Planning Law Frees Projects, Say Agents

PROPERTY agents say state planning changes will benefit the commercial property industry by eliminating costly stoppages that have held up development expenditure.

All Flash But Little Cash For Agents

IT IS meant to be all about fast cars, flash suits and a wallet bulging with cash.

Real Estate Agents

Starting out There are two main areas within the real estate industry - commercial and residential. Both have similar pay rates at a starting level. As with most sales positions, working on commission means your ability to sell is a big factor. Budding real estate agents can expect to earn at least $30,000 a year.

Market Soars As Buyers Jump In For A Piece Of The Auction

AS CLEARANCE rates head towards 90 per cent, up 15 per cent on almost identical auction numbers this time last year, agents across many suburbs have reported price rises of 15-20 per cent since Christmas, with no signs of stopping

Marc Pallisco Domaine Cleans House In Its St Kilda Road Domain

DOMAINE Property Funds Management is selling its only St Kilda Road asset, five years after it was purchased for one of its syndicates. Agents say Clemenger BBDO House at 474 St Kilda Road could reap more than $30 million for the Domaine St Kilda Fund syndicate - $10 million more than the $20.3 million it paid for the building in 2000.

The World's Your Oyster

Travel is a growing, competitive employment sector. Amy De Lore reports.

Going, Going, Gone: Now Let's Have Nrl Player Auction

THE June 30 deadline has gone. Not that it ever really existed. Player agents in the NRL meat market were always a crafty lot, couching their "expressions of interest" in remarkably explicit terms to clubs that somehow got around the rules in touting their players. It was an underhand game that involved many in the code, and while clubs would occasionally bleat, they too were complicit in its very existence.

Player Agents Happy To Go Under Spotlight

THE Player Managers Executive last night welcomed the New Zealand Warriors salary cap drama developing into a test case for the character of agents - even if it led to one of their number being thrown out of the game.

Salary Cap Rort Puts Agents Under Spotlight

THE Player Managers Executive last night welcomed the New Zealand Warriors salary-cap drama developing into a test case for the character of agents - even if it led to one of their number being thrown out of the game.

Melbourne's Office Workers Answer The Call Of The West

THE Paris end of Collins Street could be losing its cachet, with the strongest employment growth now in the western end of Melbourne's CBD.

Frenzy's Overbut Queensland's Still Firing

THE Queensland property market may not be at its peak, but it is still going strong, say real estate agents and property analysts.

Strewth, The Staff Are Stirring

STARRY-EYED workers are wandering through EDS Australia's offices in a virtual seventh heaven over the fact that organised labour still works at the high-end of the employment tree. But the ramifications of last week's remarkable vote, in which staff banded together to emphatically reject an EDS enterprise agreement, have yet to surface.

Licensed Agents The Real Deal On Property

Investing in property should be a professional, local decision, says Wayne Stewart.

Agents Open The Doors For Migrants

Helping someone gain a visa to enter or stay in Australia can be a path to a very satisfying career. By Trevor Robbins.

Not All Estate Agents Keen On Going Dutch

Melbourne auctioneers who have long claimed the conventional auction will deliver vendors the best price have a fight on their hands.

Desperate Agents Ask For Less Pay

A SLUMP in the property market has led to some wins for buyers and sellers and produced one big group of losers: real-estate agents.

Take A Break, And Don't Rush To Get Back, Figures Suggest

The market keeps getting gloomier for the agents, with low stock levels, wary buyers and thinning crowds. In what is a quiet time of year, many agents are preparing for their winter getaway and hoping things will have improved by the time they get bac

Women's Rights `off The Agenda'

FACT: Australian women's total average weekly earnings are just 66 per cent of men's. FACT: The proportion of women in full-time employment has not increased in 30 years. FACT: In 1996, a reported 1.1million women had suffered domestic violence; in 2001, a reported 13,500 had been sexually assaulted. MYTH: Prime Minister John Howard's claim in 2002 that the feminist battle had been won.

Agents Look To Promise Of Spring Market

Agents see a gleam of light at the end of the winter tunnel, writes Cameron Houston.

North Ryde Caught In Hit Or Miss Mode

There are conflicting reports being issued about the North Ryde commercial sector, with agents saying leasing activity is improving while researchers believe the opposite.