Future of Real Estate, Estate Agents, Selling your own Property, Marketing

Future of Real Estate and Property Marketing -- global trends and property outlook for Australia market. How Estate Agents need to change the way property is marketed and sold using online tools, social media, mobile multichannel marketing, video of properties for sale. Future impact of digital tools like Google Earth, Google Maps on customers searching for properties online. Researching local property markets no longer requires traditional estate agents -- either for property sales or rental markets. How selling methods of traditional estate agents are being overtaken by online aggregator platforms for listing of properties. How to sell your own property online without using any estate agents. Future role of local estate agents -- maximizing opportunities from specialist local knowledge, sourcing properties before they go on public market. Lessons for real estate developers and real estate investors. Impact of demographics on demand for different types of property in Australia and medium term property market trends. Global economic trends, interest rates, GDP, rise in average earnings, affordability of property loans, availability of mortgages following credit crunch and global economy downturn. Government policy on interest rates and relationship to property prices -- attempts to smooth out property price boom and crash. Conference keynote speaker Patrick Dixon -- presentation to RELC -- event for Real Estate executives in Australia.