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2021 REIA National Awards for Excellence

Victoria was well represented with four winners at the 2021 REIA National Awards for Excellence held in Darwin earlier this year.

Congratulations to all winners and finalists.

• Residential Salesperson of the Year: Michelle Stephens, O’Brien Real Estate Carrum Downs, VIC

• Community Service Award:

Woodards Foundation, VIC

• Innovation Award: Network Pacific, VIC

• Business Broker of the Year:

John Kasapi, Benchmark Business Sales and Valuations, VIC

Global Media Awards – Best Native Campaign

The REIV worked with the Herald Sun and the AFL Coaches Association to develop a campaign that focused on the strategies in sport and business that can help people be the “Best You Can Be”. The campaign received third place at the 2021 International News Media Association (INMA) Global Media Awards. Read more at

bit.ly/20bestyoucanbe

Victoria was well represented with four winners at the 2021 REIA National Awards for Excellence held in Darwin earlier this year. Congratulations to all winners and finalists.

John Kasapi of Benchmark Business Sales and Valuations was named the REIA Business Broker of the Year at the REIA National Awards for Excellence in Darwin.

Agent’s Representative – Three-Unit Short Course

The three-unit Agent’s Representative short course is now closed for further enrolments.

Anyone currently enrolled in the superseded Agents Representative three-unit course (CPP40307 Certificate IV in Property Services), must complete all assessments by 3 September, 2021. No extensions or refunds will be available.

Enrolments for the new Agent’s Representative qualification CPP41419 Certificate IV in Real Estate Practice are NOW OPEN! To enrol, please contact us on training@reiv.com.au

Embed market insights on your website

Agencies that leverage data to deliver new, innovative market analysis and insights for their clients can stand out and differentiate themselves to drive business results.

PropertyData offers an innovative, yet simple way to maximise value from your data. Subscribers can take advantage of PropertyData’s marketing leading Application Programming Interface (API). This allows you to present key market statistics on your website to generate more traffic and interest. Insights presented on your website can include suburb performance or statewide statistics like median prices, days on market for private sales, weekly auction results, rental data and more. The API feed can also be used for internal data reporting such as competitor analysis.

To get started, please contact support@propertydata.com.au

PropEL – property e-learning with a difference

While we are all finding ways of dealing with the pandemic, the REIV has been strengthening the learning and development offering for our Members and the wider real estate sector in general.

REIV’s self-paced, e-learning platform PropEL hosts a range of learning resources to support ongoing professional development. REIV CPD points are recorded automatically as you complete a course.

Kickstart your learning on PropEL with the free (for members) masterclass series with senior AFL Coaches. Whether it’s sport or real estate, skill, drive, and values are critical to success. Watch and learn as REIV Members, Adrian Butera and Harry Li talk to Senior AFL Coaches Alastair Clarkson, Kickstart your learning on PropEL with the free (for members) masterclass series with senior AFL Coaches. Whether it’s sport or real estate, skill, drive, and values are critical to success.

Brett Ratten, Chris Scott and Simon Goodwin about their approach to building high performance teams.

REIV members can access all four masterclasses at no cost. Start now at

reiv.com.au/propel

QR codes on new membership cards

The new REIV membership cards for 2021/22 now come with a QR code that links directly to your individual member profile on the REIV website. It’s a simple and effective way to display your REIV membership to prospects and clients.

Stamp duty concessions on CBD apartments

The 2021/22 Victorian state budget included tax incentives for some apartments in the Melbourne CBD. There is a temporary land transfer (stamp) duty concession and exemption available for purchases of residential property, with a dutiable value of up to $1 million, located within the City of Melbourne local government area:

• A 50% concession is available for new residential properties. It applies to contracts entered into from 1 July, 2021 to 30 June, 2022.

• A full exemption is available for new residential properties that have remained unsold for 12 months or more since completion of construction. It applies to contracts entered into from 21 May, 2021 to 30 June, 2022.

The 50 per cent concession applies after all other eligible benefits, such as the first home buyer duty concession, the principal place of residence concession (including any off-the-plan concession), and the pensioner concession have been taken into account.

While foreign purchasers are also entitled to the concession or exemption, provided the transfer meets the eligibility requirements, it does not apply to the foreign purchaser additional duty component of the transaction.

REIV is working with the Property Council and City of Melbourne to provide greater visibility to this initiative. Further information to be available soon.