Department News
WEEK ENDING 03/05/2024
Check out the latest and greatest updates for OC below.
People & Culture
Update | May 2024
Welcomes:
Natalie Scinto – Assistant Property Manager
We are excited to welcome Natalie to our APM team! Natalie will be based at Eastwood and will join the team on May 6th.
Farewells:
Susie Dalgleish – Senior Property Manager
Susie has made the decision to finish up with OC, to spend more time with her family. We wish Susie all the best!
Nic Pernini – Co-Agent
Nic has decided to move on from his role at OC with Team Robertson. Wishing Nic all the best with his future career endeveours.
Liz Rogalewicz – Property Manager
Liz has decided she will be finishing up with OC in her role as Property Manager, her last day will be Thursday 2nd May. Thank you for all of your hard work and we wish you all the best!
Sales Administration Team Updates:
Erin Walker
We are excited to announce that Erin will be taking on the role of Sales Administration Team Leader whilst Sam is on maternity leave! Congratulations Erin!
Alex Lahey
The Admin team are also pleased to announce that Alex Lahey will be joining the team on Monday, May 6th! Congratulations Alex on your new role!
Massage Day
The wonderful team from Working Hands Corporate Massage will be visiting the Eastwood, Henley and Lonsdale Offices once again this May! They have provided a simple ‘self-booking’ service so that you can book yourself in for a 15-minute seated massage at a time & location that suits you.
Henley Office – Tuesday 21st May 2024 from 10:00am – 2:00pm
https://workinghands.as.me/OCREHenley
Eastwood Office – Tuesday 21st May 2024 from 10:00am – 4:30pm
Meeting Room 1 – https://workinghands.as.me/OCREEastwoodRm1
Meeting Room 2 – https://workinghands.as.me/OCREEastwoodRm2
Lonsdale Office – Thursday 23rd May from 12:30pm – 4:30pm
https://workinghands.as.me/OCRELonsdale
Vaccination Day
OC are offering all employees the opportunity to receive a free 2024 Quadrivalent Influenza (flu) vaccination this year.
Thursday 9th May 2024 between 09:00 am and 10:15 am at the Eastwood Office
Booking your vaccine is easy! To register – please click on the link below, select your time, and enter your personal information to secure your booking.
Ouwens Casserly Real Estate Pty Ltd Employee Flu Vaccination Program
Recruitment:
We are hiring!
Please share with your networks and reach out to P&C for any referrals.
OC Real Estate
The Numbers | May 2024
REB Top 50 Agents SA
We are thrilled to announce that the majority of the top-ranking agents in the REB’s 2024 Top 50 are part of our OC team!
#6 – Nick van Vliet & John Lewis
#12 – James Robertson
#15 – Alistair Loudon
#20 – Daniel Richardson
#22 – Mark Bressington
#23 – Sean Muxlow
#30 – Sam Hirniak
#33 – Amity Dry
#34 – Cynthia Sajkunovic
#36 – Oliver Bowler
#37 – Linda Van Hooff
Huge congratulations to all our agents for their hard work and dedication. Together, we make it happen!
OC Projects
Update | May 2024
Rose Park Apartments
Rose Park hosted a successful VIP event last month for a group of potential buyers. It was a well-attended event with a capacity crowd of 55 people. Hopefully, a few sales and a scored $3M appraisal. Ollie did an excellent job as the emcee!
Property Management
The Numbers | May 2024
Fresh Home Loans
The Numbers | May 2024
Update
All Should be Quiet on the RBA Front
Last week saw the release of the first quarterly inflation figures of 2024, and while the reduction in the inflation rate from December’s figures wasn’t as large as the RBA would hope, it should be close enough to mean that there’s no need for an increase in the official cash rate when they meet at the start of next week. As you can see from the graph below, inflation is basically falling at the exact same rate as it rose between the end of 2021 & end of 2022.
Additionally, the largest contributors to that inflation figure in the March quarter were Rent, Education Costs (Secondary & Tertiary), Medical Costs, and the Cost of Building New Homes.
None of these costs are something that an increase in the official cash rate will help reduce, so hopefully the RBA board will see sense when they meet on Monday & Tuesday next week and will leave the official cash rate unchanged.