Independent and REIV website join forces as new team in real estate

Real Estate Institute of Victoria has officially announced a partnership between its realestateview.com.au website and the Independent’s Star News Group.
Real estate agents and their clients will be the winners in this partnership, which involves shared listings and cross-promotion between the REIV site and Star News Group’s 20 community newspapers and two websites, geelongproperty.com.au and starrealestate.com.au.
Chief executive officer Enzo Raimondo said he was excited about realestateview’s future with “the biggest independent family-owned print media company operating in Geelong and Melbourne”.
Local agents would benefit from the Independent’s audited circulation of around 91,000 in the Geelong region, as well as the combined reach of the three websites.
Mr Raimondo praised the Independent’s “localised reach of the target audience … extensive editorial support to agents, and exceptional customer service”.
The partnership would help buyers, sellers and renters “connect with the real estate industry”, he said.
Independent managing director Paul Thomas welcomed his company’s alliance with realestateview.com.au.
“The Independent has a proud history of providing the highest standards of product and service to the region’s real estate industry and its clients,” Mr Thomas said.
“We look forward to building on this relationship as a committed media partner with realestateview.”