AREAs: Young gun heads list of top agents, ‘game changers’, ‘rising stars’
From a 27-year-old who earns $7m a year to regional players, the country’s top real estate game changers and rising stars have been revealed at the prestigious Area Awards. See the full list
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A 27-year-old real estate agent in Western Sydney has been crowned NSW’s top residential agent at a glittering awards ceremony held last night to honour the industry’s top performers.
The AREA event – or Annual REA Excellence Awards – also highlighted a range of standout professionals in other categories, including rising star, gamechanger of the year, top commercial agent and more.
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Josh Tesolin, 27, the principal of Ray White Quakers Hill, scooped the award for top residential agent ahead of industry heavyweights such as Luxe Listings star Gavin Rubinstein of TRG and Alexander Phillips of PPD Real Estate.
The awards considered agent performance across a range of metrics, including ratings and reviews, total value of sales, views, engagement on listings and more.
REA Group, the holding company of listings portal realestate.com.au, had released the top 100 finalists for the awards prior to the ceremony, revealing a diverse range of industry performers.
Mr Tesolin has become something of a phenomenon in the real estate industry of late, selling more than 2000 properties over the course of his brief career.
The agent, who comes from a family of salespeople, was also AREA winner for top residential agent in 2021. He was reported to have earned about $7m in sales commission that year.
Burgess Rawson agent Yosh Mendis took out the honours for Top Commercial Sales Agent NSW.
Established in 2016, the AREAs recognise the performance of property industry professionals in supporting Aussies through their property journey.
The awards include submission-based categories as well as top campaign and agent awards, powered by realestate.com.au and realcommercial.com.au data.
An independent judging panel, including expert representatives from industry bodies, media and community organisations, selected the submission-based award winners.
REA Group chief customer officer Kul Singh said the seventh annual awards attracted record submissions, up 60 per cent on last year.
“2022 was another significant year for the industry,” he said.
Vedant Agrawal of Ray White St Marys got the national award for Rising Star of the Year.
Other NSW-based winners included Emily Wood of Frasers Property Australia, who was awarded Marketer of the Year, and Jessi Hyland of JLL Australia, who won Support Superstar of the Year.
South Australian business Ouwens Casserly Real Estate was announced as the Residential Agency of the Year. Colliers was the Top Commercial Agency of the Year.
AREA WINNERS 2022
Residential agency of the year: Ouwens Casserly Real Estate
Commercial agency of the year: Colliers
Rising star of the year: Vedant Agrawal, Ray White St Marys/Diamantidis Group
Marketer of the year: Emily Wood, Frasers Property Australia
Gamechanger of the year: LEAP Real Estate, Resimax Group
Wellbeing initiative of the year: Equality Media and Marketing
Most influential woman in the property market: Sarah Hackett, Place Estate Agents
Contribution to the community: The House That Convoy Built
Integrated brand of the year: NAB Home Loans
Property management team of the year: Wiseberry Heritage Group
Support superstar of the year: Jessi Hyland, JLL Head Office-Australia
Top commercial leasing agent NSW: Colemon Xu Hui Su, Colemon Property Group Pty Ltd-Canterbury
Top commercial leasing agent QLD: Manoli Nicolas, LJ Hooker Commercial-Brisbane
Top commercial leasing agent SA: Evan Florinis, Commercial S.A Property Group-Adelaide
Top commercial leasing agent VIC: Tino Parisi Compton Green-Inner West
Top commercial sales agent NSW: Yosh Mendis, Burgess Rawson-Sydney
Top commercial sales agent QLD: Trent Bruce, Raine & Horne Commercial-Brisbane North
Top commercial sales agent SA: Andrew Turner, Commercial S.A Property Group-Adelaide
Top commercial sales agent VIC: Chris Kombi, Fitzroys-Melbourne
Top Residential Agent NSW: Josh Tesolin, Ray White Quakers Hill
Top Residential Agent VIC: Michelle Stephens, Obrien Real Estate-Carrum Downs
Top Residential Agent TAS: Jarrah Burns, Harrison Agents-Launceston
Top Residential Agent SA: Kate Smith, Harcourts Smith-Semaphore
Top Residential Agent QLD: Alex Jordan, McGrath Estate Agents-Paddington
Top Residential Agent WA: Linton Allen, Empire Property Solutions-Fremantle
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Originally published as AREAs: Young gun heads list of top agents, ‘game changers’, ‘rising stars’
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