Queensland’s most powerful real estate agents revealed

Before The Courier-Mail reveals the most powerful people in Queensland’s property sector, we unveil the state’s most influential real estate agents.

Spring signals the start of the peak interest period in property, with buyers and sellers both vying for the best deals, so who are the people closing them?

Ahead of The Courier-Mail revealing the power players of Queensland’s property sector, we are giving you a sneak peek at the real estate agents who made the Power List.

Where they rank, alongside developers, investors and architects, will no doubt surprise.

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Matt Lancashire

MATT LANCASHIRE

Ray White New Farm principal

Matt Lancashire’s little black book is fat with some of the state’s most influential people.

Lancashire holds the Brisbane house price record, with the $18.48m sale of 1 Leopard St. He also has the “under-the-hammer” auction record after selling $10.21m for 16 Leura Tce, Hawthorne, in July.

With long-time friend Haesley Cush, he co-owns Ray White New Farm and Spring Hill, Bulimba and East Brisbane (also with Brandon Wortley and Scott Darwon), Clayfield (with Nicholas Given), Toowong (with Reuben Packer-Hill), plus the Living Here Cush Partners rental business.

Tom Offermann

TOM OFFERMANN

Tom Offermann Real Estate principal

The Sunshine Coast was arguably Australia’s hottest market during the pandemic property boom, and Tom Offermann’s team secured some of Queensland’s top sales.

With 36 years in the game, Offermann believes demand for property in the sought-after region is unlikely to ease anytime soon. His agency alone sold almost $700m in property in the past 12 months. From developers to financiers, if they’re big in the property business, chances are Offermann knows them well.

Sarah Hackett

SARAH HACKETT

Place Estate Agent managing director

She is a real estate powerhouse in Brisbane and the highest earning female agent in the state.

Sarah Hackett has been in the industry for 25 years and runs Place Estate Agents with her husband Damian and founding partner Paul Curtain. Also the principal of Place New Farm, she specialises in selling luxury apartments and riverfront homes, and in the past financial year sold 84 properties worth a whopping $322m.

Jason Adcock

JASON ADCOCK

Adcock Prestige Queensland principal

Launching his premium real estate agency in 2002, Jason Adcock has clocked up some eye-watering sales. His company expanded to a team of 13 in August and opened new headquarters in Milton.

Adcock holds the current Brisbane auction record of $12m, set when a luxury estate in Indooroopilly, previously owned by Citimark Properties CEO Robert Pullar, sold prior to auction in November 2021.

Haesley Cush

HAESLEY CUSH

Ray White New Farm principal

Haesley Cush may as well go by “Mr Brisbane” as there are few people around town who would not know of the friendly, award-winning auctioneer who has called more than 10,000 auctions.

As well as having his finger on the property pulse, overseeing some of Brisbane’s biggest transactions, Cush also invests heavily in the community and frequently participates in fundraisers. With mate Matt Lancashire, he co-owns a stack of other Ray White agencies and the Living Here Cush Partners rental business.

Simon Caulfield

SIMON CAULFIELD

Place Kangaroo Point director and lead agent

If there’s a luxury penthouse for sale in Brisbane’s inner east, you can bet Simon Caulfield’s name will be all over it.

Caulfield and his team – including wife Courtney Caulfield, a former lawyer – have covered off more than half a billion dollars in property sales in the past 10 years. They focus on new builds, working with big players such as Frasers Property and Sunland Group.

The team has sold out six luxury developments, most notably, Walan, at 2 Scott St, Kangaroo Point, for $44,000,000 in four months and Haven Newstead for $33,000,000 in seven months.

Michael Kollosche

MICHAEL KOLLOSCHE

Kollosche principal

The Kollosche name has become synonymous with big-ticket sales along the state’s richest stretch of real estate, Hedges Ave on the Gold Coast’s Mermaid Beach.

Michael Kollosche counts the 2022 financial year among his agency’s most successful, with unconditional sales reaching almost $2bn. High-profile deals include a $21m Hedges Ave mansion in May, along with two other designer homes on the exclusive beachfront strip for $16.5m and $14.5m.

He took a five-year hiatus from the industry, marking his return in 2016 with the sale of ex-Billabong executive Scott Perrin’s beachfront mansion for $25m.

Damian Hackett

DAMIAN HACKETT

Place Estate Agents CEO and founder

During his career, Damian Hackett has negotiated in excess of one billion dollars’ worth of property sales.

Hackett, a trained accountant, has been involved in residential real estate and business ownership since 1991. He opened an agency in Morningside in Brisbane’s east and it evolved into Place Estate Agents in 2002.

Now, along with his business partners including wife Sarah and co-founder Paul Curtain, he oversees the operation and growth of the entire Place business in Brisbane.

Andrew Coronis

ANDREW CORONIS

Coronis Real Estate managing director

Property boss Andrew Coronis first joined his father Theo in the family business at the age of 18 when he had to borrow his dad’s car to get around. He took over their single-shopfront agency in 2002, and has steadily expanded since. Coronis is the only wholly owned, end-to-end property business in the country, providing the house for sale, building inspection, bank loan, conveyancing and other services.

HOW DID WE DETERMINE THE LISTS?

Firstly, The Courier-Mail senior leadership team engaged the newsroom – reporters on the ground and in the know, those whose job it is to cover these sectors every single day.

The leadership team then used its combined years of experience and extensive contacts to brainstorm more names, adding and culling – all the while consulting with external experts and trusted sources in relevant fields.

We have excluded current executives and editors of News Corp, The Courier-Mail, Foxtel and Fox Sports. That is because News Corp Australia is the publisher of The Courier-Mail, and owns 65 per cent of Foxtel.

We understand that any such list is bound to be subjective, and is by no means exhaustive – but this list is as accurate a one as possible to produce in terms of where things are right now.

It is a unique insight into who calls the shots in Queensland. And as a subscriber it is yours exclusively.

But remember that power is more often than not temporary. Who plays large in 2022 might not be so powerful in 2023. Watch this space.

Originally published as Queensland’s most powerful real estate agents revealed