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| Company type | Proprietary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Real estate |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Founder | Diane Lenore Jones |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Australia |
| Services |
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| Website | https://www.dijones.com.au/ |
DiJones Real Estate is an Australian real estate group specialising in residential and commercial sales and property management.
History
[edit]DiJones was founded by female entrepreneur Diane Lenore Jones. Jones was married to Bill Jones, an auctioneer at LJ Hooker Real Estate. When her son Matthew was born with disabilities and needed extra help she made the decision to go out to work to fund the care. Several years later in an interview she said "If not for Matthew's illness, I'd probably have remained a housewife."[1] She worked at two other real estate businesses before she founded Jones & Jones Pty Ltd trading as DiJones Real Estate in 1992.
Jones found that there was an unconscious gender bias favourable to her when engaging with female clients. At the time in Australia there were few female estate agents so Jones decided to set up her own female owned and operated agency, encouraged by those who kept telling her how much they liked her "female touch".[1] This was a first for the Australian real estate industry.[2]
Diane Lenore Jones died in 2018 from pulmonary disease.[3][4]
Innovation
[edit]Di Jones was the first Australian company to offer home staging services. From the inception of the company in 1992 DiJones introduced the idea of stylists presenting homes.[2]
The first virtual property tours in Australia were sold and published by DiJones. In September 1998 the company launched a service where, for a $70 fee, a vendor could have their property posted on the Web site with a virtual tour.[5]
DiJones delivered the first internet live stream of an Australian real estate auction. In Australia, a popular way to sell residential property is by public auction.[6] On 1st March 2000 the company was the first real estate agency to live stream a real estate auction via their website.[7]
DiJones published the First residential property "Market Report". In response to the international interest in Sydney real estate prices[8] as a result of the upcoming Sydney Olympics, in November 1999 .[9] The format of the report beginning with an assessment of the current economic conditions, an analysis of current property prices and concluding with a section devoted to "potential boom areas" is a reporting format that has become commonplace today by publishers such as (Core logic) and other real estate professionals.[10]
Workplace
[edit]The business supports an open innovation approach for employees to solve problems or improve existing capabilities for both themselves and their customers at their own discretion.[11]
Philanthropy
[edit]The business has always supported groups enacting female empowerment and gender equality in Australian society. As early as 1995 the business was supporting the Refugee Council of Australia Women's Literacy Project[12]in a commitment to provide resources needed for refugee women arriving in Australia to become effective leaders.
Other regular philanthropic recipients are St Vincents Hospital Sydney[13]and a variety of school and disability organisations.[14][15][16][17]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Real Estate News". Archived from the original on 2000-06-11. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Remembering Di Jones and her Profound Impact on the Australian Real Estate Industry". Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Real Estate Doyenne Dies". 24 June 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Pioneering Real Estate Entrepreneur Dies". Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Website Index". Archived from the original on 2000-06-06. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Record Auction Figures". 7 March 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Website Index Welcome". Archived from the original on 2000-02-29. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "SHARING THE SPIRIT: THE IMPACT OF THE SYDNEY 2000 OLYMPICS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN AUSTRALIA" (PDF). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Market Index". Archived from the original on 1999-11-28. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "McGrath Report". Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Sydney real estate agency open privacy room for breastfeeding mums". Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "International Women's Day and NCJW Membership Evening". Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Real estate helping the community". 16 October 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Matthew Jones Award". Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "AGN Files" (PDF). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Annual Report" (PDF). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Grace Cossington Smith Art Award". Retrieved 18 January 2023.