By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
FINNING First National Real Estate in Cranbourne snagged seven national awards at an in-house ceremony in Cairns.
The local agent is among First National Real Estate’s top national performers and was recognised on Thursday 19 May in front of former Australian Prime Minister John Howard.
The awards dinner was part of First National Real Estate’s joint Australian and New Zealand Convention.
Finning First National Real Estate principal, John Tucker said market forces meant hard times for many agencies across Australia.
“Real estate prices and population growth slowed in the past 12 months, which combined with tightened bank lending criteria to create significant changes to market dynamics in most First National Real Estate locations,” Mr Tucker said.
On the night, two of the Finning team received a total of seven national awards, making them the best salespeople in such categories in Australia.
Veteran salesperson Frank Barrett, who has been a part of the Finning team for more than 26 years, was named in the National Top Ten for Australian Salesperson of the Year.
He took home a total of four awards in the Residential and Combined categories for the highest number of exclusive listings and the highest number of settled sales in 2015.
Rural and lifestyle salesperson Jason Brown was recognised for his achievements in the lifestyle small acreage category and won trophies for the highest number of exclusive listings and the highest gross sales commission in Australia.
The keynote speaker at the convention was the Honorable John Howard.
