Catherine Nikas-Boulos

1 day ago | eliteagent.com | Catherine Nikas-Boulos

Multimillionaire Yan Zhang has officially settled on the most expensive home ever sold in Australia, a three-level luxury penthouse crowning the One Sydney Harbour development in Barangaroo South, for a record-setting $141.55 million. The cash purchase, completed without a mortgage on title, comprises a two-storey penthouse atop Lendlease’s Residences One tower, along with a sub-penthouse directly below, earmarked for Zhang’s friends and family.

2 days ago | eliteagent.com | Catherine Nikas-Boulos

Global private equity giant Blackstone has flagged a deeper commitment to the Australian property market, with a focus on build-to-rent housing, logistics, and data centres, three areas it sees as key growth pillars across its $600 billion global real estate platform. Blackstone Real Estate global co-head Kathleen McCarthy said the firm is keen to help address Australia’s housing crisis, particularly by expanding its presence in the underdeveloped build-to-rent sector.

2 days ago | eliteagent.com | Catherine Nikas-Boulos

“Turnover’s for schoolboys. Profit’s for adults,” he says. It’s a blunt statement, but after nearly 30 years in the industry, Mackey has earned the right to say it. And it’s a message he’s increasingly sharing with agents — not just those starting out, but also high performers who risk burning out under the weight of fast money, heavy overheads and inflated expectations. “Real estate is full of agents who had a million-dollar year, then vanished,” he says.

3 days ago | eliteagent.com | Catherine Nikas-Boulos

While many in real estate chase visibility, charisma, and headline-making results, Dion Besser has taken a very different route. As founder of Melbourne agency Besser & Co, he’s engineered a high-performing business not around personality, but precision, driven by structure, numbers, and a no-nonsense approach to performance. The unexpected catalyst? A baseball movie.

3 days ago | eliteagent.com | Catherine Nikas-Boulos

The NSW Government’s 2025–26 Budget has earmarked millions for innovation in the housing sector — and artificial intelligence is emerging as a potential fix to one of its biggest bottlenecks: the painfully slow development approval process. While much attention has gone to the headline $1 billion Pre-sale Finance Guarantee, a quieter shift is happening at the local level, where councils are beginning to trial AI systems like DAISY (Development Application Information System) to speed up planning.