An online portal which gives landlords and tenants direct access to information about their rental property has been ...
By Riaz Hasan • 09 Jan 2013
RUN Property still selling, but not to Rental Express
A WA-based group that has operated under the Rental Express banner, RMA Group, is continuing with plans to buy RUN Prope...
By Riaz Hasan • 03 Oct 2012
SA market down for the quarter but ‘optimistic’ rebound imminent
The South Australian property market, following expected trends, experienced a decline in sales over the September quar...
By Tim Neary • 31 Oct 2017
Schoolies season sparks warning to property managers
Home owners and property managers are being urged to be cautious as students celebrate their end-of-year school celebrat...
By Emma Ryan • 15 Nov 2019
Scrap negative gearing at your peril, REIA warns
Tony Abbott will harm the cause of rental affordability if he eliminates negative gearing in the next Budget, the indust...
By Priya Murthy • 08 Feb 2015
Seasonality behind national vacancy rate increase, data finds
Vacancy rates rose around the country in December, a seasonally not unexpected outcome, according to new data. ...
By Tim Neary • 15 Jan 2019
Selling to property investors
Using your depreciation knowledge to get more of your investor prospects to become clients As a Real Estate Agent, when...
By Riaz Hasan • 02 May 2014
Selling your real estate business: When is the best time?
When planning to sell your business, timing is key – however, ensuring your business is running well is just as i...
By Priya Murthy • 27 Oct 2015
Sentiment Survey- Measuring the pulse
The inaugural Real Estate Business Quarterly Sentiment Survey has taken the pulse of the Australian real estate industry...
By Riaz Hasan • 04 Oct 2012
Sentiment Survey- Optimism dominates outlook
The Real Estate Business Quarterly Sentiment Survey paints a positive picture of the Australian real estate industry goi...
Sharing the love
As Valentine’s Day is upon us, we notice a change in the air. It brings out the romantics and suddenly the store shelv...
By Priya Murthy • 12 Feb 2015
Shine in a listing presentation
The listing presentation is a property managers moment to show a prospective owner what you are worth. It may be a cli...
By Priya Murthy • 03 Mar 2015
Shining the light on trust accounts
In the past few months, several real estate professionals have been caught committing trust account fraud, damaging the ...
By Riaz Hasan • 28 Aug 2013
Shock at number of investors getting poor advice
A new ASIC report has found that a shocking number of SMSF property investors are subject to bad advice that could leav...
By Tim Neary • 01 Jul 2018
Short-term holiday letting council decision, not strata
The opening of submissions for an options paper on short-term holiday letting has an Airbnb management business approvin...
By Tim Neary • 26 Jul 2017
Short-term letting: Not for the faint of heart
A niche agency has highlighted how various short-term letting services such as Airbnb and MadeComfy can allow for increa...
By Tim Neary • 13 Sep 2017
Should empty-nesters consider rentvesting?
Rentvesting is generally "more popular" with young Australians, but older Australians should “definitely” consider t...
By Sasha Karen • 26 Sep 2017
Should Facebook prospecting be ‘down the bottom of the list’?
Last month I read an interesting article on REB, where two highly regarded real estate agents dismissed Facebook as an ...
By Priya Murthy • 10 Nov 2015
Should PMs offer free services to potential clients?
There’s no such thing as a free lunch, as the adage goes, but one PM believes offering free services to potential cli...
By Priya Murthy • 08 Sep 2016
Should you still be targeting Melbourne for long-term rent roll growth?
Savvy BDMs understand that sustainable rent rolls often depend on investors holding property for the long term. Melbo...
By Tim Neary • 18 Mar 2018