WOMEN DOMINATE AUSTRALIA’S TOP REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY AWARDS

April 8th,2022

The winners of the REIA National Awards for Excellence 2022 have been announced by Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) were announced this evening (7 April 2022) with women dominating the awards.

REIA President, Hayden Groves said 2022 has proven to be the year for women who took out 10 of the 13 individual awards.

“It was encouraging to see many more female participants in the 2022 NAFE with 45 women finalists which was a staggering 60% increase on last year.”

Mr Groves said this year’s President’s Award was presented to Neville Pozzi.

“Mr Pozzi has had an impressive career in the industry having been with the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia’s (REIWA) for the past 45 years. He has been instrumental in implementing the development and growth of the organisation and making it one of the most successful institutes in the country.”

Mr Groves said Harris Real Estate in South Australia took out the top award for Large Residential Agency while CBRE in Victoria won the Commercial Agency of the Year award.

Mr Groves commented that the new look REIA National Awards for Excellence 2022 or NAFE celebrate the best of the best in Australian real estate.

“Drawn from the 2021 winners of State and Territory Real Estate Institutes Awards for Excellence, the REIA National Awards for Excellence are Australia’s only national, independently judged, and practitioner-led real estate awards across Australia.

“The REIA National Awards for Excellence 2022 feature 21 categories across all aspects of the real estate sector:  residential and commercial agencies, residential and commercial sales, property management, business brokers, buyer’s agents, community service, innovation and communications.”

Mr Groves said the REIA National Awards for Excellence were held at the iconic Zinc, at Federation Square in Melbourne on 7th April, 2022 in a bid to support Victoria’s recovery after the longest lockdowns in the world.