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Real estate marketing: 3 tips by Jigglar co-founder

Marketing guru and co-founder of creative real estate marketing platform Jigglar, Ray Wood, shares his best marketing tips as part of Openn’s podcast, The Better Agent Series.

New South Wales (NSW)

Two Tweed Heads family homes sold by REAL Specialists

Strong interest in Tweed Shire property continues, with these two homes sold by Kasey Pereira and Brent Hodge of REAL Specialists.

Western Australia (WA)Perth

The Economy

Widespread price growth across regional WA during September quarter - REIWA

REIWA President Damian Collins said the regional WA market recovery continued to gain momentum in the September quarter, with the strongest quarterly price growth recorded in Geraldton.

National

The Economy

REIA releases blueprint for the great Australian dream

The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has launched a historic strategic policy agenda – Getting Real: Policy priorities for Australia’s real estate agents and agencies.

Western Australia (WA)Perth

People

Shane Beaumont joins Realmark Coastal team

High performing West Australian real estate agent Shane Beaumont has made the move to one of the nation’s leading real estate offices.

Queensland (Qld)Gold Coast

People

Veronika Princeton-Hall joins Amir Prestige Property Agents Gold Coast

Gold Coast prestige property specialists Amir Prestige welcomes Veronika Princeton-Hall to the sales team of their new Bundall office, set to open in two weeks.

National

The Economy

John McGrath – Return of the neighbourhood

The pandemic is shining a spotlight on the importance of building connections within local communities, changing the way Australians live, play and work. That focus is unlikely to shift once COVID-19 restrictions end, according to John McGrath founder and executive director of McGrath Estate Agents.

New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

Featured Property

Georgian Paddington terrace for sale - The Agency

The two-level Paddington home for sale by Ben Collier of The Agency has been architecturally redesigned with a mid-century modern aesthetic.

New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

Featured Property

Classic Dural estate for sale - Ray White Dural

The sprawling Dural home for sale by Sandra Ward of Ray White Dural, situated on 6.5 acres (approx.) features "everything a family needs right there in its own resort.”

New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

People

Miles Felstead: 2021 Woodrow Weight award winner REINSW

The most prestigious award at last nights REINSW Awards for Excellence 2021 was the Woodrow Weight Award, which recognises outstanding contribution to real estate agency practice was presented to Miles Felstead from Miles Felstead Realty.

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http://www.afr.com/personal-finance/10000-property-buyers-caught-in-deposit-power-collapse-20180306-h0x460

10,000 property buyers caught in Deposit Power collapse

Deposit Power, which provided interim finance to property buyers, has collapsed potentially leaving an estimated 10,000 residential, commercial and property investors in the lurch about the fate of nearly $300 million worth of deposits.

The Australian Financial Review

https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/news/pop-up-shipping-container-hotel-opens-on-sydneys-cockatoo-island/

Pop-up shipping container hotel opens in Sydney's Cockatoo Island

With glass bi-fold doors, matte tapware, timber deck, and water views, the pop-up hotel - called Contained - feels very much like a trophy home, only smaller, say creators Anatoly Mezhov and Irene Polo.

Commercial Real Estate

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/sydney-vendors-fail-to-recognise-property-slowdown-20180306-h0x2d3

Sydney vendors fail to recognise property slowdown

Discounts are rising and times on market are growing as Sydney vendors fail to check their hopes with the reality of a slowing market.

The Australian Financial Review

https://www.mortgagebusiness.com.au/breaking-news/11997-nab-develops-mortgage-for-world-first-co-ownership-platform

NAB develops mortgage for ‘world-first’ co-ownership platform

NAB has developed a new mortgage product in partnership with a co-ownership platform.

Mortgage Business

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/higher-ed-daily-brief/new-student-precinct-for-melbourne/news-story/53233c613159beb186dd934d1e797650

New student precinct for Melbourne

The University of Melbourne has chosen Lyons Architecture to design a showy new student precinct.

The Australian

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/investor-lending-could-pick-up-corelogic-says/news-story/e73eae3cee5820431bc34817c33c9efc

Investor lending could pick up, CoreLogic says

Mortgage lending is growing at a historically slow pace but loans to investors could pick up in coming months as banks have now complied with the regulator’s limits on new loans, according to CoreLogic.

The Australian

http://www.afr.com/news/world/central-america/hotel-wins-fight-to-have-trumps-name-removed-in-panama-20180305-h0x1sw

Hotel wins fight to have Trump's name removed in Panama

Now that Orestes Fintiklis, the majority owner of Donald Trump's only hotel in Latin America, has taken over the hotel's administration, he hopes to take down the Trump name, becoming the fourth Trump-branded hotel to lose the name since the 2016 election.

The Australian Financial Review

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/housing-supply-nimbys-preventing-needed-mediumdensity-housing-grattan-says-20180302-h0wxnn

Housing supply: NIMBYs preventing needed medium-density housing, Grattan

Authorities will have to overcome NIMBY opposition to medium-density development if it the country wants to supply enough affordable housing and avoid severe inequality.

The Australian Financial Review