Douglas Driscoll is the CEO of real estate agency Starr Partners.
‘Off market’ often describes properties that are up for sale without being advertised on the major property portals and is falsely misleading customers.
While innovation enables agents to automate and digitise their processes, it poses problems for an industry that needs to learn how to strike a better balance between implementing cutting-edge technologies and retaining the right level of human involvement.
The growing ‘culture of complaint’ is a major concern for the real estate industry, which is at risk of lagging behind should real estate agents fail to evolve with the new landscape and better manage consumer expectations.
With the Federal Election in May likely to lead to a change of government, a prominent real estate CEO is predicting that Labor’s negative gearing policies will not have the desired effect of boosting the volume of first home buyers in the market, but instead lead to a possible influx of overseas investors.
In 2019, there will be several political and economic factors that will continue to impact Sydney’s property market, according to a leading real estate CEO.
These are the up and coming Sydney suburbs to watch out for.
Labor’s negative gearing plans will disadvantage some first-home buyers and lower-income Aussies who are property investors working hard to get ahead, says Douglas Driscoll, CEO of Starr Partners.
Sydney’s property market has an interesting year ahead according to a leading real estate CEO, Douglas Driscoll, of the award-winning real estate group Starr Partners, which has offices as far west as Penrith, as far north as Newcastle, and as far south as Campbelltown.
CEO of real estate group Starr Partners, Douglas Driscoll, reveals his top 10 Sydney suburbs to watch in 2018.