2024 awards categories

Auctioneer of the Year

This award recognises the auctioneer who leverages their skills and abilities to attain the best possible result for their vendor as well as displays best practice business development.

Renowned for salesmanship and intuitive relationship skills, Australia’s top auctioneers display a well- crafted strategy matched with personal flair that gets results.

BDM of the Year – Property Management

This award recognises the BDM who powers the growth and development of a property management business through effective selling, mentorship and management.

This professional is at the forefront of innovative relationship techniques that not only ensure client retention but more importantly foster growth of the agency’s rent roll.

Buyer’s Agent of the Year

This award acknowledges the buyer’s agent who excels on both the process of assessing buyers’ needs, identifying, negotiating and securing properties, matched with the communication and interpersonal skills that improve the client experience.

It also considers the business skills associated with building an effective business, including the ability to win new clients, generate referrals and secure repeat business.

Industry Thought Leader of the Year.pdf

This award recognises the individual within the Australian real estate market who has shown a long- term passion and aptitude for improving the industry.

This professional is able to clearly articulate the desired direction of the industry and to draw upon best practice from other relevant industries and markets to champion growth and development of the sector.

Innovator of the Year - Individual

This award recognises the innovator who has most effectively shaped their business’ success – whether it’s related to service, business development or franchising processes, technology, staff/client management or any other relevant area.

Marketing Professional of the Year

This award recognises the individual who has undertaken the best marketing and digital campaign throughout the 2022–23 financial year. This award considers the marketing process undertaken to generate leads and convert business. This considers an individual’s ability to leverage a range of marketing media, from traditional print advertising to social media, and how that integrated approach helped deliver a more effective campaign.

Emphasis will be placed on an individual’s ability to leverage a range of mediums; from content and strategy to design and technology, particularly in digital campaigns.

Mentor of the Year

This award recognises the professional who plays an integral role in guiding, supporting and promoting the training and career development of their mentees.

This professional is committed to the employees’ professional development and cultural integration, demonstrating leadership and advocating for the future leaders in the real estate industry. They show success in their current business/role
and demonstrate the influence they themselves have made to the real estate profession.

Office Administrator of the Year

Identifying the unsung hero of any real estate business, this award recognises the office administrator who has most effectively supported the business in which the individual works.

Operations Manager of the Year

Identifying the unsung heroes of any real estate business, this individual award recognises the operations manager who has most effectively supported the business in which he/she works.

This award assesses the success of the individual based on their ability to initiate and implement effective operational improvements.

Principal of the Year – Metropolitan

This award recognises the principal from metropolitan Australia who has built the most successful real estate office or group of interconnected offices. This office/s will generate outstanding sales results backed with a solid rent roll; it will also be a company that attracts top talent matched with a winning culture.

Principal of the Year – Regional

This award recognises the principal from regional Australia who has built the most successful real estate office or group of interconnected offices. This office/s will generate outstanding sales results backed with a solid rent roll; it will also be a company that attracts top talent matched with a winning culture.

Property Manager of the Year – Metropolitan

This award acknowledges the metropolitan property manager (individual) who has built and retained strong client relationships (and revenue) while generating new business through effective prospecting and marketing.

Property Manager of the Year – Regional

This award acknowledges the regional property manager (individual) who has built and retained strong client relationships (and revenue) while generating new business through effective prospecting and marketing.

Residential Mortgage Broker of the Year

This award recognises the residential broker operating under a real estate brand or a brokerage/broker group who has established a referral partnership with a real estate group. The broker not only writes strong residential mortgage volumes but also adds value to the agent/s with whom they work as well as the overall customer experience.

Rising Star of the Year

This award recognises the individual within the Australian real estate market who best represents the future of the industry.

This professional is able to influence the direction of the industry through leadership and best practice. Entrants must be actively involved in industry debate and discussion and play a pivotal role in change and development.

Sales Agent of the Year – Metropolitan

This award acknowledges the residential sales agent in metropolitan Australia who drives excellent sales volumes and maintains best practice service at all times by utilising the various tools and resources at hand while developing new and innovative business strategies to ensure future growth and development.

Sales Agent of the Year – Regional

This award acknowledges the residential sales agent in regional Australia who drives excellent sales volumes and maintains best practice service at all times by utilising the various tools and resources at hand, while developing new and innovative business strategies to ensure future growth and development.

Sales Campaign of the Year

This award recognises the sales agent who has undertaken the best individual sales campaign in Australia and considers the process to win the listing then package, position, market and sell a single property, taking into account the final sales price, vendor satisfaction and how that one campaign has helped an agent land more business.

As well as these key outcomes, emphasis will be placed on an agent’s ability to leverage a range of marketing mediums, from traditional print advertising to social media, and how that integrated approach helped deliver a more effective campaign.

Young Gun of the Year

This award acknowledges the industry’s top sales agent, administrative professional or property manager 30 years or younger who excels on both the process of assessing buyers’ needs, identifying, negotiating and securing properties, matched with the communication and interpersonal skills that improve the client experience.

It also considers the business skills associated with building an effective business, including the ability to win new clients, generate referrals and secure repeat business.

Boutique Independent of the Year – 3 or less offices

This award recognises the boutique independent group that has most effectively driven residential sales growth during the 2022–23 financial year utilising a range of business development principles and tactics.

Boutique Network of the Year - 39 or less offices

This award recognises the boutique network with 11–39 offices that has most effectively driven business growth during the 2022–23 financial year utilising a range of business development principles and tactics.

Based on business growth metrics as well as support and servicing, the award considers the activities, strategies and actions of the group in terms of office recruitment and retention as well as the success of individual offices in supporting the corporate’s overall growth and development.

Buyers Agency of the Year

This award acknowledges the buyer’s agency in Australia, of any size, that has most effectively built business in Australia’s property market. This includes the agency’s ability to win new clients, generate referrals and secure repeat business.

Innovator of the Year - Company

This award highlights the real estate business that has developed and capitalised on innovation – whether it’s related to service, business development or franchising processes, technology, staff/client management or any other relevant area.

Major Independent of the Year - 4 or more offices

This award recognises the major independent group that has between 4–10 offices and most effectively driven growth during the 2022–23 financial year utilising a range of business development principles and tactics.

Major Network of the Year - 40 or more offices

This award recognises the major network that has most effectively driven business growth during the 2022–23 financial year utilising a range of business development principles and tactics.

Based on business growth metrics as well as support and servicing, the award considers the activities, strategies and actions of the group in terms of office recruitment and retention as well as the success of individual offices in supporting the corporate’s overall growth and development.

New Office of the Year

This award recognises the best new residential real estate office that has most effectively driven business growth during the 2022–23 financial year. This award is also open to existing agency groups that have expanded their operations to include a new office on or after 1 January 2020.

Property Management Business of the Year - 6 or less property managers

This award recognises the most successful property management business in Australia with six or fewer property managers.

This includes the office or offices of a dedicated property management business, or the activities of a real estate sales office that also provides property management services.

Property Management Business of the Year – 7 or more property managers

This award recognises the most successful property management business in Australia with seven or more property managers.

This includes the office or offices of a dedicated property management business, or the activities of a real estate sales office that also provides property management services.

Sales Office of the Year - Metropolitan

This award acknowledges the metropolitan residential sales office that maintains best practice service by utilising various tools and resources while developing new and innovative business strategies to ensure ongoing sales performance.

Sales Office of the Year – Regional

This award acknowledges the regional residential sales office that maintains best practice service by utilising various tools and resources while developing new and innovative business strategies to ensure ongoing sales performance.

Sales Office of the Year – Virtual

This award acknowledges the residential sales office that maintains best practice service by utilising various tools and resources while developing new and innovative business strategies to ensure ongoing sales performance without reliance on a physical shopfront.

Social and Community Service Program of the Year

This award recognises the real estate office that has gained the most traction via an ethical/social responsibility program and can highlight how that program has improved the position and branding of the real estate office, as well as positively impacted the people or cause on which it is focused.

Training and Education Program of the Year

This award acknowledges the group and/or independent network that has provided its members with the most effective and diverse training programs relevant to real estate professionals.