Great cocktail party, great art show!

On Friday 24 Sep, Ray White Beecroft sponsored a cocktail party and art show on behalf of the Lions Club of Beecroft / Cheltenham. There was a tremendous turnout from the local populace. Here Douglas Macarthur is seen serving champagne to Greg Smith, our local MP.

This is just one corner of the art show, in two rooms of the Module, organised and curated by Sharon Aldrick, Ray White Beecroft's talented marketing manager. Sharon is a professional photographer and featured some of her works.

NDT write-up of new property

Ray White Beecroft's new listing "Glanis Gerraween" had a front cover photograph and a full page editorial in the Northern District Times. Not surprisingly, as the house hasa great history and a great character. Built in 1936 in Art Deco style, the double brick house is on about 850 sqm of land.

The house is scheduled for auction on Saturday 9 October, if not sold prior.

Sold on the Day of the Auction

Another happy Ray White Beecroft customer! The brand new house didn't reach reserve during the actual auction, but after some negotiation with the highest bidder after the auction an agreement was reached that delighted the vendor. Peter Raco had a personal interest in the property, because for a long time we had managed the

little old cottage that was on the land before this beautiful new house was built.

Business is Blooming!

Spring auction clearance rates in Sydney are 65%, down from last year but higher than the average for the last four months.
On 9 September our website, raywhitebeecroft.com.au, clocked up its highest number of daily visitors since we started the website in June last year.
From information received recently we can confirm that Douglas Macarthur is the top selling individual real estate salesperson based in Beecroft/Cheltenham for the period 1 Jan to 31 August.

Back from Holiday

Lydia Merrill has been on holiday for the last three weeks in France, including a week driving a 45ft boat up the Canal du Midi.
As a welcome home present, Douglas presented her with the current list of properties available for sale, showing that Ray White Beecroft now has more listings than Raine & Horne.

Successful Property Investment Seminar

In an earlier blog I mentioned that Ray White Beecroft had organised a free Property Investment Seminar for our clients.
That seminar took place last night, and the Investment division of Ray White Corporate gave a very informative presentation to a group of Ray White Beecroft clients, with thoughts on how to use property investment to build personal wealth. The key to their recommendations was that if you can't afford to buy the house of your dreams to live in, you should rent whatever you can afford, and buy a property to rent out. And don't go for a cheap investment property with low rent, you should buy well and get a good rent from the investment, with all the associated tax breaks.
We will hold a repeat of the seminar in three months or so. It's free, but is restricted to people who are on our database. If you want to learn more, contact Douglas Macarthur on 0408 817 239.