Hyacinth Bucket is a fictional character in an old British comedy “Keeping up Appearances”, famous for her obsession for trying desperately to appear more affluent and influential than reality.
 
Hyacinth would often go to extreme measures to hold over-the-top, high-status events in her home known as “high teas”. She would invite the town’s most important people, but none would arrive. Only her neighbour, under severe duress, would attend.

If you are looking for information about what lies ahead for buying property in 2016, you will find an abundance, but as someone once said, “Bad news sells papers. It also sells market research”.

It doesn’t take too much internet research to find a lot of information packaged to sell, focusing on the negatives.

A vital source of data for Australian rural industry.

Benchmark is produced quarterly and helps our key stakeholders measure market share. It is a one of a kind report which differentiates Landmark Harcourts from our competitors, as market leaders and experts in ‘Rural and Regional Real Estate’.

At the Conference which commenced last Monday, attendees were also treated to some exceptional keynote presentations from speakers including, founder of braaap Motorcycles, Brad Smith, Chair of the Coporate Agriculture Group, John McKillop, Founder of MiniMovers, Mike O’Hagan and Author of 100 Things, Sebastian Terry.

Landmark Harcourts are please to announce we will once again be conducting our Connect with Australia – China Property Showcase, in August 2015.

The Showcase, now in it’s third year, has proven successful as a powerful inbound listing enquiry and corporate branding tool, attracting over $350 million worth of listings since 2013. This year we will once again be collaborating with the AustCham (Australian Chamber of Commerce) Shanghai team to deliver a number of high calibre events including a Landmark Harcourts Agribusiness Seminar which will showcase a select number of high profile rural listings.

Through August to October, a 37-day vintage car tour is threading its way through regional and rural Queensland, spreading awareness about prostate cancer. Landmark Harcourts is proudly supporting the ManUp! event as our first sponsorship through the Harcourts Foundation.

The three-man two-car ManUp! convoy will visit 40 towns across 5,170km including stops at all our Landmark Harcourts Queensland locations.

As this goes online, twenty specialists from the Landmark Harcourts and Harcourts Australia are in China to showcase Australian agribusiness and urban developments through our Connect with Australia event.

“Working in collaboration with our Harcourts network in China, and in association with Austcham in Shanghai and Beijing, our intent is to provide guests with an informative and educational look at investing in Australia,” said Jason Hellyer, Landmark Harcourts Franchise Manager and Director, China Business Development.

From 18^th to 28^th September 2014, Landmark Harcourts is showcasing Australian agribusiness to China through its Connect with Australia initiative. The 10-day program boasts numerous events in Beijing and Shanghai, each designed to promote Australia to the largest market in the world.

Landmark Harcourts was honoured for their achievements over the past 12 months by being presented with a number of awards across several categories at the Harcourts National Awards night last week.

One of the Country's most well-known rural sales consultants from Landmark Harcourts Tasmania, Michael Warren, was presented with first place for Top Rural Sales Consultant.

"Selling many multi-million dollar properties throughout his State and holding the record of the highest price achieved at $9.3 million, it's no surprise Michael received this award," said Craig Yarrow, Landmark Harcourts General Manager.

In an exciting new initiative, real estate group Landmark Harcourts launched its Benchmark Property Report in Sydney on Friday 29^th November. The Benchmark Property Report will stand alone in providing the most comprehensive "big picture" of Australia's regional and rural real estate markets.

“In compiling and analysing Benchmark, our intention is to highlight property market transactional trends in more than 350 local government areas across regional and rural Australia,” said Darren Cole, CEO of Landmark Harcourts.