Ray White Sponsor Braidwood Golf Day

The Ray White sponsored Braidwood Men's Open was played, in what some believe, to be the most conducive weather for good golf this month. Paradoxically the scores did not reflect the weather with tricky pin placements playing havoc with locals and visitors alike. The pennants ensemble figured prominently on the winners list. The only player to break par was pennants' off-sider, Keith North with a nett 69. He was the nett C grade winner. Barry Osmond was the C grade winner, Robbie Beuzeville had the best nett B grade score and Robert Dillon was the C grade runner up. The Open champion ... read more...

Brisbane City Super Auction 60 Properties

More than 60 properties will go under the hammer at a mega residential auction in Brisbane. Ray White Urban Living Group, which was formed 18 months ago by a number of Ray White branches based around the Brisbane CBD and inner suburbs, is hosting the event at Fortitude Valley’s Emporium Hotel from 10.30am on Friday 30th. Ray White’s corporate auctioneer Phillip Parker and the principal of Ray White New Farm, Haesley Cush, will be auctioneers on the day. Ray White South Brisbane principal Dean Yesberg said some of the finest homes in the inner-Brisbane area would be on show. “We expect it will attract ... read more...

David Inkster Trekking to Mount Everest

David Inkster is trekking to Mount Everest in support of his childhood sweetheart and to raise funds for the Black Dog Institute, the not-for-profit organisation that works to advance the understanding of depression and bipolar disorder. The director of Ray White Commercial North West at Baulkham Hills in Sydney will be joined by close friend and Head of Life at BTFG, Phil Hay, on the two week trek to the Everest Base Camp. Their expedition has been inspired by Mr Inkster’s wife Lynelle, who only discovered last year that she suffered from a bi-polar disorder after years of battling severe depression. The physiotherapist ... read more...

Middle Park Property and Finance Community Day

Representatives of newly established Ray White Middle Park and Loan Market enjoyed a successful day at the Centenary Rocks Festival on Sunday 26th July 2010. The brand new marquee was christened, with the sales team and Loan Market rep giving away "show bags" full of special offers and promotional material from other local businesses. Staff invited local residents to provide their contact details to enter the draw for three giveaways – two hampers and a magnum of Moet & Chandon champagne. “We also gave away 300 balloons to young children, and it was fantastic to see the Ray White ... read more...

Ray White Expands to Waiheke Island

The Ray White Group in New Zealand has continued its expansion and will open a new office on the key tourist destination of Waiheke Island in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf. Leading Waiheke Island real estate identity Matthew Smith has decided to join his company Matthew Smith Real Estate with Ray White. “The move to Ray White allows me to take a step forward in my business growth plans,” Mr Smith said. “Ray White provides an additional network which is increasingly important given that Waiheke Island has many property owners who live in Auckland and beyond.” The business will start operating under the Ray White brand ... read more...

Scarborough Seaside Development Site

A major seaside redevelopment site at Scarborough, 30 radial km north of Brisbane, is being offered for sale by tender through Ray White Special Projects Queensland. The Scarborough Hotel and surrounding land and buildings has been listed for sale with Ray White Special Projects Queensland directors Mark Creevey and Tony Williams. Mr Creevey said the 7,643 sqm beach front site at 113 Landsborough Avenue offered extensive opportunities for investors, owner occupiers and developers looking for property in the Redcliffe precinct. “The site is in prime location on the Scarborough Esplanade with panoramic views over Moreton Bay and it has a prominent corner location ... read more...

Property in Spring

There’s a long established trend in the Australian real estate market for vendors to wait until winter is over and for the weather to get warmer before listing their home to sell. They might have been told by well-meaning friends and even some agents that they’ll get a better price when their garden is in bloom and looks its best. Historically, some buyers used to get drawn into the winter lull too – staying home instead of going to evening open homes in the dark or on cold and windy weekends. Interestingly, there’s been a paradigm shift in recent times but ... read more...

Gold Coast Commercial Property Lease

A custom built warehouse in an industrial site north of the Gold Coast is available for lease by tender through Ray White Commercial M1 North. Located at 43-53 Days Road, Upper Coomera, the warehouse encompasses over 22,000 sqm of storage space on 4.44 ha of industrial land. Karen Seeto of Ray White Commercial M1 North said the property offered tenancies with flexible specifications ranging in size from 1,000 sqm to 16,000 sqm. “The property is close to the Coomera town centre and also has fast access to Brisbane, the Gold Coast and northern New South Wales freight lanes from the M1 Pacific Motorway,” ... read more...

Cowra Rural Real Estate and Livestock Market

Cowra has a new player in its Rural Real Estate and Livestock Market. Ray White Rural Emms Mooney Cowra is the brand new result of the merger between some of the Central Tableland’s largest Rural Real Estate and Livestock Businesses. Longtime local agents Kevin Wright and Chris Daley are now part of Ray White Emms Mooney Cowra, a locally owned and operated Livestock and Real Estate Agency created through the merger of Ray White Oberon and Emms Mooney and Co in March. 2010. Ray White Oberon was established by Patrick Bird in 2006 and quickly became the leading Oberon Real Estate office in ... read more...

Super Profits Tax Impacts on Property

CONTROVERSY over the proposed resource super profits tax had an adverse impact on mining town property markets, according to Australasia's largest real estate group, Ray White. Ray White joint chairman Brian White said the group's results in Queensland last month were down 18% and resourcedependent regions such as Mackay felt the tax impact particularly hard. But Mr White said activity picked up almost immediately the federal government reached a compromise deal with major mining industry players. "We didn't expect the controversy over the Resource Super Profits Tax to impact on property but it did," Mr White said. "The Ray White results in the mining ... read more...

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