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Archive for 2010

Dirty Tricks by the Harcourts Real Estate Group?

Most real estate agencies are not that proactive when it comes to the Internet.

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First National Nerang to Open Sister Office in Upper Coomera

Sometime in early November First National Nerang will launch a sister office in the Gold Coasts growth corridor suburb of Upper Coomera. The systems, procedures and successes that have culminated in the 2010 REIA Australian Real Estate Agency of the Year win for First National Nerang will of course be duplicated for Upper Coomera . The office will be located at the Coomera City Centre where it will be providing the same award winning service to property owners from Upper Coomera, Coomera, Pimpama, Oxenford and Willowvale. We would love to hear from any experienced salespeople in the area that are looking to upgrade their agency we would love to talk with.

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iPad Competition – Winners are Grinners

First National is currently running a competition to give away 6 Apple iPads to lucky Queenslanders . The first two winners have been drawn  and the Apple iPads have been handed over to the lucky winners. You can enter the competition here and try to pick up one of the 4 iPads still to be drawn…… Good Luck

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BIS Shrapnel: House prices poised to rise, not burst

AUSTRALIAN house prices will rise for the next three years on the back of the country’s robust economy, according to a BIS Shrapnel report. The report, commissioned by  QBE and written by BIS Shrapnel, forecast median  house price growth of 20 per cent in Perth, Sydney and Adelaide over the next three years, with prices in every major city in Australia rising by 9 per cent or more. The survey comes at a crucial time in sentiment surrounding the  Australian housing market . Recent data shows pricing in the market is starting to slow, while international investors and even the  International Monetary Fund have recently argued the local housing market is overvalued.

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Super Massive $25,000 Giveaway with First National Real Estate

Win a $25,000 Giveaway of Brand New Furniture. Throughout the month of October, First National Real Estate Nerang is offering the chance for one lucky individual or family to update their home with $25,000 worth of brand new furniture and energy efficient appliances . To enter you just have to answer a few simple questions.

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Top 10 People to Follow on Twitter for Australian Real Estate Agents – 2010 Q3

This list is the third in the series and just squeaks into the third quarter on time! If you have not seen the previous top 10 lists you can checkout them out here: Q1 and Q2 . @RealEstateAU @apimagazine @peter_ricci @ozspecialagent @TatianaMijalica @auction_action @PriceFinder @homehound @remarketingtips @PortalWatch If anybody has any suggestions for the next Top 10 list send me a direct message or mention @glenn_batten (edit: duplicate homehound entry removed and remarketingtips added)

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Australia would buck another global downturn

Australia ‘s  economy is the envy of the developed world. Not only did we escape the global  downturn with hardly a scratch, but we’re in a very strong position to withstand any more external economic shocks.

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Real Estate Online Statistics & Demographics – Portals

The Google Adplanner service allows advertisers more information on popular websites including demographic and traffic information.  Now whilst I don’t want to advertise on any of these sites we can still use the information to compare the portals and major brands in our industry and the results throw up some predictable and not so predictable results at the same time. This article will feature a focus on Portals but the followup article will focus on the major real estate groups

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Win 1 of 6 iPads in First National Real Estate Competition

An Apple iPad is the hottest tech gadget on the planet right now and First National Real Estate is giving 6 away to Lucky Queenslanders .

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New Website Launched

Over the past couple of weeks we have been finalising our brand spanking new website with Ryan from  Agentpoint who are specialist real estate website developer.

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