Hocking Stuart Score 6 out of 6 at The REIV Awards

Hocking Stuart, a Melbourne based real estate agent, entered six submissions into this year's Real Estate Institute of Victoria awards, called REIV - The Age Awards for Excellence. The awards recognise excellence in real estate across a number of specific areas, and all six of Hocking Stuart's entries have been shortlisted.

(PRWEB) November 1, 2007 -- The annual REIV awards are considered important among the real estate (http://www.hockingstuart.com.au/redfirst/) fraternity. Indeed, they are the Oscars of the real estate world, however they serve several valuable functions.

The awards provide successful agents and their offices with evidence of achievement that can be used for promotional purposes to secure further business. The fierce competition to garner these highly coveted prizes also helps to push service standards higher. And, importantly, the awards also help to promote innovation in the development of new products and service delivery methods in the real estate industry (http://www.hockingstuart.com.au/about/).

The two most prized awards - the Corporate Promotion Award and the Website Award, which are a bit like the Best Picture and Best Actor Academy Awards - are hotly contested each year. In 2006 Hocking Stuart won the Corporate Promotion Award, but with a finalist listing in both categories hopes are high they'll go one better this time round. "It's rare for one company to pick up both these awards in one year," explains Jackie Hall, Operations & Marketing Manager for Hocking Stuart, "but if it were to ever happen, this will be the year. We've worked extremely hard in both areas and the results have been exceptional."

In addition, Hocking Stuart has also been shortlisted in four other categories: Innovation, recognising new and effective tools, techniques and methods that will benefit both customers and the industry; Communications, acknowledging outstanding marketing and advertising; Residential Property Manager of the Year, awarded to the property manager who has contributed most to the industry, the agency and clients and the Award for Service to the Real Estate Industry.

When considering Hocking Stuart's chances of making a clean sweep of all 6 nominations, Jackie Hall is philosophical. "Whether or not we end up winning any of the awards we've been nominated for is almost irrelevant. Just the fact we've been recognised as one of the best real estate businesses (http://www.hockingstuart.com.au) in Victoria - and in all the areas we feel are important - is enough."

The smile on Jackie's face leaves no doubt - they want to win the lot!

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