Local Real Estate Agent Supports the Mayors Christmas Appeal
It’s definitely an age thing…. you know…. as you get older the years just seem to fly and here we are again at the Christmas end of the year. Remember when you were sixteen and waiting to turn seventeen to get your drivers license?? It seemed like a five year wait the time went so slow. Not any more unfortunately.
The last 12 months in real estate on the Gold Coast has been challenging again and it will be great when we can finally shake this market flu called the G.F.C. The Gold Coast market place is like a race horse at the starting gate on Melbourne Cup day. It just wants to get out, break free and run fast but the Global Financial Crisis is just pulling at the bridle and holding it back for another day.
Agency of the Year REIQ Awards For Excellence 2010 Finalist
This week the good news just keeps on coming as we received word from the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) that we are again a finalist in the Medium Residential Agency of the Year category of the 2010 REIQ Awards for Excellence.
This is the 7th time since 2000 that Nerang First National has been selected as a finalist in the REIQ Excellence awards and we were proudly selected as the winners in 2000 and 2009.
The award winners will be announced at the Gala Awards Night on 12 February 2010 at the Sofitel Brisbane. Each category winner is automatically nominated for the REIA Awards to be held in Adelaide on 25 March 2010.
Winner Again at the Queensland First National Awards
The 2009 year has been a very exciting and successful year for the team at First National Real Estate Nerang.
The year started with the Agency being selected as the Queensland Agency of the Year and a Finalist in the Australian Agency of the Year in the medium agency categories. It;s just been announced that we have again been awarded as the most successful Queensland residential real estate agency in the First National group winning the top honour of Highest Residential Gross Office Commission in the Large Office category.
Congratulations Team!
Local Christmas Lights on Display
This time of the year some of our local residents decorate their homes in an amazing display of Christmas lights. The sheer effort and expense that some people go to is incredible.
The Gold Coast City Council will be operating a nightly bus tour of the Gold Coast Christmas Lights competition entrants from Thursday the 10th of December right up to Christmas eve but if you want conduct your own private tour of the local Christmas lights on offer here is a list to get you started.
This list combines entrants and winners in the 2008 and 2009 Gold Coast Christmas Lights competitions and displays we have noticed ourselves.
Check back often as we will update this list with any notable displays we find ourselves plus the local 2009 finalists when they are announced. If you know of a local Christmas Lights display worth adding to the list then let me know at glenn@nfn.com.au.
Prepare Your Home for a Hot Sale this Summer
Swimming Pools are always big hits for Summer Sales
Spring and summer are the most popular months to sell a home and First National Real Estate Nerang has some advice on how to make your home the hot item this summer.
Homebuyers thoughts will naturally turn to patios, outdoor entertaining areas, landscaping, air conditioning and pools during the warmer months.
First impressions are critical and nothing is more off-putting to a buyer than entering a stuffy, hot house on a 30-degree day, which is why it’s important to make your home summer-friendly.
With sunny days and gorgeous blue skies, everything is on display. Flowers will be in full bloom, trees will be fully leaved and yards should be kept as tidy as possible.
Carrara, Nerang and Highland Park Property Market Update
The past 12 to 18 months for our economy and that of the world has been unlike any we have seen for a generation. It is probably understandable then that the property market is not is also not following the well worn path of previous years.
Traditionally Spring and the early Summer months provide an abundance of listings and new stock. Stock levels normally peak either side of the Christmas holidays and then slowly dwindle down to the middle of winter before rising again, but this year is a little different. New listings are still coming on the market, just not at the rate they normally do at this time of the year.
Nerang First National monitors the stock levels of all property for sale in the district, irrespective of what agent it is listed with. This provides us significant market intelligence and allows us to analyse the whole market, not just what we see as the highest selling agent in the district. Every week we take a snapshot of how many properties are on the market for sale and how many are marked as under contract. Read the rest of this entry »
Another Nerang First National Baby!
Nerang First National Salespeople Shawn Barber and his wife Cheree have been blessed with a baby boy born on the 28th of October, 2009.
Born weighing 7 lb 15oz, Shawn and Cheree named him Stephen Laurence Shawn Barber.
Little Stephen has already had his office visit and has picked out desk for when he is big enough to join the sales team. It won’t take long before he is outselling his Dad!
Congratulations to Shawn and Cheree!
Little Stephen joins Ella, Ashton, Holly and Katie as new additions to the Nerang First National extended family over the past few years.
The New Brand Change is Nearly Here
Ordinary People. Extraordinary Real Estate Abilities!
Changing your brand is never an easy thing.
Just ask Woolworths and the ANZ bank who have recently changed their brands. The new signage is ordered, the painters are standing by ready, new stationery is on its way and everything seems to be slotting right into place.
Keep an eye out as Nerang First National’s e new look will be busting out very very soon!
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