2008 Australasian Real Estate Institutes Auctioneering Championship

The Real Estate Institute of the Northern Territory will host the 2008 Australasian Real Estate Institutes Auctioneering Championship in Darwin on 1 – 2 September. For more information on the Championship, click here.

 

New Zealand auctioneer wins 2007 Australasian Real Estate Institutes Auctioneering Championship

New Zealand auctioneer, Mark Sumich, has won the 2007 Australasian Real Estate Institutes Auctioneering Championship, held in Perth from 2 to 4 September. Sixteen of the leading auctioneers in Australia and New Zealand participated in the championship, which is held annually.

Finalists included:
Chris Mourd, McGrath Estate Agents, New South Wales
Mark Sumich, Sumich Estate Agents and Auctioneers, New Zealand
Paul Curtain, Place Estate Agents, Queensland
Phil McGoldrick, Harcourts Group, New Zealand

"All the contestants in the 2007 Australasian Real Estate Institutes Auctioneering Championship are to be commended for demonstrating outstanding professionalism in auctioneering. The standard of competition was excellent and the judging rigorous" noted Graham Joyce, REIA President, and Murray Cleland, REINZ President.

"Mark Sumich is congratulated for achieving the pinnacle of professional success in being named 2007 Austalasian Real Estate Institutes Auctioneering Champion. His professional skills and expertise demonstrated in this tight contest were outstanding" concluded Graham Joyce and Murray Cleland.

Mark Sumich is the owner of Sumich Estate Agents and Auctioneers Ltd, based in Newmarket, Auckland. He has been at the coal face of auctions in Auckland for nearly 20 years. Mark is involved in the auction process from the time of listing the property, right through to the auction itself, and prides himself on the attention to detail which is essential for any auction to be successful. He has established himself as an auctioneer involved in the sale of property from small units through to multi-million dollar mansions and knows that the role is pivotal in achieving top sales figures. In addition to taking out the 2007 Australasian Real Estate Institutes Auctioneering Championship, Mark is also the 2007 New Zealand Real Estate Auctioneering Champion.