Day: 12 November 2017

  • Elite Agent

    How to Survive the Business of Family

    Many real estate agencies are classic ‘family businesses’ with more than one family member working within them. John Knight looks at the challenges and the opportunities unique to family business. Growing up in a family business, I never knew any different than the sound of the fax machine early in the morning and Dad being on call 24/7. Although I…

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  • NEWS

    Clearance rates remain below 70% for 5th consecutive month with volumes on par to last year

    National auction clearance results for the week ending 12/11/2017 courtesy of CoreLogic Clearance rates have continued to track below 70 percent since June the year; this is a considerably softer trend than what was seen over the same period last year when clearance rates were tracking around the mid 70 percent range for most of the second half 2016.Results across each of…

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  • FEATURE INTERVIEWS

    James Baker and Adrian Venturi of McGrath Avalon on leadership and resilience

    After studying architecture and structural engineering in Manchester, James practiced or a year before spending 15 years in recruitment, which included running the Asia Pacific rim for a business with a $50 million turnover. Real estate combined his passion of structure, architecture, sales and people, and he started his real estate experience during the GFC selling prestige property in Palm…

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  • NEWS

    Sunshine brings higher auction prices: UTS

    “There is a link between sentiment, or mood, as measured by consumer sentiment surveys, and asset prices – including house prices,” says Dr Adrian Lee, Senior Lecturer in Finance at UTS Business School. “Weather is known to affect mood, and some studies have shown a link between the weather and stock prices, so we decided to look at weather and house…

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  • NEWS

    Ray White Group completes major “mobile first” upgrade to One System network

    Ray White chief technology officer Matt Gay said the new platform, developed in-house by a dedicated team, was rolled out gradually as the design was tested and refined in direct partnership with leading franchisees. “This is the kind of project that can only be successfully executed by an internal team, where we can take the time required to experiment and…

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