices, while in South Australia the service offering will increase on the Yorke Peninsula, with new franchise locations in Ardrossan and Port Vincent. Elders Real Estate Toogoom and Northern Beaches The new office in Queensland increases Elders’ presence in the sunshine state to 107 locations. High profile agents and experienced agency operators…
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Established regional agent brings The Agency to the Hunter Valley
The Agency is further expanding its reach into NSW with established regional agent Charlie Lund and her team joining The Agency. “Charlie Lund and her team have been running an extremely successful and highly regarded real estate business in the Hunter Valley region for over a decade,” Matt Lahood, CEO of The Agency, said. “Charlie is a passionate local resident…
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Well known local real estate agents launch new agency in Canberra
Established real estate agents Brett Hayman and Shane Killalea, along with business partner Sue Killalea, are launching a new real estate brand with big vision. Hayman Partners is the brainchild of the trio who have been business partners for 11 years within the limitations of a franchise network. The new brand aims to be agile in all services with an…
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Laing+Simmons Liverpool lends a helping hand
Not-for-profit disability service provider Northcott will host Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea tomorrow and Laing+Simmons Liverpool will be raising a mug in support. Laing+Simmons Liverpool has taken the lead in organising the morning tea event for Northcott and has also attracted major sponsorships from the likes of Domain and Campaigntrack. It’s part of a larger commitment to working with Northcott that…
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@realty moves offices to expand business
National real estate network @realty, which has recruited 500-plus agents in four years and sold $861 million in property last year, is set to make the move to 50 Cavill Avenue in Surfers Paradise to further expand its business. @realty currently leases 185sqm in the Surfers Paradise Gateway building on Appel Street, but from October 1 will more than double…
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Realmark combine community and property
Realmark has successfully combined an online property marketing strategy by helping raise funds and awareness for a great local charity. Realmark Agent, Paul Tonich teamed up with close friend and client Assunta Meleca, founder of Racing for MNDi, to help pull the spotlight onto her campaign which stands for Motor Neurone Disease inherited. Realmark has always encouraged local engagement within…
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Domain announced as Cricket Australia Platinum Partner
Domain and Cricket Australia today announced a four-year Platinum Partnership. Domain will be the Presenting Partner of Men’s Test Cricket over four years, which includes the next Ashes to be hosted in Australia, and will become the Official Real Estate Partner of Cricket Australia. Domain and Cricket Australia enter the partnership as the national game moves into a highly anticipated…
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NGU targets Brisbane’s eastern suburbs with eighth office opening
NGU Real Estate is continuing its swift expansion with the launch of its eighth office, based in Brisbane’s bayside suburb of Capalaba. Ben and Katreena Stanton have rebranded their Freedom Property and Get Rented Bayside businesses to form NGU Real Estate Capalaba. “The NGU Real Estate model aligned with the direction we wanted to take with our company,” Mr Stanton…
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Bribie Island office gets RE/MAX Advanced refurbishment
Victoria Nicholson, a well-known and respected name in real estate, has completely refurbished her office on Bribie Island in Queensland to be reimaged as RE/MAX Advanced, with a new direction through growth in response to demand from the market. “Our new name reflects who and what we are,” said Ms Nicholson. “We are forward looking, and advanced in our philosophy,…
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Raine & Horne continues global expansion with third office in Fiji
Leading Australian property group Raine & Horne is escalating its worldwide expansion with the opening of a third office in Fiji in less than 12 months. Raine & Horne Fiji directors, CJ Shergill, Sanjay Krishnan and Aveet Goundar, launched offices in Lautoka and Nadi in July 2017. “Since joining the network, the Fiji team have gone from strength to strength…
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Chinese-based developer to become second biggest shareholder in McGrath
Chinese-based local developer Aqualand has made a ‘strategic investment’ in McGrath. The company will acquire a 15 per cent stake over two placements. The investment will make them the second biggest stakeholder in McGrath, behind founder John McGrath. Aqualand will appoint a director to the board after the acquisition has been completed. An initial stake of 8.7 per cent has…
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Award winning agent Jeff Anderson joins @realty
Award-winning real estate agent and avid football fan Jeff Anderson is switching teams to kick goals for fast-growing national real estate network @realty, which has recruited 500 agents in the past four years. Mr Anderson, who was managing director of an agency in Carnegie and has conducted more than 4,000 successful auctions in his 34 years in real estate, is…
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Boutique real estate brand poised to take over Victoria with new acquisition
Multi-award-winning sales agent Adam Joske has joined Belle Property as Head of Victoria & High Performance Coach and Trainer – a major acquisition which positions the boutique brand to break into the competitive residential real estate market in Victoria. “Acquiring Adam to the team is one of the biggest acquisitions for Belle Property in recent years. He has an incredible…
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Lower North Shore agency wins office design award
A Lower North Shore real estate agency has won acclaim from the design fraternity for an architectural vision that has set a new benchmark for customer experience. LJ Hooker Willoughby | Artarmon has won Silver in the Commercial category of the prestigious 2018 Sydney Design Awards for the design of their office on Mowbray Road, Willoughby. The panel of judges…
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Savills retains Building Consultancy Team of the Year title for sixth year
Savills Project Management QLD have retained their title as Building Consultancy Team of the Year for the sixth year in a row, after taking out the award at the 2018 RICS Oceania Commercial Property Awards. Led by National Director – Retail, Andrew Hogg, the Savills QLD Project Management team were awarded for their outstanding efforts in managing QIC’s Grand Central…
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Ray White Double Bay appoints Associate Director
Ray White Double Bay agent Warren Ginsberg has taken on a new role, being appointed Associate Director for the office. Since joining the office in 2009 Mr Ginsberg has undergone a journey of hard work, determination, forever learning and exceeding expectations. “I am very honoured to be appointed Associate Director,” said Mr Ginsberg. “It means a lot to me to…
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Harcourts NZ wins Readers Digest award
Reader’s Digest New Zealand has announced its Most Trusted brands for 2018, and Harcourts for it’s sixth consecutive year has been voted Harcourts their Most Trusted real estate brand. Harcourts New Zealand CEO Chris Kennedy says the support and faith New Zealanders continue to put into the company is humbling. “To be named the Most Trusted real estate brand for six years…
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CBRE team donates $20,000 to Dockers’ MND cause
The Melbourne City Sales team of Australia’s biggest commercial property agency, CBRE, has made a generous $20,000 donation to support Fremantle Football Club and coach Ross Lyon’s participation in the MND Big Freeze event this weekend at the MCG. CBRE National Director and head of the sales team, Mark Wizel, said his team was honored to make a contribution to…
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RE/MAX Elevate launches, powered by mother and son team
Darren Lewis-Date and Sue Lewis-Date celebrated the launch of RE/MAX Elevate on 1st June, the first real estate business to be co-owned by this Brisbane mother and son team. The two broker owners have extensive real estate experience, particularly in their local market of Tarragindi and surrounding suburbs. Mr Lewis-Date has been a successful local agent for 15 years while…
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Barry Plant CEO takes on sharks for charity
Mike McCarthy, CEO and Director of the Barry Plant Group, is diving with the sharks this Friday to raise funds for HeartKids, an organisation that supports children (and their families) affected by congenital/childhood heart disease. As part of their annual Super Boss fundraising initiative, HeartKids have organised an event where a range of industry CEO’s dive with the sharks at…
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NSW property market sees out autumn with a spring in its step
Prestige property markets around New South Wales defied the real estate doomsayers by producing some record sales in the last weeks of autumn. “We are running in to winter on the back of some excellent end-of-autumn sales,” said Angus Raine, Executive Chairman Raine & Horne. “Interestingly, we’re seeing activity in the middle and prestige markets, while the markets below $1…
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Coronis expands presence in Toowoomba with office relocation
Coronis Toowoomba have relocated, moving their office into the expanding Mills Precinct. Agency leader Luke Hanson said the move to the Mills Precinct has made a refreshing change for the office, who had outgrown their space on Ruthven Street. “The Mills Precinct offers a prominent location and gives Coronis greater exposure in Toowoomba. “Being in the heart of the CBD…
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Anh Do and Sally Pearson to help celebrate 135 years of Raine & Horne
Leading international property group, Raine & Horne will host a star-spangled cast of guest speakers including super athlete Sally Pearson at its 2018 International Conference to be held on the Gold Coast in July. The event to be held at the Star Gold Coast from Sunday 22 – Tuesday 24 July and will double as a booming celebration for the…
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Ray White ‘powers up’ property managers
Customer service is the key to long lasting success from every transaction, or interaction, members have with clients, according to Ray White. Ray White head of property management Emily Sim said “customer service is our core message now more than ever before”. Ms Sim and her team have just concluded a series of national training and networking sessions for property…
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Independent joins Raine & Horne to tap Queensland population growth
A boom in property buyers and investors from Sydney and Melbourne has influenced an independent property firm in Brisbane’s Redland City region to switch to leading global network Raine & Horne. “Queensland’s population is projected to reach 5 million this month, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics,” says Stephen Anderson, Co-Principal of Raine & Horne Birkdale, which launched this…
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Ray White agent accelerates career in Queensland
Ray White Runaway Bay sales and marketing consultant Mitchell Booth is a star in the making. The 20-year-old recently graduated top of class in Ray White Queensland’s Accelerate program. Completed over three months, the training and coaching platform is for all new Ray White Queensland members regardless of their level of industry experience. Ray White Queensland Business Development Executive Candice…
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Iconic Nanette Lilley merges with Ray White
The First Lady of real estate in Brisbane’s western suburbs, Nanette Lilley is retiring from the industry after 46 years and her business will merge with leading property group Ray White. Ray White Sherwood principal Cameron Crouch and his partner and joint director Aimee Carding today opened Ray White Graceville, joined by Nanette Lilley’s long-term investment property clients. “We are…
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Laing+Simmons Kellyville opens its doors
Laing+Simmons has strengthened its presence in Sydney’s north west with the opening of a new office in Kellyville, as the group’s expansion program rolls on. Principal Sunny Lee and his team bring a depth of experience with the unique value proposition of the revamped Laing+Simmons brand to the local market from today. “This is a new direction for the team…
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High profile auctioneer John Rombotis joins Buxton network
Former Australian Rules Footballer turned high calibre auctioneer, John Rombotis is set to join the ranks of Buxton in a bid to take his real estate career to the next level. John, who commenced his real estate career in 2000, will be joining the Buxton Bentleigh office and with him, will bring an expansive network of clients that span Victoria-wide.…
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Gold Coast Pyjama Foundation receives support from First National Foundation
First National Real Estate has donated $5,000 to the Pyjama Foundation through its independent charity, The First National Foundation. Foundation Chairman David Lovell presented a cheque to Gold Coast Regional Coordinator, Stephanie Reardon during the network’s National Convention at the RACV Royal Pines Resort, which had attracted over 350 agents from around Australia. The network’s Family Day was a fun-filled…
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High achieving Perth agent joins Ray White North Quays
Successful Perth real estate agent James Kennedy has been warmly welcomed into Ray White North Quays. Mr Kennedy has spent almost 30 years of his life in the greater Kingsley area, which includes graduating from Woodvale Senior High School and playing for the local football club. The elite performer, with the support of his wife Kylie, has been awarded the…
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Raine & Horne appoints international franchise expert to drive growth in South Australia
It was announced today that James Trimble has been appointed to the role of General Manager, Raine & Horne South Australia, in a move to strengthen the group’s position in the state. In the network’s 135th year of operation, the appointment is set to boost Raine & Horne’s central growth strategy in developing the existing network as well as attracting…
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Cairns agent makes strong Japanese connections
Cairns RE/MAX powerhouse Tony Williamson has just returned from a mentoring and networking trip to Japan, which turned out to be as much a fact-finding mission as a training one. And it is good news for Cairns property owners and investors. “I have formed a great network of contacts, and I can say with confidence that Japanese buyers are looking…
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MLB and AFL star Corey Adamson switches sports for real estate with Realmark
Corey Adamson is the latest elite sportsman to step away from the sporting arena and enter the world of real estate, kicking goals in record time with elite agency Realmark. A natural salesperson, Corey grew up in WA as the son of an Olympian and dedicated a lot of his childhood to football and baseball. At the tender age of…
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