We are delighted to welcome @loanmarket_canberra to our REIACT Community! 👏

We are deeply honoured to share that REIACT CEO Maria Edwards has been named as finalist in Real Estate Today’s 2025 Trailblazer Awards!

Maria is representing REIACT and the ACT in the Thought Leaders Trailblazer category alongside professionals from across Australia and New Zealand.

The 2025 Trailblazer Awards showcase the individuals, businesses and networks that are redefining leadership, innovation, culture, marketing and operational excellence across the real estate industry. Winners across all categories will be announced in 2026.

View more details here: https://www.realestatetodayaustralia.com.au/post/real-estate-today-announces-finalists-for-the-2025-trailblazer-awards

Another drumroll please... The REIACT Mo-members Challenge 2025 ‘Most Engaging Content' goes to @home.byhollyofficial and featuring Rick Meir!

Thank you to the home.byholly team for their reel featuring their ‘mos’ (may or may not be real) and to Rick Meir’s final ‘mo’ look reel on the last day of Movember, your creative content helped REIACT and all our Mo-members in our campaign to raise awareness for men’s health.

Stay tuned for updates on our REIACT Mo-member who had the most creative fundraising.

#REIACTMomembersChallenge #Movember #ACTRealEstate

Yesterday, REIACT CEO Maria Edwards appeared before the Standing Committee on Environment and Planning for the Inquiry into the Role and Future of the Woden Town Centre in the Context of a Compact City.

On behalf of REIACT, Edwards made the following recommendations to the committee:

✅ Introduce minimum internal area and design standards to ensure that 1- and 2-bedroom apartments can function as long-term residences
✅ Incentivise developers who deliver larger and more flexible floorplates through planning tools or LVC adjustments
✅ Require an outcomes-based approach to housing that measures success by resident retention and economic, social and civic participation
✅ Reform the Unit Titles Management framework, provide support to the strata sector by establishing minimum education and licensing standards as well as for investors to stay in the market so that rental supply and pre-sales are sufficient to enable quality development

Watch REIACT CEO Maria Edwards here (starting 0:01:44): https://broadcast.parliament.act.gov.au/vod/player/4419bf8ac4d34a2994d93ab7efc96591

💡 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗬 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦: In her third article for Australian Property Investor Magazine, REIACT CEO Maria Edwards talks about how the ‘missing middle reforms’ could present an opportunity to redefine urban living for a growing city. For investors, the message is clear: Canberra’s future supply will come as much from its existing suburbs as from new estates.

Read the full article from API magazine here: https://www.apimagazine.com.au/news/article/the-acts-missing-middle-a-new-frontier-for-property-investors