Nyree Ewings of LJ Hooker Cleveland has taken out the Residential Salesperson of the Year in the REIQ awards for excellence.
More than 700 real estate agents gathered to recognise the elite in their field at the Brisbane Convention Centre on March 3.
Ms Ewings said she felt privileged and grateful to receive the recognition from such a prestigious group.
“My heart was pumping. I was really excited and bit overwhelmed – thrilled and grateful,” she said.
Ms Ewings said the criteria for the award was diverse and included knowledge, connections, averages, innovative marketing, customer service and proven results.
“It was like doing a university assignment and then there was the interview process. Sales were considered but there was so much more,” she said.
Ms Ewings said she had worked in real estate for 16 years and been selling for 10 years, only with LJ Hooker at Cleveland.
“Hooker is a well known brand with a reputation for performance. The market’s good at the moment and a lack of supply is driving prices up. It’s a great time to sell,” she said.
REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said the awards for excellence showcased those real estate professionals who had achieved outstanding results to rise to a level above their peers.
“To achieve at this level requires enormous commitment, tireless work and incredible motivation and the finalists and winners here tonight have successfully demonstrated their ability to do that,” she said.
The awards also celebrated the REIQ’s centennial birthday.
“We were founded with the twin goals of giving a voice to the real estate profession so they could negotiate with government and also to raise the bar and deliver greater levels of professionalism within the ranks of all practicing real estate professionals,” Ms Mercorella said.
“Our successes speak for themselves. We have shaped legislation with the Property Occupations Act replacing the ineffectual PAMDA Act, and the Labor Government has recently committed to introducing mandatory continuing professional development across the entire real estate sector, thus lifting the level of compulsory education every real estate practitioner in Queensland must do.
“As the leading training provider for the real estate sector we are directly contributing to delivering well-trained, professional practitioners into the workforce every day. And our members have been committed to completing 100 points of CPD every year as part of their membership.
