Positive Signs for Inner-City Property Market
The property market in Brisbane’s inner-suburbs has improved markedly since 2011, suggests Lucas Wilson, Business Owner of real estate office, Harcourts City Sales and Rentals.
“Since March last year, we’ve experienced an enormous change in the amount of enquires and foot-traffic to our office and open homes – I’d say the number enquires have tripled over the past year.
“It now seems that everyone is sick and tired of the doom and gloom surrounding the property market and people are ready to embrace change. I think the change in government locally and the possibility of a change of Federal government has also had a positive impact on the local property market,” Mr Wilson said.
Through his day-to-day experience within the local property market, Mr Wilson has identified the types of buyers that are currently in the market and the types of properties they are looking…
A New View in Real Estate
Mike Green, Managing Director of Harcourts International, predicts that the real estate sector is poised for significant growth, creating strong demand for staff within the industry.
“Given the current conditions within the property market, the real estate industry is set to experience significant growth over the coming months and years, making now the perfect time to being a career in real estate,” Mr Green said.
In order to facilitate this growth, Harcourts launched their latest opportunity and information program, A New View in Real Estate earlier this month.
The program, created by the group’s training facility, The Harcourts Academy, has been designed as an information session for aspiring real estate professionals and doubles as a recruitment event for the group.
The event runs for approximately three hours and aims to provide comprehensive information about the real estate profession and the benefits of working in the industry.
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Real Estate’s Top Performers Honoured
Earlier this month, real estate group, Harcourts Western Australia honoured its top performing sales consultants, offices and property managers at its Quarterly Awards event.
The ceremony, which was held at the Burswood on Swan, celebrated the major achievements of the group over the January to March 2012 quarter.
Achievement awards were given to a number of new and existing Sales Consultants and offices from all areas of Western Australia.
10 top Sales Consultants were awarded for their outstanding achievements including Lee Perry and Ben Hatch of Harcourts Mandurah, Joel Winkley of Harcourts Geraldton, Clare Seamer of Harcourts Mandurah, Brad Kind, Jock Drummond and Steve Wright of Landmark Harcourts East Perth, Wayne Bown and Creagh Ferdinands of Harcourts Alliance Joondalup, and Craig Edwards of Harcourts Busselton.
Sales offices, Harcourts Alliance Joondalup and Harcourts Mandurah were also presented with Platinum Achievement Awards in recognition of their exceptional efforts throughout the…
Alderley’s Property Market Set for a Boost
Alderley’s property market is set to get a boost as a result of the LNP’s election commitment to spend $6.6 million beautifying the suburb’s main shopping strip.
A proposal welcomed by local business owners and residents, the Suburban Centre Improvement Program will see the tired strip along Samford and South Pine roads revitalised with public art, trees, plants, and improved footpaths and public transport access.
The program, which includes $19.4 million spent on reviving seven other shopping centres around Brisbane, is designed to ensure suburban business areas do not become ‘ghost towns’, abandoned in favour of larger shopping districts.
Martin Millard, Business Owner and Sales Manager of Harcourts Solutions Mitchelton, is confident that the program will have significant knock-on effects within the area’s property market.
“Alderley is an up and coming area which attracts a number of families, and I believe the LNP’s project will encourage greater…
Harcourts Incorporates Walk Score Neighbourhood Maps
Earlier this month, Harcourts announced the incorporation of a new mapping function to all online property listings which highlights points of interest in the vicinity of each specific property listed with Harcourts.
The mapping function, Walk Score works by locating a property listing on a map, then provides detailed information on surrounding points of interest such as nearby schools, shops, restaurants, transport hubs and medical facilities.
Now integrated into all public, office and sales consultant websites in Australia, New Zealand and the USA, Harcourts is one of the first real estate groups in Australasia to utilise this feature as part of each property listing.
Gregg Toyama, Head of E-Business for Harcourts International, suggests that today’s consumers are always craving more localized information surrounding a property listing.
“How many times have you heard someone say, ‘How far away is the local school’ when discussing a property?…
Harcourts External Research Results – April 2012
Below is an except from Harcourts’ April 2012 External Survey Results for Australia and New Zealand.
New Zealand:
- The number of clients making a financial contribution towards the marketing of their property has generally increased since we commenced our surveys two years ago. In April 2009, 65% of respondents indicated they contributed towards their marketing, compared to 73% in April 2012.
Q9. Did you make a financial contribution towards the marketing of your property?
Australia:
- The number of purchasers buying properties for Investment purposes decreased towards the end of 2011, however this is now on the rise again in Australia in the new year, increasing from 26% in January 2012 to 43% in April 2012.
Q 31. What was the primary reason for purchasing your property?
