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22 Business View Australia - September 2015

The State and Territory Real Estate

Institutes’ membership comprises

around 75% of the real estate

agencies in Australia. By virtue of

this, REIA collectively represents the

country’s real estate agencies and

works towards ensuring the overall

health of Australia’s property market.

The specific tasks which REIA takes

up to promote the country’s real estate

market include providing research and

advice to the Federal Government,

Opposition, professional members

of the real estate sector, media and

the public, on a range of issues which

are relevant to the property market.

The importance of real estate to the

country’s economy can be gauged

from the fact that according to the

2011 census, the number of people

employed in the rental, hiring and

real estate services industry stand

at a total of 117,880. Australian

Bureau of Statistics Census data

pertaining to occupation, numbers

business brokers, property managers,

principals, real estate agents

and representatives at 64,699.

Australia’s construction and building

industry forms a major portion of the

country’s economy and real estate

agencies play an important role

in the success of this sector. They

REAL ESTATE