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This page is for our Nana's! As an active inner-Brisbane agency Bees Nees is often quoted in the media, and to save our rellies from having to clip them we've copied all the articles here. Hopefully you'll find some interesting reading too! Many of these are feature articles we've secured for our sellers - great exposure for their properties at zero cost.
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The 4000 postcode has bucked the property sales slump and topped the greater Brisbane regions's list of homes sold in the past 12 months. An impressive 445 sales were tallied since November last year, according to RP Datas's latest statistics....
Click here to read the full article from the City News - 15th December 2011
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Investing in the wrong type of property can put many people off from building a portfolio, according to the Investors Club CEO and founder ......
Click here to read the full article from the City News - 24th November 2011
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Access to outdoor living spaces and a modern home in great condition have topped a poll of what tenants want most. A 2011 survey conducted by Bees Nees City Realty with 115 of their tenants revealed that investors should be considering property with outdoor.....
Click here to read the full article from The City South News - 17th November 2011
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Rob Honeycombe's reward for creating more jobs is a 4.75 per cent payroll tax and higher regulatory costs. The biggest costs stem from the Property Dealer and Motor Agents Act, designed to protect consumers, which resulted in a minefield of costs.
Click here to read the full article from The Courier Mail - 8th November 2011
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MILLIONS of dollars' worth of home sales fall over each week because they do not pass bulding and pest inspections. Many agents now advise sellers to get their own reports done befoer they put their homes on the market.
Click here to read the full article from The Sunday Mail - 28th August 2011
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A large outdoor living space has topped the list of the most important features sought by Brisbane renters. The value of big outdoor areas was just one interesting finding in a survey by Bees Nees City Realy asking inner-city tenants to rate 22 rental features.
Click here to read the full article from the Courier Mail -23rd July 2011
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The biggest threats to many new businesses don't come during the heady start-up phase of their opertation but in surviving their first five critical years.
To read the full article to to BRW Magazine 2-8th June 2011
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Best Buys: The priorities of generations change almost as frequently as fashions and societal attitudes.
To Read the Full article go to City News - 17.2.2011
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A Brisbane town planner has come up with an ingenious way of combating Queensland's housing lot shortage:
To read the full article go to Westside News - 18th May 2011
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Brisbane rents rose for apartments and houses during the March quarter......
To read the full article go to Westside News 11th May 2011
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BIG, bigger, best? The mega auction has become a permanent feature of the real estate market.
To read the full article go to Sunday Mail - 20.3.2011
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Hope is on the hoizon for CBD renters, with local real estate agents reporting affordable accommodation is still available despite the flood crisis.
Read the full artricle from the City News - 10th February 2011
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Handshake deals on tenancies in the aftermath of the floods could end up in court.
Read the full article from the Sunday Mail 30th January 2011
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Any increases in rents because of the floods, will be short-lived and driven by desperate tenants and not greedy landlords.
Read the full article from the Sunday Mail 23rd January 2011
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December may be a busy time for property sales but keep it simple when it comes to Christmas decorations.
Read the full article from the City South News - 9th December 2010
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Reality series The Block is giving apartment buyers an unreal impression of what it takes to renovate an apartment.
Read the full article from the Sunday Mail 24th October 2010
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BRISBANE: Young first-home buyers need to look outside the inner-city square and re-evaluate their priorities as the housing affordability crisis looks set to worsen.
Read the full City News article from 15th October 2010 here
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How are the "For Sale" signs helping your property to sell?
Read the full article from the Sunday Courier Mail 19th September 2010 here
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Restricting criteria to allow international students can affect landlords and property owners
Read the full Courier Mail article from August 21st 2010 here
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Federal poll impacts property market
Read the full Courier Mail article from August 7th 2010
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Three key staff have joined the ownership tean of South Brisbane based Bees Nees City Realty
Read the full City South article here
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Almost 60 per cent of home hunters would pay more to buy an enviromentally friendly property
Read the full Sunday Mail article here
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West End Community House has recently signed a five year lease on the former Brisbane Crouquet Club in Musgrave Park.
Read the full Westender article here.
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Inner Brisbane's Bees Nees City Realty has been named one of Australia's fastest growing start-up companies.
Read the full City News article here
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The real estate industry led by Rob Honeycombe of Bees Nees City Realty, got together to fundraise for the new West End Community House meeting place.
See the photos in the City News article here
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Homeowners' love affair with white and other neutral colours when decorating could be hurting their chances of selling their home.
Read the full article from the Sunday Mail here.
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Brisbane's inner city remntal market has had a massive boost, with almost 700 homes added to the rental pool in the first quarter of 2010
Read the full City News article here
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Upgraders and investors are driving house and unit sales, as a survey shows most expect house prices to rise over the next year.
Read the full Courier mail article here
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Proposal are comming in thick and fast from groups keen to use the old croquet club building at South Brisbane.
Read the full City South Article here
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Lap up an inner city lifetsyle and move into this West End pad.
Read the City South article here
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It is a renters market. A survey of rental properties in brisbane advertised on realestate.com.au shows hundreds of homes, townhouses, apartments, bedsits and rooms vacant.
See the Sunday Mail article here.
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A fresh, youthful and energetic take on the property market netted Bees Nees City Realty the real estate gong at the 2009 Business Achievers Awards.
Read the yarn in the City South News.
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Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) has elected its new board of directors who will take office from January 1, 2010.
See Courier Mail article here
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New managers bring wealth of experience to their latest roles
See City News article here
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City South News asked two business owners, and finalists in this year's awards, the tough questions.
See the City South News interview with Rob Honeycombe.
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Queensland's real estate industry body has elected its new board of directors for next year.
See Courier Mail article here
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Picture yourself here...
(Yes we got our clients' property through as the front page feature!)
See the City South News article here 30.07.2009
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The completion of the SL8 and Arriva apartment projects, has produced a temporary over-supply of rentals in West End.
Bees Nees City Realty property management general manager Jodie Stainton said tenants were able to pick and choose from new rental supply in West End for the first time in 18 months. Read the full City South News article 23.07.2009.
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| Rents for two-bedroom units have fallen by $10 per week, the first fall in more than 7 years. Read the full Courier Mail article 14.07.2009.
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Mater Medical Research Institute (MMRI) scientist, Dr Hannah Cullup, proved that her commitment to finding cures for leukaemia goes way beyond the laboratory, when she shaved her head for World's Greatest Shave. Read the Carers full article. Issue 2 2009.
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Bees Nees City Realty
When MMRI needed lood donations, Bees Nees City Realty were happy to help. Read the full Discovery article May 2009.
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| On March 12th, MMRI became a registered shave venue for the Leukaemia Foundation's World's Great Shave. Read the Discovery article May 2009.
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More choice for renters as sales stall
Finding a rental property will become a lot easier in Brisbane's inner south. Read the full City South News article 23.04.2009
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| "It was on the market for a month. There wasn't enough interest so we rented it out instead," Mr Colebatch said. Read the City South News aritcle 23.04.2009
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| Brisbane inner-city rents have fallen $10 a week after the biggest increase in the number of available homes and units for rent in two years. Read the full Courier Mail article 17.04.2009.
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| Inner city rents are easing, but overall Brisbane rents are still climbing, according to latest data. Read the full blog.news.com.au article 16.04.2009.
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| A roof-top deck has enormous appeal for creative types or born entertainers. Read the full City South News article 19.03.2009.
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| A South bank investment unit that has been vacant for only one night in eight years is on the market. Read the full City South News article 12.02.2009.
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| Award season is starting early this year with preparations already under way for the 2009 Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) Awards for excellence in February. Read the full Courier Mail article 30.01.2009
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| The State Government will exchange the breeding ground of sporting legends for a $37 million auditorium to provide car parking for the new Queensland Children's Hospital. Read the full City South News article 15.01.2009
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| Real estate agency Bees Nees is weathering the industry slow-down with humour. Read the City South News article 08.01.2009
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| Boris the Bee from Beesnees City Realty took time out from selling houses to entertain children at the Mater Childcare graduation. Read the full City South News article. 11.12.08
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Many business owners are feeling the pinch of uncertain economic times, but a South Brisbane real estate agent is encouraging people to dance away their woes. Read the Brisbane Times article 28.11.08 or click here to view the web page.
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The description of real estate agents as blood suckers will take on new meaning with one agency set to host a Halloween party asking clients to donate blood - to support Mater Medical Research Institute. Read the City South News 23.10.08 or City News 30.10.08 articles.
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The inner south rental market is rising fast, a report has found. The research by Bees Nees found rents in the West End area - including South Brisbane and Highgate Hill - had risen 7 per cent in the September quarter to $450 per week for a two-bedroom apartment. Read the full City South News article. 30.10.08
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Our MD Rob Honeycombe was a regular columnist in the Property Council's Residential Developer magazine. Here's a copy:
July 2008: "Three steps to take before you drop your prices..."
February 2008: "Salespeople for hire: highly motivated, amazingly persuasive and.... absolutely free!"
January 2008: "The pricing process... and making sure there's a worthwhile margin for you."
October 2007: "Trust starts with your display, suite?! - Choosing how much to spend on a project display or sales office is one of the toughest questions you'll face in your marketing planning."
July 2007: "Save the forests... And your buyers' patience. We see plenty of obstacles being put in buyers' paths - largely unintended, but nonetheless making the sales of your projects slower than they could be."
April 2007: "Wallpaper in cyberspace - Does your project's website pass the relevance test?"
January 2007: "The brand meets your buyers. Much of the development community's focus on marketing is directed to the creation and promotion of project brands. But are we really focussing on the right issues?"
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| Property agency Bees Nees City Realty has followed the lead of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and hosting its own 2020 Summit. Read the full article from the Courier Mail 16.05.08
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| Inner-City property specialist, Bees Nees City Realty, will host its own 2020 Summit, focusing on the local property market, on May 19. Read the full article from the City South News 8.05.08
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| A SOUTH Brisbane real estate company is taking a pioneering move by selling a Yeronga house on the internet in an eBay-style auction. Read the full article from the City South News April 08.
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| KEEN bidders looking for hot property this weekend won't need to leave the comfort of their own home to get in on the action. Buyers looking for their own piece of the Brisbane River are now able to bid for a Yeronga house... Read the full article from the Courier Mail 29.03.08
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| After attending a Saturday auction at Paddington on March 8, an agent noticed the underbidders leaving ahead of him and invited them to another property auction which they were the successful bidders. Read the full article from the Courier Mail March 08.
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A new real estate inline auction website has been launced in Queensland.
The online negotiation system at http://www.2bid2.com/ incorporates all the features of the traditional auction system and introduces e-commerce practices that have infiltrated many other industries. REIQ Journal May 2008
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Regan Lacey used to do business on farm paddocks and in airports. He's swapped his country setting for a city fringe office by becoming a sales representative with South Brisbane-based Bees Nees Real Estate.
Read the full article from City South News 6.03.08
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Guests at the Real Estate Insitute of Queensland's 2008 Awards for Excellence weren't worrying about a property slump any time soon...
Read the full article from BMagazine March 2008
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Research shows the new Eleanor Schonnel Bridge appears to have had very little impact on the rental market in the inner southern suburbs.
Read the full article from City South News 21.2.08
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Owner-occupiers and new hotel operations are pricing tenants out of city apartments.
Read the full article from Sunday Mail 17.2.08
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South Brisbane's Bees Nees City Realty has been named a finalist for the REIQ Small Agent of the Year award.
Read the full article from City South News 3.1.08
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David Veerman has turned the tables from buyer to landlord to real estate agent. Mr Veerman is nominated for Real Estate Institute of Queensland Rookie Agent of the Year.
Read the full article from City South News 3.1.08
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Burdekin family breathe life into historic boot factory - A Burdekin family are behind the restoration of one of Brisbanes oldest buildings. The former Boot Factory, which now houses Bees Nees City Realty, has recently been restored to it's former glory.
Read the full article from Ayr Advocate 23.11.07
Factory makeover is the bee's knees - The Old Boot Factory has been restored to its former glory, and now houses Bees Nees City Realty. Lord Mayor Campbell Newman reopened the historic building at 17 Cordelia St, South Brisbane on Tuesday 23rd October 2007.
Read the full article from City South News 25.10.07
Boots and all for Bees Nees Realty - The Old Boot Factory has been restored to its former glory, and now houses Bees Nees City Realty. Lord Mayor Campbell Newman reopened the historic building at 17 Cordelia St, South Brisbane on Tuesday.
Read the full article from City News 25.10.07
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| Renovated with love and care - A Renovated colonial home at Annerley with the character and charm of the 1920s is for sale. Kylie and Patrick Van Grinsven bought the house at 49 Carville St in 1999 and quickly undertook renovations.
Read the full article from City South News 27.09.07 |
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| Tenants and landlords have two days left to challenge proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act.
Read the full article from Courier Mail 21.06.07 |
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| Everybody loves the inner-south. The attraction of inner-city living has enticed more buyers to the area than there are properties, causing a mini-boom in the property market.
Read the full article from City South News 17.05.07 |
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| Thousands of tenants in rental properties throughout Brisbane are living in potentially dangerous conditions due to a breakdown in home inspections. Some rental properties have not been inspected for two years, according to a report by property research experts.
Read the full article from The Sunday Mail 15.04.07 |
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A large student population and booming infrastructure have contributed to South Brisbane's meteroric rent rises. With median rent prices for a two-bedroom apartment in the the area rising 52% in the past two years, real estate agents believe the area is ripe for more medium-density development.
Read the full article from the City South News 29.03.07
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Apartments and units will continue to replace West End's industrial precincts in coming years. Bees Nees City Realty Managing Director Rob Honeycombe believes the suburb's market is gaining momentum.
Read the full article from the City South News. 26.10.06
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