Newcastle Real Estate Agent, Mark Kentwell is busy brushing up on his Korean and other languages as he heads to the CCIM Korea International Real Estate Conference as the only Australian speaker.

The conference is being held in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on August 17 and 18. Mark, Director of PRDnationwide Newcastle & Lake Macquarie, has been invited to speak along-side other real estate professionals from the USA, Europe and Asia. Local delegates are assembling to hear about the current outlook of foreign real estate investment by country.

Mark said he will be taking the opportunity to showcase Newcastle and the Hunter as well as the rest of Australia in his presentation.

“I’m speaking about real estate trends and investment opportunities in Australia which will certainly include our region,” Mark said.

“Interest in and appetite for investing in our transforming city and region is high.

“I’m getting lots of interest from international buyers from a number of the development projects we market locally and South Korea is another exciting market.”

The conference is being held at the same time as the Korea Economic Daily and Informa Group UK hold Cityscape Korea 2017, which they describe as “Asia’s most powerful real estate exposition”. The expo will showcase real estate products and opportunities from 20 countries.

Mark is no stranger to representing the region and Australia’s real estate sector overseas. He undertakes regular study tours to improve his business and is often asked to speak about the Friendly Auction System and book he developed. This year he’s spoken in the United States.

Meanwhile Mark said the boom in the local property market means his team continues to grow. Licenced real estate Agent and Lake Macquarie residential property expert Diana Apostolovski has joined fellow Licenced Agent and Property Valuer, Chase Ede in the residential property sales team. Veteran property management specialist, Hunter Scott has joined PRD’s property management division Safe Hands.

CCIM Association is a global commercial property analysts association established in the United States with 57 offices in cities outside the US.

PRDnationwide Newcastle & Lake Macquarie and Newcastle New Projects development division are the region’s largest seller of residential property.

IMAGE | Mark Kentwell will head to the CCIM Korea International Real Estate Conference as the only Australian speaker.