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Queensland (Qld)Sunshine Coast

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Get to know Greg McRae of McRae Real Estate

With 30 years as a licensed builder, Greg McRae really understands the product he is selling.

New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

People

Get to know Annie Yeo of The Agency

"The various property management functions are like many cogs in a wheel; every area of PM is crucial to the wheel turning smoothly."

New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

Featured Property

Record Earlwood sale for McGrath's Alexandria Stamatiou-Buda

McGrath’s Alexandria Stamatiou-Buda has smashed her own record by more than $2 million with the sale of a luxury home in her speciality suburb of Earlwood.

National

The Economy

John McGrath – When will the market craziness end?

John McGrath founder and executive director of McGrath Estate Agents says after things settle down a bit, we’ll still see a healthy market but not so many of these crazy prices.

National

The Economy

REIA to host ‘getting real’ policy forum in Darwin in a bid to address housing issues across Australia

The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) will meet with key political and industry leaders in Darwin on 9 June, 2021 to present Getting Real, REIA’s 2021 Strategic Policy Forum.

Queensland (Qld)Gold Coast

People

Get to know Brett Martin of Smarties Real Estate

A top-class negotiator with hands-on experience working in some of the biggest markets in the world, Brett holds over 20 years of sales and marketing experience running his own marketing organisation as well as a global television presenter.

Queensland (Qld)Brisbane

Featured Property

‘Kurrowah’: Grand architectural residence on expansive grounds - Place

Only 3km from Brisbane’s CBD, this 1918 Dutton Park home sits on approx. 3,073sqm of child friendly grounds with 6 bedrooms and potential to extend. For sale by Simon Caulfield of Place Kangaroo Point.

Victoria (Vic.)Melbourne

Featured Property

Stately Gypsy Village Victorian with modern family appeal - The Agency

This classic Sandringham home has featured in many media productions including ‘The Wedding Party’ starring Isabelle Lucas. For sale by Simone Tindall and Christine Henderson of The Agency.

New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

Featured Property

French-inspired Rose Bay home sold by The Agency in a week

This refined residence attracted interest from young families as well as downsizers for its easy, convenient lifestyle. Sold by Ben Collier of The Agency.

Queensland (Qld)Brisbane

Featured Property

'One Macquarie' riverfront apartment sold by Place in one week

Sold by Judy Goodger and Matthew Foote of Place New Farm, who told WILLIAMS MEDIA, "I have never seen such a high level of competition when it comes to buying property in Brisbane.”

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News Roundup

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/wealth/is-mcgrath-a-real-estate-casualty-or-an-asx-accident/news-story/1c591cc0cf642a51bfae3958373035aa

Is McGrath a real estate casualty or an ASX accident?

Is the remarkable decline of John McGrath’s property empire about the sharemarket or the real estate market?

The Australian Financial Review

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/nrma-expands-its-caravan-park-portfolio/news-story/d0e29ae2655183228e4b1a80c51184b0

NRMA expands its caravan park portfolio

NRMA has further bulked up its $500m-plus portfolio by snapping up caravan parks and tent sites on the central Queensland coast and the NSW central west.

The Australian

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/commercial/development/thirty-per-cent-discounts-development-site-values-set-to-tumble-20171107-gzgbyj

Thirty per cent discounts: Development site values set to tumble

Metropolitan development sites values, which have surged in recent years on a wave of Chinese money, are showing the first signs of correcting. Developer Nicholas Smedley secured two sites at discounts of 30% after vendors rejected his original off-market offers.

The Australian Financial Review

http://thenewdaily.com.au/money/property/2017/11/08/banks-property-boom-mortgage-lending/

How the property boom has pulled the banks into housing market risk

The increasing dependence of Australian banks on the property boom could be putting both the banking system and the wider economy at risk.

The New Daily

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/rate-rise-biggest-risk-to-housing-markets/news-story/6cb4b1315534536aa3694379becfa305

Rate rise ‘biggest risk’ to housing markets’

A spike in interest rates is the biggest risk to housing markets, say Brian White of the Ray White Group and Century 21 chairman Charles Tarbey.

The Australian

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/commercial/development/singaporean-rivals-bury-dispute-in-1-billion-melbourne-apartment-projects-20171106-gzg7x1

Singaporean rivals bury dispute in $1bn Melbourne apartment projects

Rival Singaporean property powerhouses have buried a long-running legal dispute over neighbouring projects in Melbourne, agreeing to put both properties on the market as a combined development opportunity.

The Australian Financial Review

http://www.afr.com/personal-finance/pros-and-cons-of-new-surveillance-technology-20171107-gzglif

The latest property surveillance technology has pros and cons

Electronic surveillance and security is a hot topic in strata, partly because the steps we take to make ourselves more secure may mean we are more likely to be living cheek-by-jowl with the naughty and nefarious.

The Australian Financial Review

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/13/where-the-small-town-american-dream-lives-on?mbid=nl_Weekly%20110617&CNDID=22176954&spMailingID=12299815&spUserID=MTMzMTc5ODE5ODU5S0&spJobID=1280558355&spReportId=MTI4MDU1ODM1NQS2

Where the small-town American dream lives on

As America’s rural communities stagnate, what can we learn from one that hasn’t?

The New Yorker