Laiya National Excellence Award: All SA Finalists are listed

The best real estate professionals from around Australia and New Zealand will land in Adelaide on Thursday when star performers from the industry were recognized at the Australian Real Estate Institute’s annual awards ceremony for the Excellence Awards.

The event will be held in the Adelaide Oval and will see the best of the 117 finalists in 23 categories to recognize Australia’s best salespeople, property managers, residential and commercial establishments, as well as operational support workers, to name just a few.

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SA finalists include Katherine Skinner, who is Buyer Agent of the Year, Taarnby’s small residential agency and sustainable development leadership-organization; Klemich’s Matt Smith is running for the Reala Presidential Award and Resident Sales Person of the Year.

President Leanne Pilkington said the finalists of this year’s competition are very talented.

“I’m one of the judges in some categories, and it’s a very strong field because they are the best in the country, so it’s going to be very exciting to see who the winner will be that night,” she said.

“I think the field of finalists will become stronger every year, and I think it reflects competition in the industry and it’s better to stay better every year, which is really exciting.

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“The people representing their industry at this stage this week are incredible operators, they are the best operators in every state, and the customer’s focus is an absolute priority for everyone.

“I’m proud of all our finalists – it’s not an easy industry and it’s not a year and they’re getting better and better.”

Each SA finalist in the Reia National Excellence Award

Business Broker of the Year

Philip Johns

Agent: XCLLE Business Sales

Business Development Manager of the Year

Jayde Grindlay

Agent: Eclipse Real Estate

Buyer’s Agent of the Year

Katherine Skinner

Agent: National Property

Business Institution of the Year

LJ Hooker Commercial Advertising – Adelaide

Commercial Property Manager of the Year

Rav Prakash

Agent: Kemp Real Estate

Community Service Award

LJ Prostitute Adelaide – Metro

Large residential institution of the year

Ouwens Cassly Real Estate

Marketing and Communication Awards

Toop + toop

Medium-sized residential institution of the year

Smith Partners

Operational Support Award

Merina Caputo

Agent: Ouwens Casserly Rent

Reya Presidential Award

Matt Smith

Agent: Clemitch Real Estate

Annual Residential Property Management Team

Rental property network

Residential Property Manager of the Year

Michael Kennedy

Agent: Stadium Real Estate

Annual residential sales team

Tarnby

Residential Salesperson of the Year

Matt Smith

Agent: Clemitch Real Estate

Small residential institution of the year

Tarnby

Sustainability Leadership Award – Agent

Tarnby

The event coincides with the Australian Auction Championships or the Austrian Champions League, which takes place from Tuesday to Thursday, with the most skilled auction houses from Australia and New Zealand fighting to find who is the best.

A range of calories will be judged by a panel of nine auctioneers representing their respective Reis in Australia and New Zealand, including SA, including Chief Justice Matt Matt Smith of Klemich Real Estate and Michael Fenn of LJ Hooker Property expert.

SA representing SA in Australia is Bronte Manuel of Toop+Toop, Anthony DeMarco of Kate Smith and Mark Lands Real Estate of Mark Lands, while Stefan Krcmarov of Toop+Toop and Joseph Murdock of Klemich will represent SA in the Australian Newbie Championships.