At The Top Of His Game  

We’re thrilled to announce that our auctioneer Clarence White of Menck White Auctioneers has been crowned the 2022 Australasian Auctioneering Champion which is recognised as the benchmark for excellence in the industry. Clarence battled a stellar line-up of auctioneers from across Australia and New Zealand to take out the prestigious award where competitors test their skills with a complex array of challenges in a high-pressure environment. A five-time winner of the Real Estate Institute of NSW Award for Excellence in Auctioneering, Clarence is an intuitive and tenacious professional with an innate understanding of buyer behaviour and extensive experience across all markets and demographics. His natural talent and ability to read a crowd, connect with bidders, keep them engaged and achieve exceptional results is second to none.

Clarence says, “Auction competitions play a vital role in sharpening our tools and ensuring we are ready for literally any situation that may arise out in the field. Truth is often stranger than fiction on auction day; we see all sorts of wild an unusual situations play out at times, and those unusual challenges don’t come up often, some of them you might only see once in your career, but it pays to be ready when they pop up. So the competition framework helps us by throwing up those unusual challenges before we ever encounter them in the field. It promotes critical thinking, self-evaluation and innovation in preparedness for the wild, the weird and the whacky as well as helping train you to  think on your feet.” The Australasian Championship is the pinnacle award for auctioneers in Australia and is an apt recognition for Clarence being acknowledged as the best in his field. Congratulations Clarence on this tremendous accolade!

Huge Demand For Coastal Rental Properties

Our Head of Property Management Rachael Beadman reports that there’s unprecedented demand for beachside apartments with the team achieving record rents in coastal suburbs with 1/354 Clovelly Road, Clovelly securing $1,550 a week for the two-bedroom apartment, a new benchmark for the block. Rachael says, “Our database is bursting with quality tenants and our open homes are averaging 30 groups with many of our listings being snapped up after the first inspection. The market is currently experiencing a distinct lack of stock and there’s huge pent-up demand for rental properties across the eastern suburbs. If you have a property you’d like to list, please get in touch as now is the best time to secure an optimal return on your investment with the demand set to increase over the summer months.”

This week the sales team secured 11 sales with an average price of $2.6m and listed 29 new properties and the management team secure 7 tenancies and listed 15 new properties for lease. Take care, stay safe and keep connected.