Curiosity is at the heart of Ray White's magic
THE spirit of innovation and curiosity was on show at Ray White’s annual corporate conference, Crows Nest 2024, on the Gold Coast this week.
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What’s Happened to Real Estate?
You know you’re getting on a bit when you start sounding like your parents. Starting a sentence with, “Well, in my day…” is a tell-tale sign. This week’s column has that flavour as a lament of real estate days gone by. As an active selling sales representative for John Dethridge … Read more
Getting a rental
The global COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed Perth’s property market. When COVID hit, most property commentators predicted property values would fall by about 20 percent – they were about 40 percent wrong. Property prices in Perth have risen by 75 percent since March 2020. Rent’s have gone up by the same … Read more
Historic Walter Taylor's Graceville home hits market for first time in 55 years
Ray White Sherwood agent Doug May is proud to present a rare and iconic piece of Brisbane history to the market.
The last original Mooloolaba beach shack
The last original Mooloolaba beach shack is up for grabs for the first time in 60 years.
Ray White sees biggest auction weekend of spring so far
It was the biggest auction weekend so far this spring for the Ray White Group, with 559 properties scheduled to go under the hammer today.
Perth home takes out top spot for open home attendees
According to cutting edge prop tech platform NurtureCloud, which tracks open home attendees, it was a Perth open home topping the list for most attendees throughout a Ray White campaign last month.
Ray White SA agents are competition creators
Ray White South Australia auction agents have consistently recorded an auction clearance rate well above the industry average.
Peak selling season is on
Selling season is firmly underway and today Ray White cleared 69 per cent of its auction stock, with 4 averaged registered bidders and 2.7 active bidders average.
Historic Wilkatana Station in Flinders Ranges listed for auction
There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire an iconic South Australian pastoral property.
Andrew McCulloch steps up as new owner of Ray White Shore Group
Ray White is excited to announce that the one and only Andrew McCulloch has become the proud new owner of Ray White Shore Group on the Gold Coast, with offices in Sovereign Island, Paradise Point, Runaway Bay and Pacific Pines.
Spookiest Real Estate of Origin ever
Ray White’s 16th call-a-thon hit a spooky new level this week with 11,550 appraisals booked across Australasia during the Halloween-themed appraisal drive, 100 per cent powered by NurtureCloud, the group’s cutting edge prop tech platform.
Blame Me
Several years ago, local real estate agent (now retired) Peter Sim, boldly ran full page advertisements in the local press headed, “Blame Me.” Why Peter was standing in his suit up to his ankles in the Swan River, I’m not sure, but the message was on point; an agent acting … Read more
Sorry, Disconnected
Sometimes, governments make decisions that have unintended consequences that impact the practical ways certain industries work. Canberra’s latest effort to over-regulate comes in the form of changes to the Fair Work Act that formalise an employee’s ‘right to disconnect’. The legislation came into effect on 26th August. The changes effectively … Read more
Has Market Peaked?
Data gurus, CoreLogic released their September quarter Home Value Index report earlier this week finding that whilst national house prices continue to rise, the rate of growth is beginning to slow. Perth is now leading the nation for house price gains returning 1.6 percent growth in September, 4.7 percent for … Read more
Super Homes
As COVID-19 rolled out across the globe, our Federal government responded by introducing various stimuli designed to keep Australians working and building homes. Building commencements spiked but the rapidly rising costs of materials and labour combined with fixed price building contracts has seen nearly 3,000 construction companies fail this year … Read more
Are We Close to Market Peak?
For a laugh, I often respond to the question, “When do you think the market will peak?”, by giving a specific date. It’s amusing because markets don’t normally behave in a linear, predicable way. In this current market, that date is some way off, notwithstanding some significant economic calamity occurring … Read more
Politics of Housing
This week, the Greens proposed a new housing policy that would introduce a national watchdog with the power to prosecute property owners who breach proposed new tenancy laws. Rent control remains high on the Greens’ political agenda who want penalties imposed for landlords who put rents up by more than … Read more
We Need Investors
The latest inflation figures released this week reveals some softening in consumer spending on fuel, discretionary items and electricity. The treasurer labelled inflation ‘sticky’ – code for ‘still too high’ at 3.5% for the twelve months to July. Rents are up 7% contributing to keeping inflation above the target band … Read more
How to Buy in a Tough Market
This week, REIWA reported a paltry 3,359 properties listed on reiwa.com, stubbornly low comparative to the decade average and down from 8,117 this time two years ago. Dig a little deeper and of the 3,359 listings, 429 of them are blocks of land and 914 are units, making it particularly … Read more
