Real estate group, Harcourts was honoured with a Highly Commended mention in the category of Best Achievement in Entertainment for the Harcourts Conference Launch 2010 yesterday as the Australian Event Awards 2010 finalists were announced.

Harcourts were the only real estate organisation to receive a Highly Commended mention in the finalists’ announcement for the awards which will be hosted by the Australian Centre for Event Management in early October.

Harcourts International Managing Director, Mike Green is extremely proud of this achievement and believes that it is testament to the hard work and dedication of the company’s event management division.

“Harcourts events have always had an excellent reputation and it is fantastic that the quality and professionalism of our events has now been recognised at a national level,” said Mr Green.

“I am so proud of this achievement and of everyone involved in the management of our great events,” he continued.

The 2010 Harcourts Conference, which was held at Conrad Jupiters in Surfers Paradise in May this year, was truly one-of-a-kind with over 600 people from all across Australia in attendance.

Highlights included an inspirational speech from keynote speaker, Li Cunxin, author of best-selling autobiography Mao’s Last Dancer, and presentations from other high profile keynote speakers such as social media guru, Matthew Ferrarra and real estate figureheads, Ric de Luca and James Tostevin.

Mr Green is confident that Harcourts will continue to produce world-class events and may even take out an award at the next Australian Event Awards in 2011.

“I am confident that Harcourts will continue to excel in this area and will continue to produce many more exceptional events. I believe that Harcourts has a fantastic chance of being a finalist in the 2011 Australian Event Awards, so watch this space!” said Mr Green.

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Earlier this week, Harcourts Victoria hosted a highly successful Industry Night for existing members of the real estate industry and those interested in a future career in real estate.

The event, which was held at the International of Brighton in Melbourne, attracted over 160 guests including many new people looking to break into the real estate industry.

Doubling as a recruitment drive for Harcourts, many fantastic career opportunities with the company were discussed with those in attendance. Harcourts Victoria Chief Executive Officer, Brent Pullar was pleased to see so many potential new recruits at the event.

“Most of the people who attended stayed back and spoke to our business owners regarding employment in their desired areas. It was fantastic to see so many people interested in a new career with Harcourts,” said Mr Pullar.

The Industry Night also attracted real estate professionals from many of Harcourts competitors who were amazed at how many tools and services the company provides to its business owners and their staff, both in sales and property management.

There was also a lot of interest in the training programs provided by the company’s dedicated training facility, The Harcourts Academy. The Agents Representative course attracted the most interest with the next scheduled course already booked out.

The Harcourts Victoria Industry Night is one of the biggest in the state and represents the perfect opportunity to show people what the brand is all about.

“I really believe in the Harcourts brand and I am excited to share everything this company has to offer. We’re confident that the event got people interested and enthusiastic about the Harcourts brand,” said Mr Pullar.

Established in 1888 in New Zealand, Harcourts is one of the world’s fastest growing real estate companies and continues to go from strength to strength in the local and international real estate industries.

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Harcourts is the exclusive Australasian and South Pacific representative of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World ™, the largest real estate network on earth consisting of 650 companies, 5,000 offices, and 150,000 sales consultants.

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?Mortgage Choice Limited announces healthy FY10 performance DREAM strategy delivers on promise – cash profit up 14%
Australia’s largest independently-owned mortgage broker, Mortgage Choice Limited (MOC) today announced strong financial results for the year ended 30 June 2010. In doing so, the nationwide franchisor clearly demonstrated its resilience and its position as an industry leader.

Mortgage Choice posted a net profit after tax on a cash basis of $14.8 million, up from $13.0 million in FY09. The net profit after tax on an IFRS* basis was $23.5 million.

Company CEO Michael Russell said, “It gives me great pleasure to announce a rise in our cash profit of 14%, which demonstrates Mortgage Choice’s quick recovery from the GFC setback last year. I am also pleased to announce an increase of 17% in our dividend payout, to 12 cents per share.”

Highlights for the 12 months to 30 June 2010

• Total loan book was $40.0 billion. This included LoanKit, the company’s new aggregation arm, and the Mortgage Choice non-core offering.

• The Mortgage Choice-only residential loan book reached $39.1 billion, up 8.6% on the previous financial year’s balance of $36.0 billion and again performing ahead of system growth (7.9%).

• Net cash profit after tax for the group was $14.8 million, an increase of 14% year on year. On an IFRS basis it was $23.5 million, down 12.5% due to an adjustment in FY09 of future loan book cash flow estimates.

• Total residential commission revenue on a cash basis for Mortgage Choice was $135.1 million, down 2% on $138.0 million for FY09. On an IFRS basis it was $167.3 million, down 12%. Again, due to the adjustment last year of future loan book cash flow estimates.

• The consolidated earnings per share on an IFRS basis stood at 19.7 cents per share compared to 22.6 cents per share for FY09.

• $10.1 billion in housing loan approvals were generated by the group while continuing to achieve industry-high productivity levels per broker. This was on par with FY09.

• A final fully franked dividend of 6.5 cents per share was declared by the Board, taking the total dividends out of FY10 profits to 12 cents per share. This was a 17% increase on 10.25 cents per share in FY09.

• 65.6% of residential commission revenue was paid to franchise owners, compared to 65.9% in the prior corresponding period.

• Net assets were $77.3 million for the group, compared to $66.4 million at 30 June 2009.

• Group cash flow from operating activities was $18.8 million, compared to $13.7 million for FY09.

Financial performance Showing resilience in the face of continued credit constraints and subdued housing credit growth, Mortgage Choice’s FY10 financial performance reached the upper end of market expectations. The group produced a strong result with an annual increase in net profit after tax on a cash basis to $14.8 million, up 14%.
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?Trailing commission revenue on a cash basis derived from the existing Mortgage Choice residential loan book (of $39.1 billion) stood at $82.9 million for FY10. It was $115.1 million on an IFRS basis.

Total operating revenue on an IFRS basis for the 12 months to 30 June 2010 was $171.3 million, including $52.2 million derived from new mortgage originations.
The total group loan book reached $40.0 billion. This included LoanKit, the company’s new aggregation arm, and the Mortgage Choice non-core offering.

Mr Russell said, “The rise in our cash profit reinforces the determination of our mortgage brokers and our staff to execute our FY10 DREAM strategy and make it a success. Mortgage Choice’s ability to take advantage of alternative revenue streams while nurturing the core proposition is worthy of great applause.”

“We are also delighted to again find our customer ‘loan life’ has lengthened even further, strengthening the value of our assets, and loan book growth is 8.9% better than system growth.
“In further good news, home loan settlements and greenfield franchise recruitment are both up on the previous corresponding period. I am especially pleased that this combined with our prudent reduction in costs has resulted in an increase in the dividends we can deliver to our shareholders.” Business update Its FY10 strategy, DREAM, signalled a material shift in Mortgage Choice’s path to healthy growth.

DREAM is an acronym that stands for:

• Diversification

• Recruitment

• Existing franchisee support

• Acquisitions

• Managing costs

“In laying the platform for long-lasting results, Mortgage Choice recognises DREAM is not a ‘quick win’ solution. It is a calculated execution of a series of initiatives and improvements to deliver a robust increase in market share, customer share of wallet and broker productivity,” Mr Russell said.

The diversification strategy implementation (expanding its range of products, including personal and commercial loans, risk and general insurances and asset finance) continued to gain speed over FY10.

Mortgage Choice generated $2.1 million in non-core gross revenue over the 12 months, with most of the income coming from risk insurance and our commercial loan services.

This is almost double the $1.1 million in gross revenue in FY09. Mr Russell said, “I am pleased with the speed at which the company and our brokers have expanded their offering to better suit a changed landscape and cater for a wider range of customer needs.”

“Our brokers have quickly moved outside their comfort zone to cross-sell complementary products and enjoy additional income streams. As a result, the company now has ‘stickier’ customers and greater revenue potential.”

Broadening its geographic spread, Mortgage Choice welcomed 18 greenfield franchisees in FY10. This compared to two in FY09. “Our greenfield recruitment efforts increased nine times over year on year. Special attention will continue to be paid to signing up new business owners into greenfield franchises, so Mortgage Choice touches more communities across Australia,” Mr Russell said. “In terms of franchisee support, we introduced a range of initiatives over the year, from technology and other system improvements through to a rework of our learning and development programs, a relaxing of loan book acquisition policies and the introduction of new panel lenders and other suppliers.”

?The rise in franchisee confidence is reflected in the jump in retail shopfronts over FY10 from 165 to 172.

As for the company’s new aggregation arm, LoanKit was re-launched in late April with a proposition that provides an alternative to the ‘one size fits all’ aggregation industry. The number of LoanKit brokers had more than doubled by the end of FY10. Now the business is quickly gaining industry awareness and recognition for its efforts, the speed of recruitment has intensified.

Mr Russell said, “LoanKit has made excellent progress so far and we are focused on recruiting a large number of suitable brokers to its member base. We hope to build the business organically and through acquisitions, hence Mortgage Choice remains committed to actively seeking and identifying acquisition opportunities that meet our benchmarks.”
Lastly, the group reduced its operational costs by 7.4% over the year to $28.1 million.

Mr Russell said, “A significant amount of work has been done to streamline business systems and processes so the company can maximise efficiencies without incurring extra costs.”

Market outlook
“As the credit industry adjusts to a better regulated environment, the mortgage broking market looks ahead to a bright future with the GFC firmly in the rear vision mirror,” Mr Russell said.

“The subdued growth in housing finance demand has not deterred major players like Mortgage Choice from taking advantage of the recovery in consumer sentiment and heightened awareness of property as a stable investment class. Further, it has encouraged us to seek alternative revenue streams, which places the industry in a stronger position for sustainable health.”

The next financial year shows great promise for the mortgage broking industry for reasons including:

• More homebuyers now recognise a mortgage broker’s core value is convenience and choice of lender, a proposition that is still unable to be matched by one single lender;

• As smaller lenders re-enter the market and strengthen their product suite, the increase in competition will increase the attractiveness of using a broker;

• Licensing will enhance brokers’ professionalism and the way they are perceived by consumers, government, media and other key stakeholders;

• Industry consolidation caused by slower housing finance demand and stricter industry regulations means less brokers will write more loans; and

• Lenders are continuing to invest in their third party channels, some quite heavily, and are respecting their customers’ choice of introductory channel.

However, housing undersupply continues to remain a problem that places strain on housing affordability for a large number of property buyers as well as renters.

Mr Russell said, “Australia has serious blockages in its land and dwellings supply pipeline. This must be cleared if we are to tackle the undersupply problem that continues to stress housing affordability.

While undersupply is good news for many investors, with tight rental vacancy rates seeing rental price rises, it is bad news for others.

Our three tiers of government need to work together on effective and immediate action.”

“Regardless, Mortgage Choice intends to remain Australia’s largest independently-owned mortgage broker in an industry that now sources 41% of all new home loans across the country.”

Call 13 MORTGAGE or visit www.mortgagechoice.com.au.

** IFRS
Under IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) Mortgage Choice is obliged to include in its financial statements for any period an estimate of all the trailing commission that will be received and paid over the life of the loans settled during the period. This estimate is stated at “present value”, reflecting the fact that cash receivable and payable in the future does not earn income in the meantime and so its value today is less than the total of all future cashflows.

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The latest ABS housing finance report saw the value of investment housing loans drop for the first time in four months in June 2010 by a seasonally adjusted 3.6% to $7.3 billion, the lowest value reached since February this year. However, this compared favourably to $6.5 billion in June 2009.

Many market commentators say this buyer group has been holding back until the election is over and the traditionally strong spring selling season begins. They won’t have to wait much longer.

Mortgage Choice senior corporate affairs manager, Kristy Sheppard said, “According to RP Data, seasonally, Australia typically sees higher than average property activity from September through to November. This year should be no exception despite a possible lag effect from the hung parliament.”

“There are already more properties on the market than usual at this time of year, which is good news for prospective investors, as is property prices plateauing in many areas and dropping in some, rental prices increasing, strong population growth continuing, consumer sentiment rising and the sharemarket continuing to be unpredictable.”

Housing undersupply is a serious issue in Australia and ABS building approval figures show a fall for a third consecutive month in June to reach the lowest level since August last year. Hence, many investors believe the long term potential of property as a stable asset class is excellent.

“With fewer new properties there is bound to be a pick up in rental price growth, which we’ve already seen. Australian Property Monitors’ Rental Market Report for the June 2010 quarter shows from April to June rental prices for houses rose nationally by 0.7%, bringing annual growth to a small but encouraging 3.1%. The unit market was stronger, with rents increasing nationally during the last quarter by 3.5%, bringing the annual growth rate to 4.2%,” Ms Sheppard said.

“This bodes well for people who research the property market thoroughly, have a long-term strategy in mind and investigate all their finance options so they make a sound investment decision.

“Prospective buyers must be aware that lenders have tightened loan assessment criteria for investors as well as owner occupiers. Many have limited their loan to value ratios to 90% of the purchase price for both buyer groups, with some going even lower. Also, genuine savings are essential, whether in the form of a cash deposit or existing property equity. Both buyer groups will need to plan ahead to satisfy their chosen lender’s requirements.

“Preparing for rate movements is also vital to the planning process. The cash rate will probably remain stable for the next couple of months but many lenders are signalling that funding costs may force them to raise borrowing costs independently of the RBA’s rate cycle.

“It will be interesting to see how many Australian investors spring into the property market over the next quarter and what effect, if any, lender rate rises will have.”

Call Mortgage Choice customer service on 13 MORTGAGE. Or, visit www.mortgagechoice.com.au

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Aspen Group records flat 2010 profit

Property investment and funds manager Aspen Group has announced a full year operating profit after tax of $33.6 million up slightly from $33.2 million last year. In a statement to …

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Aspen Group records flat 2010 profit

THE Borthwick family’s 94,375 hectare Quilpie property Whynot was passed in last week at auction on the auctioneer’s bid of $4 million.

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Whynot passed in