LJ Hooker partners with Bond University to improve professionalism in real estate
LJ Hooker Corporate, the property agency franchisor, has formed a partnership with Bond University aimed at expanding research knowledge and sharpening professionalism in the real estate industry.
Group chief executive L. Janusz Hooker says the partnership will help agents better understand market trends and the behaviour of property owners and investors.
It will collaborate with the university's Institute of Sustainable Development and Architecture, which works with national and overseas organisations to deliver sustainable development, research and investment.
The institute runs graduate and master degree real estate programs.
"The partnership with Bond University covers a number of components including research collaboration, the exchange of academics and industry experts, and a higher level of professional development programs for agents," Hooker says.
"One of my goals is to improve professionalism in the real estate industry.
"Through the partnership, LJ Hooker will produce degree-qualified agents with invaluable knowledge of the growing importance of sustainability, energy-efficiency and their impact on real estate."
Dr George Earl, director of the institute and the university's professor of real estate, says the partnership will fund investigation into issues relating to the Australian property market, including housing affordability.
LJ Hooker has 690 franchises in Australia and New Zealand.
