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March 21, 2012 Leave a comment
Buy, sell, lease or rent from a First National member between now and 31 August 2012 and you’ll have a chance to share in our $50,000 cash prize pool. What will you do with your cash if you win?
March 1, 2012 Leave a comment
Contact your local First National member for details
Media release: 1 March 2012
First National Real Estate is offering customers the opportunity to win a share of $50,000 cash in its ‘$50,000 Cash Drop’ competition starting today.
“All you need to do is buy or sell a house through us, rent a property, or ask us to manage your investment property and we’ll automatically enter you in the competition” Ray Ellis, First National CEO said.
The competition runs between 1 March and 31 August 2012 and because the prizes are cash, customers will be free to do whatever they wish with their winnings.
“We’re very excited to be able to offer First National customers this opportunity for the next six months” said Mr Ellis.
“One lucky homeowner, tenant or landlord is going to get a very nice surprise come September”.
Visit our competitions website for more details.
January 11, 2012 Leave a comment
Our winners are off to Bunnings...
Media Release 11 January 2012
First National Real Estate office name today announced the final four winners of First National’s Queensland ‘Pimp Your Property Home Renovation Giveaway’ competition.
Stephen Tillston of Nerang, Kira Hammond of Nundah and Vicki Nunn of Gladstone are each winners of $500 Bunnings Hardware voucher packs. Nathan Griffiths of Currumbin Waters won the major prize of $10,000 in Bunnings Hardware vouchers.
‘The competition, which ran for the latter half of 2011, has helped 13 Queensland families to make improvements around their homes or recover from damage caused by last summer’s weather events’ said Ray Ellis, Chief Executive of First National Real Estate.
‘Our member offices throughout Queensland were delighted to offer the opportunity for their local communities to win a share of the prize pool and remind our customers that First National will be offering an even more exciting competition for them to enter, later this year’.
November 11, 2011 Leave a comment
First National Real Estate is delighted to announce the five winners of First National’s October ‘Get the job done’ competition.
The competition ran throughout Australia and gave homeowners or home hunters five chances to win $5,000 in Bunnings Hardware gift vouchers.
Our competition winners are:
The nearest First National member offices are making contact with our five winners and arranging for the collection of their prize vouchers. We’ll bring you more news of their responses and their plans as information becomes available.
We hope all five women have great plans for their Christmas holidays because they’ll certainly now have everything they need to get the job done!
Issued by: First National Real Estate
For further information: Stewart Bunn, National Communications Manager, First National Real Estate – 1800 032 332
First National Real Estate is delighted to announce the five winners of First National’s October ‘Get the job done’ competition.
October 1, 2011 Leave a comment
Media Release – 1 October 2011
First National Real Estate has launched a competition throughout Australia where homeowners or home hunters have five chances to win $5,000 in hardware gift vouchers.
‘Australians love do it yourself projects so there’s always huge interest in our competitions where the prize helps get another home improvement finished’ said Stewart Bunn, First National’s communications manager.
‘Whether you own your own home or rent, there’s a lot of useful equipment or even home furnishings that you can buy with $5,000 worth of hardware gift vouchers’.
During the competition, First National Real Estate will also be offering a free iPhone App called Real Estate Rumble’ said Mr Bunn.
‘Real Estate Rumble is just for fun. You don’t have to play the game for a chance to win one of the five competition prizes but, like building up a real estate portfolio, the game is addictive’.
Customers can download their free game from Apple’s iTunes Store or the App Store; just search ‘Real Estate Rumble’.
To enter the competition, participants should visit www.firstnational.com.au or the website of their nearest First National office and follow the prompts to register.
‘Get the job done’ runs between 1 October 2011 and 11.59 pm AEDST on 31 October 2011.
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Issued by: First National Real Estate
For further information Stewart Bunn, National Communications Manager, 1800 032 332
July 1, 2011 7 Comments
Media Release – 1 July 2011
First National Real Estate has launched a competition throughout Victoria where homeowners can win a re-paint of their house worth up to $10,000.
‘Australians just love home ownership and there’s a huge amount of interest in making improvements in order to maximise capital growth. But the last thing people want to do in their spare time is paint their house’ the network’s National Communications Manager, Stewart Bunn said.
One of the most important things you can do to preserve or improve the presentation of your property is keep it freshly painted. The winner of the ‘Pimp Your Property – $10,000 Home Painting Giveaway’ will have their home re-painted to the value of $10,000 – enough to complete an average sized Australian house.
‘In a sense, we all prosper by riding on the back of our property renovations so we took a tongue in cheek view in the naming of this competition’ said Mr Bunn.
‘Australia once rode on the sheep’s back but these days, for most Australians, we build wealth and improve our lifestyles by renovating our properties.
‘I’m sure that whoever wins this competition will improve the value of their home by more than the $10,000 investment First National will be making on their behalf’.
To enter the competition, participants need to visit www.pimpyourproperty.com.au and follow the prompts.
The ‘Pimp Your Property – $10,000 Home Painting Giveaway’ competition is simple to enter and runs between 1 July and 15 September 2011.
July 1, 2011 Leave a comment
Media Release: July 1 2011
First National Real Estate has launched a competition throughout New South Wales where homeowners can win a free year’s supply of fuel from Caltex.
‘Can anyone explain why the cost of fuel has gone through the roof yet the Australian dollar has never been stronger’ the network’s National Communications Manager, Stewart Bunn asked.
With interest rates expected to gradually rise, the cost of home ownership will increase. However, the winner of First National’s competition will certainly enjoy a considerable weight being lifted from their budget by not having to pay for fuel for a year.
‘We’re certain this will be a great boost to some lucky family’s or an individual’s budget this year’ said Mr Bunn.
To enter the competition, participants need to visit www.freefuelforayear.com.au and follow the prompts.
The ‘Free Fuel For A Year’ competition is simple to enter and runs between 1 July and 15 September 2011.
June 17, 2011 Leave a comment
Media Release – 17 June 2011
First National Real Estate Manly today announced that a Northern Beaches resident had won First National’s ‘Pimp Your Property’ competition for a Dulux home re-paint worth up to $10,000.
‘Australians just love home ownership and there’s a huge amount of interest in making improvements in order to maximise capital growth. But the last thing people want to do in their spare time is paint their house’ Ben Daniel, principal from First National Manly said.
‘In a sense, we all prosper by riding on the back of our property renovations so we took a tongue in cheek view in the naming of this home re-painting competition’.
Belrose resident Sandra Armstrong, who, coincidentally, once worked with Mr Daniel in another organisation, became aware of the competition through the agency’s online marketing and entered via First National Manly’s website.
‘As registrations for the competition began pouring in, I noticed Sandra’s name in the list of people who had entered via our website’ said Mr Daniel.
‘I rang her up and joked that she had won the competition back in March but when I received a phone call from our head office in Melbourne last week saying that a Ms Armstrong was New South Wales’ winning entry, the joke was on me’ said Mr Daniel.
‘I couldn’t believe it, but then neither could Sandra when a rang her again to tell her that this time, that she really had won the competition and would be receiving a re-paint to the value of $10,000.’
Sandra and her partner visited First National Manly to receive their official prize notification and arrangements are now being made for a consultation to the value of $1000 with a Dulux Colour Consultant, to be followed up shortly afterwards with the home re-paint to the value of $9000.
March 2, 2011 2 Comments
First National Real Estate has launched a competition throughout Victoria where homeowners can win a free year’s supply of fuel from Caltex.
‘Can anyone explain why the cost of fuel has gone through the roof yet the Australian dollar has never been stronger’ the network’s National Communications Manager, Stewart Bunn asked.
With interest rates expected to gradually rise throughout 2011, the cost of home ownership will increase. However, the winner of First National’s competition will certainly enjoy a considerable weight being lifted from their budget by not having to pay for fuel for a year.
‘We’re certain this will be a great boost to some lucky family’s or an individual’s budget this year’ said Mr Bunn.
To enter the competition, participants need to visit www.freefuelforayear.com.au and follow the prompts.
The ‘Free Fuel For A Year’ competition is simple to enter and runs between 1 March and 31 May, 2011.
March 1, 2011 118 Comments
First National Real Estate has launched a competition throughout New South Wales where homeowners can win a re-paint of their house worth up to $10,000.
‘Australians just love home ownership and there’s a huge amount of interest in making improvements in order to maximise capital growth. But the last thing people want to do in their spare time is paint their house’ the network’s National Communications Manager, Stewart Bunn said.
One of the most important things you can do to preserve or improve the presentation of your property is keep it freshly painted. The winner of the ‘Pimp Your Property – $10,000 Home Painting Giveaway’ will have their home re-painted using quality Dulux paints to the value of $10,000 – enough to complete an average sized Australian house.
‘In a sense, we all prosper by riding on the back of our property renovations so we took a tongue in cheek view in the naming of this competition’ said Mr Bunn.
‘Australia once rode on the sheep’s back but these days, for most Australians, we build wealth and improve our lifestyles by renovating our properties.
‘I’m sure that whoever wins this competition will improve the value of their home by more than the $10,000 investment First National will be making on their behalf’.
To enter the competition, participants need to visit www.pimpyourproperty.com.au and follow the prompts.
The ‘Pimp Your Property – $10,000 Home Painting Giveaway’ competition is simple to enter and runs between 1 March and 31 May, 2011.
