Top property professionals honoured at PIPA Awards

The Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) recently honoured the crème de la crème of the property investment profession at its inaugural awards ceremony held in Sydney.

PIPA Chair Nicola McDougall (pictured above) stressed the awards’ focus on professionalism and the achievements of PIPA members throughout 2023.

“The PIPA Awards for Excellence were judged by some of Australia’s most experienced and ethical property experts and practitioners — handpicked because of their objectivity and commitment to best practice,” McDougall said.

Judging criteria

Each award entry was judged against criteria such as excellence in customer service, significant achievements, strategic advice, professional development, and adherence to the PIPA Code of Conduct.

“Specifically, the judges considered how seriously each person or business had embedded PIPA’s code of ethics into their practice,” McDougall said.

The Code of Conduct framework focuses on professional development, leadership, disclosure, respect, and integrity.

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Celebrating PIPA finalists and winners

“I would like to congratulate each and every finalist and winner in our inaugural awards program,” McDougall said. “Their commitment to best practice not only enabled them to be selected as a finalist, but it is also leading the way for all practitioners in our profession around the nation.”

The PIPA award winners are:

PIPA Business of the Year – Small

• Winner: Jay Anderson Property
• Finalists: Asciential Property Group, BFP Property Group, Equity Finance Solutions, Focus Property Wealth, Home Scouts, Inspire Realty, Ready Set Buy – Property Buyer’s Agent, Winspro Buyers Agent

PIPA Business of the Year – Medium

• Winners: National Property Buyers (Victoria) and Strike Property
• Finalists: Cate Bakos Property, Hotspotting, Investor Partner Group, JL Property Buyers Agents, Motivate Property Group, Sharp Property Buyers, Spring Buyers Agency, Streamline Property Buyers

PIPA Business of the Year – Large

• Winner: Propertybuyer
• Finalists: Empower Wealth – Property Wealth Planning, InSynergy Property Wealth Advisory, Momentum Wealth, Propell Property, Ramsey Property Wealth, Rethink Investing

Qualified Property Investment Adviser (QPIA) of the Year – Buyer’s Agent

• Winner: Melinda Jennison (Streamline Property Buyers)
• Finalists: Jay Anderson (Jay Anderson Property), Cate Bakos (Cate Bakos Property), Melinda Granzien (Precision Property Buyers Agency), Rich Harvey (Propertybuyer), Colin Lee (Inspire Realty), Matt Sharp (Sharp Property Buyers)

QPIA of the Year – Financial Services

• Winner: Glenn Biggins (Focus Property Wealth)
• Finalists: Aaron Christie-David (Atelier Wealth Mortgage Brokers), Imtiyaz Rather (Hack Mortgages)

QPIA of the Year – Property Investment Advisor

• Winner: Melinda Jennison (Streamline Property Buyers)
• Finalists: Jay Anderson (Jay Anderson Property), Cate Bakos (Cate Bakos Property), Gaurav Bhatia (Equimax Property Investment Advisors), Rich Harvey (Propertybuyer), Michael Haywood (Momentum Wealth), Nick Holden (Simple Property Investment), Colin Lee (Inspire Realty), Richard Sheppard (inSynergy Property Wealth Advisory), Starla Wang (Winspro Buyers Agent)

QPIA of the Year – Graduate

• Winner: Brilee Matic (Streamline Property Buyers)
• Finalists: Jarrad Brown (Ally Property Group), Melinda Granzien (Precision Property Buyers Agency), Daniel Irwin (Strike Property), Corey Jones (Motivate Property Group), Adrian Lee (InvestorKit), Imtiyaz Rather (Hack Mortgages)

PIPA Achievement Award

• Winner: Steve Waters (Right Property Group)

Overall QPIA of the Year

• Winner: Brilee Matic (Streamline Property Buyers)

To read the PIPA announcement, click here.

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