Raine & Horne Marrickville Wins Prestigious Real Estate Awards
The Award Winning Team
Leading Inner West property firm Raine & Horne Marrickville landed seven awards at the 2009 Raine & Horne NSW/ACT Chairman’s Awards, held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney on Saturday 27 February 2010.
Leading the way was Raine & Horne Marrickville proprietor Michael Smith, who received the Graeme Skarratt Award for his services to Raine & Horne.
Mr Skarratt was a long term director of Raine & Horne and the award recognises Mr Smith’s excellent service and support for Raine & Horne since joining the property group in 1983.
Other winners from Raine & Horne Marrickville include Tobi Wyman who won an award for Outstanding Corporate Support, while Filippo D’Arrigo finished 11th in the Top Salesperson category. Mr D’Arrigo finished ahead of around 1,000 agents and was also elevated to the Chairman’s Club for his efforts.
Paul Signorelli and Robert Alihodzic were named in the Property Managers Chairman’s Club, while sales agent Tony Day joined Mr D’Arrigo in the Chairman’s Club, an award that was presented by property doyen and Raine & Horne Chairman Max Raine.
While praising the whole team at Raine & Horne Marrickville, Mr Smith singled out Ms Wyman and Mr D’Arrigo for special mention and also stated that none of the business success could have been achieved without his partner of 32 years, Yvonne Smith.
“Tobi deserves her award and gets better and better. She is an innovator who plans ahead. She has helped to leverage the results of everyone in residential sales.”
Of Mr D’Arrigo, Mr Smith says his main qualities include his ability to take advice, and work hard and he has a passion for the Inner West market.
“Marrickville is a great property market and it’s never boring. The truth is that we have decent blocks of land, open spaces and it’s close to the Sydney CBD and is well served with efficient public transport,” said Mr Smith.
“It’s very popular with owner-occupiers, investors and tenants. Investors like Marrickville because for many people the share market is not producing the secure returns they were expecting.
Mr Smith says that a decent entry level two-bedroom apartment in Marrickville starts at $400,000 and rents for about $350 a week. “Although if it needs some work, it’s possible to pay $300,000 for a unit.”
Looking forward, Mr Smith says that with demand continuing to outstrip the supply of quality homes, it’s a great time sell. “However the year has started slowly and we need more homes to sell to meet demand.
Raine & Horne Chief Executive Officer, Angus Raine, commended Raine & Horne Marrickville for its outstanding contribution and dedication to the property sector in Sydney’s Inner West.
Mr Raine said, “Winning these awards underlines Raine & Horne Marrickville’s consistent ability to remain true to its core business, which is achieving property sales and providing the very best property services to vendors and buyers.”
For all your property needs contact Raine & Horne Marrickville on (02) 9560 7599.
