WHITSUNDAY E-NEWS REAL ESTATE: 4th week of March
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- Published on: Apr 6, 2021
Hi. I'm Annette from PRD Whitsunday bringing you this week's e-news.
I'm here from my very own lounge room as, unfortunately, I was caught up in Brisbane on the weekend.
I'm here sitting in lockdown doing the old working from home thing.
We had our annual PRD corporate awards held in Brisbane, which recognizes excellence across our entire network in Australia.
We're very proud to say that a number of our staff were awarded some tremendous accolades.
Helen Maund, one of our sales consultants, was awarded the Bronze sales award. This is a fantastic achievement and also showcased the great results she has achieved for her clients over the years.
Our office was awarded a silver award, so again great accolade for the entire office and the team in general and showcasing what we've done for all of our clients this year. Well done, team!
Lorna Serfontein and Laura Perry of our office were each nominated for awards and came in as finalists in the Senior Property Manager and Property Manager of the year categories. Unfortunately, they didn't take the awards home on the night in what was some stiff competition.
I was also extremely honoured to be given the John Harvey award on the night.
This is in recognition of the founding fathers of PRD and Nationwide. The two networks that came together.
John Harvey and Archie and Gordon Douglas.
It's awarded to somebody in the network each year for their contribution to the PRD network and real estate in general.
I am completely honoured to receive this award.
Now on to other things this week, I wanted to talk to you about a new report that's been released by our economists about the top regional hot spots to invest in Australia.
I am proud to say that the 'Whitsundays' came out as the number one investment area in the entire country, followed Mackay's not far behind other places.
How do they pick these top spots?
We have to have investment yields or rental returns above the national average, which we smashed here in the Whitsundays. We have 5.7 per cent as an average yield on an investment property.
We have to have affordable housing prices that are well below the national average.
When you consider that Sydney and the crazy prices down there, we also smash that out of the park.
We have to have employment that is at or below the national average.
We also have to have a positive outlook and a track record of future projects coming up. This is to prove that there are big things ahead for our region, which again we tick that box.
If you'd like the whole report, it's available on our website.
There will be a link below this blog, or feel free to give us a call or an email, and we can send a copy out to you with all the info in there.
Once again, this is solid proof that Whitsundays is just streaking ahead doing well and is a substantial investment for anyone looking to buy property here.
