Leading Ladies of Real Estate connect in Townsville
After a whirlwind couple of years growing in our city centres, Leading Ladies of Real Estate held its first regional event in Townsville on Thursday night.
After a whirlwind couple of years growing in our city centres, Leading Ladies of Real Estate held its first regional event in Townsville on Thursday night.
The titans of the real estate industry in Australia all agree the Queensland capital is a place of real growth and positivity compared to the rest of the country.
A staggering $75.250 million worth of property changed hands today in six hours at Ray White Queensland’s huge Brisbane 100 in-room auction event at the Howard Smith Wharves, which shows the unstoppable strength of the local property market.
Despite the winter chill being felt across the country, auctions remained hot, with the Ray White Group scheduling 406 properties to go under the hammer today.
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Ray White, the leading auction house in Australia, booked 30,400 auctions in 2023/24, a huge increase of 21 per cent on the prior year.
Ray White NSW | ACT state auctioneer Perry Edmondson-Clark has taken up the newly created role Head of Auctions for the network.
Ray White NSW | ACT chief auctioneer Alex Pattaro has taken on a new challenge, stepping into the role of Head of Performance for the state.
Australasia’s leading real estate group, Ray White has continued its international expansion with the opening of Ray White Vanuatu through real estate professional Sam Lewis (pictured above with his team).
Local property identity, Rob Fraser is a well known figure in the Rural property sector and is proudly leading the launch of Ray White Rural Chinchilla.
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