May Update
Annual Awards
Congratulations again to all the award winners at our Annual Awards evening on Saturday.
The evening started off on a great note with the announcement of Lee Perry as our latest Roy Weston medallist and continued on throughout the evening with the celebration of the year that was and plenty of fun and laughter. The feedback to date has been overwhelmingly positive but please keep your responses coming in as it will help us ensure we make next year’s event as good or even better!
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High Achievers
In years past we have celebrated the results of our High Achievers on a quarterly basis with a lunch at a high end restaurant in Perth. This year, to change things up, we have decided to create a one off experience for our Annual High Achievers and their partners. Effectively combing the four celebrations into one bigger and better one.
On Saturday night each High Achiever received a gift pack that included two tickets to Hugh Jackman – The Man. The Music. The Show at the RAC Arena, along with a nights accommodation at The Melbourne Hotel with pre-show dinner and drinks. We wanted to create a more memorable experience that is highly sought after and something for people to aspire to for the year ahead. If you are a Business Owner reading this, It would be a good idea to share this with your team at your next meeting.
Purple Bricks
Purple Bricks
I’m sure by now that most of you will be aware that Purple Bricks have announced their exit from the Australia Real Estate Market. Low fee, Low service models have traditionally struggled to gain a long term foot hold in the Australian Real Estate Market and this has proven to be the case yet again. A focus on providing quality service with sound advice will always produce the best outcome for the vendor, which often leads to a fair fee being obtained by the Agent. This is even more the case in a declining market where the expertise of a professional Real Estate Agent is required to obtain the best possible outcome.
It also goes to show that our model works, it has been tried and tested over many years through all different types of markets. This is just further justification that we at Harcourts are on the right track.
Purple Bricks
Negative Gearing & Capital Gains Tax
The Federal Election is fast approaching and The Labour Government have proposed implementing changes to Negative Gearing and Capital Gains Tax, which will have a negative impact on Investors purchasing properties from January 2020 as well as impacting tenants in the rental market.
Our very own Vicky Devine from Mortgage Express has put together a blog on those proposed changes and the impact that will likely have on the Real Estate Market. I would urge you all to share this with your colleagues and clients, so that they can be better informed on the impact it will have on their assets come election time.
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REIA has created an ebook with an overview, marketing collateral, social media posts and a link to the REIA Facebook page that can easily be shared to your network / State offices.
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The REIA requests that all real estate businesses do the following:
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Distribute the marketing collateral to buyers, sellers, tenants and landlords on your customer databases
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Print the marketing collateral and place it in your shopfront window display
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Share the social media videos on Facebook
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Follow the REIA Facebook Page throughout the election and share its daily posts
There have been tremendous efforts with millions reached in social media and traditional news interviews.
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