At an industry function AgentOPS was pre launched. It was a sunny afternoon on the bay at Dobroyd Aquatic Club – a venue where they race remote controlled yachts. What a fitting venue for a function launching time saving property listing technology – AgentOPS. AgentOPS is a platform soon to be released to market. The platform…
Agents who are shifting to new world business models work less hours and double their net income. If you’re interested in reducing your hours to 30 a week and doubling your income, read this. + Most agents chase as many appraisals as they can each month. + Agents that chase listings don’t have time to…
This week I had the pleasure of attending a seminar with a man I would describe as a futurist or a scientist who uses demographics to pick future economic trends. Harry Debt Jr. of Dent Research has written many books with many predictions and a lot of what he’s said has come true. His latest…
Last week the interest rate on Australian bonds dropped below 2 percent for the first time since 1969. This is positive for home owners as bonds are a lead indicator for mortgage interest rates. The fall in bond yields is based on the immediate fear of the UK leaving the EU, affectionately referred to as…
In a study published earlier this month Moody’s Investors Service became negative about Australian banks in light of their exposure to residential property. My analysis of Sydney property prices compared to other international cities suggests prices are getting up there but could run further. Moody’s – “signs of a re-acceleration in Australian house prices and…
Oh yeah… what a week it’s been!……We had the Federal budget, a drop in interest rates and to top off the week The Voice 2016 kicked off. Budget snapshot: Middle income families will benefit from a raise in their bracket resulting in 500,000 less Australians paying tax at 37.5% small businesses will benefit from a…
Are you one of these real estate agents who: – Works 6 days a week? – Gone before the kids wake and home only just in time to say goodnight? – Listing 3-5+ properties a month? – Losing 50% of your GCI to someone who provides you with a desk, phone and brand? – Tired…
New South Wales saw $5.6 billion of investor loans in September 2015, taking activity back down to December 2014 levels. This has cooled down the investment property market….this I will not disagree with. However, it is interesting when we consult the data to see a pickup in owner occupied lending to record (yes I did…
Business strategy must equal technology strategy. Technology has become the backbone for success connecting Agents in The Cloud. 82% of real estate jobs are at risk of extinction with digital disruption by 2035. All of these are worthy titles for this article. Personally I like the hard hitting one about how 82% of jobs becoming…
It has been an interesting couple of months for property investors. In particular, in the last few weeks we have seen the media jump on the bandwagon slamming the state of the investor property market. Headlines such as: “Which suburbs will bear the brunt of Sydney’s predicted house price drop?” – smh.com.au, October 2015 “RBA…