🏆 Victoria's top large agency, a fifth straight Titanium year, Belle goes commercial

In this week’s edition of Movers +Shakers…

LongView Real Estate wins REIV's top agency award

LongView Real Estate has been named Large Residential Agency of the Year at the REIV Awards for Excellence, topping a finalist field that included McGrath Clayton, Woodards Manningham, Jellis Craig Eastern Group and Nelson Alexander Fitzroy at the ceremony on 22 October. The win came in the Institute's 90th anniversary year, with a record number of submissions, and most winners will go on to the REIA National Awards on the Gold Coast in June 2027. More here

Mario Tucci notches fifth consecutive Harcourts Titanium status

Harcourts reserves Titanium status for the top two per cent of its sales consultants and property managers across Australasia, and Mario Tucci has now reached it for the fifth financial year in a row. The Harcourts Rata & Co partner and sales specialist is also the first consultant in Australia to get there in 2026–27. Mario puts it down to strong client relationships and consistent follow-up. More here

DiJones licensee says new model freed up his time to lead

A year into leading DiJones Lindfield as a licensee, Daniel Blagg says the biggest change hasn't been growth – it's the time he got back to lead. Drawing on the group's centralised professional services means less time on systems and administration, and more on people, culture and clients. Daniel weighed up traditional franchise options first. His focus for the next 12 months is team growth, leadership development and expanding opportunities in his local market. More here

Why this regional principal joined a network but kept her name on the door

Liz Morris set herself a target of 12 sales in her first year as an independent and recorded 52. Partnering with PRD Tamworth brought operational, property management and administrative support, freeing Liz to focus on sales and clients. "PRD has helped me breathe," she said. In its first full year under the PRD banner, PRD Liverpool Plains recorded 85 sales to September and is on track for 100 transactions by the end of 2026. More here

Belle Property Rochedale launches dedicated commercial division

Belle Property Rochedale and Cornubia have moved into commercial, launching Belle Property Commercial Rochedale for Brisbane's south-east and the Logan corridor. Principal Mandeep Singh leads the division with Head of Commercial Grant Turner, who brings 20 years across residential real estate, commercial property and digital property marketing. Sales and Leasing Associate Nikai Wylde and Jasmine Bains join them, with the division offering sales and leasing across office, retail, industrial, childcare and development sites. More here

PRD leadership tours Victorian offices and investor events

PRD's corporate team has been on the road in Victoria, visiting offices to talk market activity and growth with agents, property managers, business owners and support staff. Corporate Team Director David Colman, Chief Economist Dr Diaswati (Asti) Mardiasmo, National Marketing Manager Ellie Schwarz and State Director Robert Ferguson made the trip, and Asti presented at investor events in Bendigo and Kyneton. "Our offices are the heartbeat of the business," said Managing Director Todd Hadley. More here

Gold Coast waterfront specialist Carita Lanham joins Coastal Property Agents

Carita Lanham has joined Coastal Property Agents' Broadbeach team, bringing 23 years in real estate and more than 800 homes sold. Coastal describes her as one of the Gold Coast's leading waterfront agents, and Carita says the move came down to independence and the freedom to look after her clients properly. She is one of several experienced agents to arrive in recent weeks, with Omkaar Nathwani and Tim Grevell also joining this month. More here

LATEST ROLES

Sherrie Storor returns to agency ownership with Ray White

Sherrie Storor is back in agency ownership, and back in Brisbane after time on the Gold Coast. The business coach, who once built her own agency, Address Estate Agents, to 45 agents, has launched Ray White Icon with a 250sqm office in Chermside and a 50sqm office in Bridgeman Downs. Icon builds on the business established by Wayne and Sonya Treloar, who will support the transition and keep growing their personal sales business. More here

Pulse Property expands to Liverpool and Campbelltown, hits 110 staff

Simon Perri's Liverpool and Campbelltown offices are taking the Pulse Property Agents name, as One Agency CPG transitions to the Pulse brand and Pulse reaches beyond the Sutherland Shire into two of Sydney's growth corridors. Simon continues to lead the business, and clients keep the same local staff and offices. "We're not starting from scratch," said Managing Director Ben Pike. With its Miranda, Sutherland and Cronulla offices, Pulse now has 110 people. More here

Monique Cruse and Daniel Arnott launch Ray White Innisfail

Ray White has a new office in Far North Queensland. Monique Cruse and Daniel Arnott have taken their independent agency in Innisfail into the network, joining forces with the Murphy family and Joe Indorato. Daniel, the office's existing business owner, is Director and Principal alongside David Murphy and the leadership team behind Ray White Cairns and Ray White Cairns Beaches. Innisfail will operate as an independent entity, with cross-regional ties to the Cairns offices. More here

Harcourts Property Centre opens New Farm office

Harcourts Property Centre has opened in New Farm, giving the group's residential, commercial, prestige and projects businesses a single inner-city base. Sam Devlin and Aaron Brooks lead the office, and Jake Hathway works Brisbane's prestige market from there. The move has also supported the launch of Harcourts Property Centre Projects, a joint venture with projects executive Gary Thompson focused on Brisbane's new projects in the lead-up to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. More here

Ray White NZ leaders draw on All Blacks performance culture

More than 200 Ray White New Zealand business leaders spent 12 and 13 October at Auckland's Eden Park for the group's annual Business Leaders Symposium. Day one belonged to rugby, with former All Blacks coach Sir Graham Henry, Conrad Smith, Keven Mealamu and Black Fern Kennedy Tukuafu among the speakers. Day two came back to the business itself: recruitment, auction performance, data and how artificial intelligence is being integrated into real estate businesses. More here

Harcourts unites Australia and NZ for joint auction event

Harcourts Australia and Harcourts New Zealand are running their first joint auction campaign. Called Your Day, it puts participating offices in both countries on a shared timeline from 25 January to 7 February 2027. Harcourts Australia CEO Adrian Knowles says it gives offices something to get behind at the start of the year, and Harcourts will donate $100 from every eligible Your Day sale in Australia to Orange Sky through the Harcourts Foundation. More here

Ipswich agency helps raise extra $20,000 for Domestic Violence Action Centre

When the Domestic Violence Action Centre marked 30 years, Josie Smith spoke about her own experience as a DVAC client. The director and principal of Century 21 Josie Smith & Co rallied local businesses and contacts for sponsors, ticket sales and bidders, and estimates it helped raise at least another $20,000. Her agency has also committed to free property management for DVAC's Homes for Hope transitional housing for as long as it is in business. More here

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