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REA Group chief executive Owen Wilson is looking to expand more outside Australia and is preparing to challenge dominant Singaporean listings company PropertyGuru.
Property listings website REA Group has made 60 staff redundant in a restructure that comes as Sydney and Melbourne house prices bounce back after interest rates were cut to record lows.
REA Group chief executive Owen Wilson has predicted the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates again this year helping to spark a recovery in the residential real estate market amid plummeting property listings in Sydney and Melbourne.
Former Domain boss Antony Catalano has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into a new property technology venture that promises to hold real estate listings portals to account for developers and home owners.
The real estate classifieds business says price rises helped earnings improve despite a huge drop in listings.
Media organisations and classifieds executives have hit back at claims from Facebook and Google that property,job and vehicle advertisements moving online have affected news publishers'revenues more than the rise of the US-based digital behemoths.
REA Group and Domain shares slumped on Friday after News Corp's REA flagged a tough June half,blaming elections and the housing slowdown.
Property listings platform REA Group has hired chief financial officer Owen Wilson to lead the portal next year when chief executive Tracey Fellows leaves to join parent company News Corp in New York.
A tie-up with an American listings giant has sparked a courtroom tussle
REA Group chief executive Tracey Fellows is not concerned Nine Entertainment Co’s takeover of Domain majority shareholder Fairfax Media will strengthen the News Corp property platform’s nearest competitor.