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Smart energy home of the future one step closer
Sydney-based start-up Evergen, who has just launched their intelligent home energy management system in Australia, has raised $3.7 million in funding from AMP Capital and CSIRO, as it takes their Australian first smart energy offering to the market. Combining solar and batteries with smart technology, the Evergen system continuously analyses and optimises home energy costs, choosing the most efficient source…
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PropertyIQ wins Most Innovative Business Bank Award
The Australian Business Banking Awards 2016 were held on August 11 with PropertyIQ taking out the award for Most Innovative Business Bank Product or Service. The award was judged on the ability to “deliver innovative solutions or services to business banks and their customers in performances across all major metrics” and was won on the merits of PropertyIQ’s three core…
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Domain launches Spring campaign
With spring just around the corner, Domain has just launched its latest Spring campaign centred on what it claims is “Australia’s best property app”. The new campaign, which is dubbed Spring, uses a multi-channel approach encompassing its national sponsorship agreements with The Block, an online video content series, two new television commercials, and the rollout of one of the nation’s…
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Bizcover – Saving You Time and Money on Your Insurance
They say in the world of real estate, trading without Professional Indemnity Insurance is equivalent to a surgeon practising without Medical Indemnity Insurance. Although you’re not performing brain surgery, real estate is a complex industry, and as an estate agent you’re open to litigation involving breach of contract, allegations of misrepresentation, poor property management and a breach of statutory provisions –…
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New app Abakus helps maximise tax returns for property investors
Abakus Apps, a new finance-based smartphone application and the first of its kind in Australia, launched today. Aimed at everyday Australian residential property investors, Abakus makes property tax management more convenient and efficient – helping users self-manage their investment/s, maximise their tax return and obtain an estimate of their tax position at any time during the financial year. Investing in property offers tax benefits that make real…
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Close More Sales with Deposit Power’s Home Equity Option
Are your buyers asset rich but cash poor? If the answer is yes, Deposit Power can help set you apart from the crowd by providing them with the freedom to purchase property today. As an agent, it is important to provide a high level of service in order to remain competitive as well as maintaining the loyalty and trust of…
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Landlord Real Estate Tycoon – A Real Estate Mobile Game to sharpen your investment skills
‘Landlord Real Estate Tycoon’ Provides a thrilling GEO-Based Property Trading Simulation Game On iOS® & Android™ Game developer and publisher Reality Games is proud to officially announce the worldwide release of Landlord: Real Estate Tycoon now available as a F2P (free-to-play) download on iOS® and Android™. Completely revamped on the iOS® and released for the first time ever on Android™…
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Get Top Dollar for Your Vendors with Domayne Styling and Staging
Domayne Furniture Hire offer a wide range of furniture, bedding and home wares to hire for your property staging or for furnishing a rental. With a strong, established influence already in the furnishings industry, Domayne is able to access a diverse range of products and suppliers that can help you to create an immediate emotional response from buyers in order…
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Property Development Process set to be Streamlined
iSeekDevelopments is a new website that allows users to search any address in Victoria – and soon Australia – to obtain a report that will summarise the land size and dimensions, easement location and local planning restrictions they need to be aware of when building or developing real estate. Included in the automated Feasibility Report is a calculator that allows…
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Transforming the Traditional Open House
It seems like everything these days is ‘going online’ and the real estate industry has caught the bug, transforming the traditional open house into an immersive, digital experience. Sellers are selecting agents who provide more than image galleries, 360º panoramas and fly-through videos. They want an agent who can create an emotional connection with their property, by letting buyers get…
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YourPorter Partners With iSelect to Bring Even More Benefits to Agents
ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S FASTEST GROWING utility connections services, YourPorter, has joined forces with leading comparator service iSelect to offer home movers increased choice and convenience through a tailored comparison of electricity, gas, broadband internet, car insurance and more. UNLIKE EXISTING MARKET players, YourPorter aims to meet the growing demand of consumers who want the convenience of a utility connection service…
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Lawlab Launches National Conveyancing Partnership Program
National legal property services specialist, Lawlab, has announced a new referral program to reward the growing number of Australian real estate agents helping their clients secure a property sale or purchase better, smarter and faster. Gone are the days of endless emails, phone calls, meetings and paperwork to secure a property transaction – Lawlab uses the Rundl property network to…
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Domain Launches App for Tracking Property Value
After launching the Home Price Guide in August, property website Domain.com.au today launched a new feature, Track My Home, which allows property owners to update the details of their home, and receive an updated property value estimate. Domain’s Home Price Guide provides homebuyers, sellers and renters with the estimated value, history, photos and other details of 13 million properties in…
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Top LJ Hooker Agent John McManus to inspire at LNS15
There was a time when John McManus considered giving up real estate. He was young, new to the business and downtrodden after getting knock-back after knock-back every time he picked up the phone to prospect for new listings. “I had a fear of picking up the phone and talking to people and being told ‘no’,” he said. “I was being…
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Stay Open 24/7 for Just $7 a Day
Absolutely Brilliant is a new service that allows agencies to have a team of real estate professionals answering their callers 24 hours a day; even looking after the agencies’ staff mobiles and dealing with their calls when they can’t. It’s like the agency and their staff having personal assistants. And for an agency and their staff to operate 24 hours…
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Illuminated Signboards Light Up The Night
In today’s market, great ideas alone simply aren’t enough, but innovative execution can hand you a real competitive advantage. Nitelite, is a cutting-edge illuminated signboard by Printforce that offers round-the-clock visibility and features that maximise advertising space, improving the property’s exposure. Buyers can now see the full picture day or night with Nitelite’s edge-to-edge illuminated surface which uses environmentally friendly…
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Get Domain Updates with Google Now Cards
Domain has announced it is one of the first Australian companies to integrate its app with the Google app to deliver Now cards to users. Home seekers with the Domain app and the Google app on their mobile will receive helpful, real-time information about properties they are looking at. Instead of flipping between apps, web pages and emails, Domain’s Now…
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CoreLogic RP Data launches new app for property professionals
The new RP Data Pro app from CoreLogic RP Data will enable property and finance professionals to quickly access vital property data while on the move from their Apple devices. Accessed via the internet using Wi-Fi or 3G/4G networks, it is designed to improve efficiency and responsiveness in an increasingly fast paced and competitive property environment. Key features include: Detailed…
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Leading Lawyers Love Conveyancing
Having acquired Conveyancing Works Solicitors in November 2011 to deliver an efficient, low cost, national conveyancing service, Slater and Gordon’s Conveyancing Works now has nine business development managers assisting agents nationally. General Manager Lee Bailie is confident that the new service model will benefit agents in a number of ways. The nationwide team are focusing on the real estate industry…
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Agents Need to Educate Investors, as 1 in 2 Australian Homes Have no Working Smoke Alarms
Smoke alarms are mandatory in Australian residential homes but many property owners are paying no heed to the law when it comes to meeting their responsibilities in this area, or are simply ignorant of the legislation. That is according to new data, which reveals a huge number of homes do not have working smoke alarms. Research on the ground by…
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ALPPPS Takes PMs to the Top
Prominent industry trainer, Jo-Anne Oliveri, Founder and Managing Director of property management business solutions company ireviloution, has launched a new property management event – the Annual Leadership of Principals and Property Professionals Summit (ALPPPS™). Taking place 19-20 March 2015 on the Gold Coast, ALPPPS™ is a new property management business, technology and leadership summit designed exclusively for principals and property…
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Know Your Numbers
RP Data’s head of Products Greg Dickason reveals the numbers you need to know to plan the year ahead. So know your numbers. I’m a real estate agent how do I know what my local area’s going to do in the next six months? How do I plan so that I get the buyers and I get the vendors and I…
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Corelogic Announces New Identity for RP Data in Australia
CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled services provider, today announced that RP Data, Australia’s premier business information and analytics solutions provider has rebranded its business to CoreLogic. RP Data has been a CoreLogic business since 2011. Announcing the rebrand, Anand Nallathambi CEO and president of CoreLogic said our CoreLogic business in Australia is the cornerstone…
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New professional website option for small agents from Console
Console, an Onthehouse Group company and one of Australia’s leading suppliers of software to the real estate industry, today launched a new product for small and start up property agents: WebChoice Express. Specially developed to give small offices the opportunity to have access to a modular, subscription-based content management system at an affordable price, WebChoice Express is the new, slimline…
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Onthehouse Group Consolidates Brands and Bundles Offerings
The Onthehouse Group today announced at Ideas Exchange 14 a consolidation of its range of real estate software products under its Console brand, and unveiled a host of complementary upgrades and product bundles for property agents. The move will bring together Console’s existing product suite, and group GatewayLive, LiveAgent, and OnlineAgent with software solutions such as WebChoice, MobileAgent and ClientManager…
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Technology lowering the time and cost for new leads
New website service “Real Simple Property” designed to make it easy for vendors and agents to get together. It enables vendors to lodge a property for sale or rent online and automatically notifies agents in the area so that they can bid for the business. Agent bids include fees, customer ratings and personal trait matching with a shortlist provided to…
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New Livable Housing App for all Australian now available
Livable Housing Australia has launched a new app to guide the design and construction of homes that are more livable for all Australians, at all stages of life. “Livable Housing Australia’s new app puts the Livable Housing Design Guidelines in the palm of your hand,” says Andrew Aitken, Executive Director at Livable Housing Australia. “The Livable Housing Design Guidelines app…
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realcommercial.com.au launches Australia’s first commercial property app for iPad
realcommercial.com.au has launched Australia’s first commercial property app for iPad, enabling the 185,000 people searching for commercial property on the site a month to have a seamless tablet experience. Chief Product Officer at REA Group Henry Ruiz said the app was developed in response to Australians increasingly accessing the site on the go. “We found that people were searching the…
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Aussie search engine Nextplace wins an incubator spot
Australian real estate search engine, www.nextplace.com.au has been accepted into leading US web hosting company, Liquid Web’s startup incubator program. The program, designed to support innovative startup ventures and entrepreneurs with hosting, infrastructure and mentoring through the critical beginning stages of their business, is based in Michigan yet has Australian-based startup Next Place capturing their attention. Next Place is an…
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Housenet.com.au: New Social Media Site Dedicated to Property
A new social media site dedicated to property is poised to deliver agents much needed help with online marketing and social media management, according to its founders. Housenet.com.au is a social networking site developed by award-winning mortgage industry figure Darren Moffatt and web developer Ben Carew. According to Mr Moffatt, niche social networks such as Housenet are the way of…
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Property Tree by Rockend already helping over 150 businesses grow
September is the official start of spring and also a time we want to recognise and promote the early success of PropertyTree, Rockend’s online property management application, built for Australian and New Zealand real estate businesses. A new generation product like PropertyTree doesn’t grow overnight. Our green fingered developers have carefully crafted PropertyTree for over four years and early clients…
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RealEstateView.com.au Launches New ‘Find An Agent’ Directory
Industry-owned property portal realestateVIEW.com.au has announced the launch of its latest website release – a new Find an Agent directory. The new Find An Agent directory services agents and vendors alike by providing an avenue for vendors to connect with agents in their local area, and allows agencies to generate qualified leads from potential clients. A branded Find An Agent…
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The College Makes It Easier To Get Deals Across The Line!
With more and more savvy buyers in the market place, it is important for Agents to stay up to speed with their buyers so they can effectively communicate the proposed transaction between buyer and seller to ensure the transaction is completed. Luke Gilford from The Australian College of Property and Finance (The College) notes a marked disparity in the knowledge…
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Homeaway.com.au Makes it Easier for Property Managers to Grow Their Bookings
With HomeAway.com.au being described as a “breath of fresh air in the Australian holiday rental industry” there has never been an easier time to list your holiday rental inventory and increase the number of bookings your properties receive. Property Managers are central to the HomeAway business success and our systems have been tailored to complement those in the holiday rental…
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Chinese Company Invests in Australian Real Estate Portal
HOL Holdings Pty Ltd owners of www.realestatecommercial.com.au are pleased to announce that a Chinese company has taken a small shareholding in their Brisbane based company. Zhuhai Huachen is heavily involved in the property market in China, and has taken steps to invest in Australia and in particular in Real Estate Commercial. Li Dan Financial Manager of Zhuhai Huachen Constructions stated…
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