	{"id":24889,"date":"2019-09-26T05:50:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T19:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=24889"},"modified":"2019-09-25T11:24:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T01:24:07","slug":"ray-white-ballarat-one-of-the-best-in-the-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/real-estate\/ray-white-ballarat-one-of-the-best-in-the-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray White Ballarat one of the best in the bush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Firm takes second-best rural office in Australia, first in Victoria and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/real-estate\/josh-todd\/\">Josh Todd<\/a> makes Premier Member<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/raywhiteballarat.com.au\/\">RAY White Ballarat<\/a> had an outstanding evening at the recent national rural and livestock awards ceremony for the Ray White Group.<\/p>\n<p>The dynamic office has come away from the awards ranking the second-best office within the rural network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great for the whole team,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/real-estate\/agent-profile-phillip-lee\/\">Ray White Ballarat Director Phillip Lee<\/a>. \u201cThe team have worked very hard over many years trying to give our clients the best service, and winning these awards is great recognition for their hard work and efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since its establishment as Booth &amp; Lee in 1989 the business has grown to become a progressive and respected force in the region. They joined Ray White Rural in 2011 and have established themselves as an authority in rural sales, particularly through the expertise of Rural Sales Manager, Josh Todd.<\/p>\n<p>Chair of Ray White Rural, Paul White praised the Ballarat office\u2019s achievements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBallarat is a crucial market as both a regional growth centre and a rural hub,\u201d he said. Our team locally deliver an exceptional service and expertise to their community and this was reflected in their successes this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With key differences between selling homes in urban areas and farms, acreage and large parcels of land, Mr Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that being part of the Ray White Rural network delivered other benefits to vendors and buyers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a completely different skill set to residential sales, as is commercial,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing part of Ray White Rural, we also have access to a marketing agency that specialises in promoting rural property and that can by via print or digital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can reach out to other rural offices throughout Australia for support and promote a seller\u2019s property further across Australia and internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A specialist division operating in every state and territory apart from Tasmania, Ray White Rural is currently celebrating its 25th year and through continued growth they are selling about 12 per cent of all farms in Australia, last year helping over 4000 rural landholders.<\/p>\n<p>The recent awards night held in Surfers Paradise celebrated the firms nationwide 120 offices with 600 rural specialists and 1000 members.<\/p>\n<p>The two national rural awards add to the four from the recent Ray White Victoria\/ Tasmania awards collected by the Ballarat team in late August. Back then the agency took home Number 1 Top Regional Office, Number 1 Top Exclusive Office Settled Sales, Clients Choice, and Property Management Team of the Year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24891\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24891\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/09\/Ray-White-Ballarat-Vic-Tas-Awards-for-web-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/09\/Ray-White-Ballarat-Vic-Tas-Awards-for-web-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/09\/Ray-White-Ballarat-Vic-Tas-Awards-for-web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/09\/Ray-White-Ballarat-Vic-Tas-Awards-for-web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/09\/Ray-White-Ballarat-Vic-Tas-Awards-for-web-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ray White Ballarat team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firm takes second-best rural office in Australia, first in Victoria and Josh Todd makes Premier Member RAY White Ballarat had an outstanding evening at the recent national rural and livestock awards ceremony for the Ray White Group. 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