The Boxing Day advantage agents could be missing
While much of the real estate industry winds down for Christmas, REA Group data shows buyers are still actively researching properties. The Agency's Clint Harris believes agents who get their listings in front of buyers early could have an advantage when the January market gets underway.
How a rent roll start shaped this agent’s rise
Ray White Phillips & Co's Vince Licata built his sales career on a foundation in property management, and a recent North Bondi result shows the approach still works in a…
Complain to your AI (it’s the quickest way to a personal assistant)
In the second live session of Transform, Samantha McLean skipped the "build me an AI agent" approach and…
Joseph Tilley wins REIV novice auctioneer title
The Barry Plant Manningham agent backed up his win at the network's internal competition with top honours at…
Another rate rise, another property market reality check
The 25-basis-point increase takes the cash rate to 4.85 per cent, with the RBA warning inflation will remain…
Sharehouse tenancy rules are overdue for an update, researcher says
A Swinburne study of sharehouse renters argues current regulations don't fit shared living, with the ACT's reforms offered as a possible model for the rest of Australia.
The rental market is easing – but are we mistaking slower growth for progress?
As rental growth slows and conditions, Harcourts’ Karmen Costigan explains why affordability remains a challenge and what the changing market means for landlords, tenants and property managers.
Rental boom shifts back to capital cities as regional growth loses momentum
Capital city rents are rising more than twice as fast as those in regional Australia, as new data reveals a widening divide in rental growth despite improving availability.
Power with, not power over – Lisa Pennell on leadership beyond labels
Everyone wants to get to the top. Then you get there and wonder who you can talk to. Barry Plant CEO Lisa Pennell joins Samantha…
Can you teach trust? John Cunningham on hiring good people
What 2026’s BDM Summit Taught Us About Rent Roll Growth
A sold-out room, six very different speakers and one shared focus: rent roll growth. The 2026 BDM Summit looked beyond simply generating more leads to…
Dom Thurbon’s challenge to turn conference ideas into action
Data centres leapfrog offices and warehouses as $18.3bn construction pipeline takes shape
New research shows the building category that includes data centres has overtaken traditional commercial construction categories, with NSW and Victoria attracting the bulk of investment…
Why some real estate teams outperform others – and what leaders can do differently
Great real estate teams don't just function, they thrive through connection, communication and collaboration. This piece explores how authentic relationships,…
Stop relaying offers – start actually negotiating them
Why passing numbers back and forth isn't negotiation, and what to ask buyers instead to…
Why the agents who double down now will win the recovery
Charles Tarbey says the toughest markets reward those who keep building stock while everyone else…
Buyer demand fell but buyers’ agents’ revenue didn’t budge
New index data shows 76% of buyers' agents have shifted to fixed fees, a structural…
How to build a single property website with ChatGPT
I gave ChatGPT 51 property photos and one prompt. Twenty-eight minutes later it handed back…
Shorts
AI could change who controls the relationship between agents and buyers
A Harvard Business Review analysis suggests AI assistants acting on buyers' behalf could reshape real…
That’s so 2025 (and what to ask AI for instead)
In part two of the Transform XIV highlights, Samantha McLean retires four prompts she used…
The chatbot era is dead (and your AI is ready for a real job)
Samantha McLean opened Transform XIV by calling time on typing questions into ChatGPT, then showed…
Bass Persuades. So does Stevie Wonder.
What a Facebook offer swarm means for the agent on the other side of the…
The property ad that chats back
OpenAI is testing ads you can talk to – and a cordless drill shows us…
Complain to your AI (it’s the quickest way to a personal assistant)
Power with, not power over – Lisa Pennell on leadership beyond labels
Can you teach trust? John Cunningham on hiring good people
That’s so 2025 (and what to ask AI for instead)
The chatbot era is dead (and your AI is ready for a real job)
Why good people stay – Andrew McCann on culture and the panic hire
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