Raine and Horne
Encyclopedia
Raine and Horne is an Australian real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...

 franchise established in 1883. Raine & Horne was established in Sydney, Australia, in 1883 by its founders Tom Raine and Joseph Horne.

Raine and Horne's business includes selling residential real estate, selling commercial real estate, as well as leasing and property management
Property management
Property management is the operation, control of ususally on behalf of an owner, and oversight of commercial, industrial or residential real estate as used in its most broad terms. Management indicates a need to be cared for, monitored and accountability given for its usable life and condition...

 for both residential and commercial properties.

Raine & Horne is Australia’s oldest family real estate firm, still owned and operated by the Raine family, and one of the oldest privately owned companies in the southern hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"...

. Raine & Horne was founded in Sydney in 1883 by Tom Raine and Joseph Horne. The two men resided close to one another, and commenced business as Land & Estate Agents
Estate agent
An estate agent is a person or business that arranges the selling, renting or management of properties, and other buildings, in the United Kingdom and Ireland. An agent that specialises in renting is often called a letting or management agent...

 in a small office in Elizabeth Street, Sydney
Elizabeth Street, Sydney
Elizabeth Street is a street in Sydney, Australia.-Description and history:Elizabeth Street runs south from Hunter Street, past Hyde Park and David Jones, Central station and through the inner city suburbs of Surry Hills, Redfern, Waterloo and Zetland...

.

Four generations of the Raine family have been continually involved with the firm since 1883. Today Max Raine and his son Angus are still actively involved in the business.

The company now employs more than 4000 people in a network of hundreds of offices throughout New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. Raine & Horne also has more than 40 offices throughout the world, cementing the company’s position as one of the strongest real estate networks nationally and internationally.

www More information about Raine & Horne.rh.com.au http://www.rh.com.au
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK