RAY White Canberra has defied the doom and gloom predictions with a stellar weekend of online auctions that provided a combined auction campaign value of $4,367,500. With eight properties scheduled to go under the hammer, four successfully sold at auction after …
Ray White Group Managing Director Dan White today welcomed the Federal Government announcement to protect both commercial and residential tenants suffering financial stress due to COVID-19 from eviction for the next six months. He also encouraged the use of the …
RAY White Group today successfully launched its innovative new private auction platform as bidders flocked to the virtual world to bid and buy in the ‘new normal’ way. The brand-new facility, that allowed bidders to still see each-other as well …
(Ray White New South Wales CEO and auctioneer Jason Andrew calling virtual auctions on Friday morning.) RAY WHITE offices across Australia have embraced new virtual auction methods in a move that shows that there is little that can dampen the …
RAY White Queensland has welcomed in the ‘new normal’ of private auctions with success on the Gold Coast last night as four properties sold under the hammer for a combined $1,820,000. Ray White Queensland Chief Auctioneer Mitch Peereboom (pictured above) praised the …
How does your usual day look? There is no such thing as a normal day for me – I wear a lot of hats every day. Managing a business with 30 staff, 1,000+ rental properties and a high performing team …
What does a normal day look like for you? A normal day for me starts around 6am. I like to water my garden and enjoy an hour of peace and quiet with a cup of tea while checking my emails …
Buying your first home can be one of the most exciting experiences but when starting the process, the first question is usually ‘Where do I begin?’. While you may think the first step is looking at properties, there are actually …
What does a normal day look like for you? What’s normal?! That is the beauty of property management – no two days are the same. However, my days now involve team management, new business, trust accounting plus a bit of …
On the back of a record January and with rising median house prices, we awaited our February results with more than usual interest. Our members recorded $3.87 billion in total unconditional sales for February, a staggering 30 per cent higher …
One of New Farm’s most prized riverfront holdings has smashed Brisbane residential auction records, selling for a staggering $7.75 million. Set on a spacious 873-square-metre block, the property at 39 Griffith Street with rare uninterrupted access to the Brisbane River became the most expensive house ever sold in Brisbane under the hammer on … Read more
I nearly dressed my 5 year old in her school uniform and took her with me to my first auction last Saturday. The reason being that it was only a few months ago I’d stood in front of her teachers and class mates and sold a free commission and auction … Read more
I attended Herron Todd White’s annual breakfast last week. Their headline speaker was former treasurer and economic whiz kid Peter Costello. The morning also featured two other property valuers/economists, and some very well-cooked poached eggs and bacon at the Sofitel Hotel. Mr Costello spoke of the broader market conditions, both … Read more
It was already 30 degrees and rising when I jumped out of the car to auction a beautifully presented home in ‘The Avenues’ of Ashgrove. A huge crowd was gathering at 34 Banksia Ave to watch the battle to buy this amazing family home with a seperate granny flat, swimming pool and … Read more
On the stroke of midday last Saturday I stood in front of a quaint little workers cottage at 10 Bowler Street in Paddington. The sky above was a rich shade of silver from cloud cover and faint drops of rain fell intermittently, enough to be noticed, but not enough to … Read more
RECENTLY I was involved with the auctioning of the symbolic first tray of mangoes at the Brisbane Markets. I’ve been calling this auction for the past ten years and I’ve watched the generous men and women from the markets raise nearly $1 million for Queensland charities, this year for MnD … Read more
LAST week with the family in tow, we ventured up the Bruce Highway to the Sunshine Coast. I was calling auctions at Maroochydore for a number of offices on the coast, so we decided to mix business and pleasure and make a holiday out of it. It was no small … Read more
I have always had a clear memory of the day a buyer walked in to Ray White Moorooka wanting to spend $200,000. It was 1998, it was my third year as an agent and I was 20. I was sitting at my desk at the front of our office in … Read more
I WAS in Sydney this week meeting with a series of buyer’s agents, financial planners and accountants. With so much chatter about a slow down in the Sydney and Melbourne markets, there is renewed interest in Brisbane and what upside still exists in that property market. I met with these … Read more
A YEAR ago if I was calling auctions for apartments it would be me, the agent and my little yellow gavel. But last Saturday, with the wheel slowly starting to turn on the Brisbane apartment market, I conducted in-room auctions in Spring Hill and the room was packed! The story … Read more