The 2025 PIPA Awards for Excellence were held in Brisbane recently where the crème de la crème of the property investment profession was recognised for their commitment to best practice, ethics, and the PIPA Code of Conduct.

PIPA Chair Nicola McDougall said the awards also focused on professionalism as well as the professional or business achievements of PIPA members throughout 2024.

“The PIPA Awards for Excellence were judged by some of Australia’s most experienced and ethical property experts and practitioners — handpicked because of their objectivity and commitment to best practice,” Ms McDougall said.

“Each award entry was judged against set criteria that recognised factors such as excellence in customer service, significant achievements, strategic advice, professional development, best practice, as well as adhering to the PIPA Code of Conduct.

“Specifically, the judges considered how seriously each person or business had embedded PIPA’s code of ethics into their practice.”

The purpose of the PIPA Code of Conduct is to provide a framework for applying the five core values underpinning PIPA’s commitment to excellence, which are Professional Development, Leadership, Disclosure, Respect, and Integrity.

“I would like to congratulation each and every finalist and winner in our 2025 PIPA Awards for Excellence,” Ms McDougall said.

“Their commitment to best practice not only enabled them to be selected as a finalist, but it is also leading the way for all practitioners in our profession around the nation.”

2025 PIPA Awards for Excellence finalists and winners

PIPA Business of the Year – Small

Aleksandra & Co Buyers’ Agency
Buyer Ambassadors
Ellam Property
Equity Finance Solutions
Home Scouts
Joanna Boyd Buyers Advocate
Precision Property Buyers Agency
Ready Set Buy
Simple Property Investment
Sunday Buyers

And the winners are… Joanna Boyd Buyers Advocate and Sunday Buyers

PIPA Business of the Year – Medium

BFP Property Group
Cate Bakos Property
Hotspotting
Investor Partner Group
Jay Anderson Property
JL Property Buyers Agent
National Property Buyers (Victoria)
Sharp Property Buyers
Streamline Property Buyers
Winspro Buyers Agent

And the winners are… Jay Anderson Property and JL Property Buyers Agent

PIPA Business of the Year – Large

Empower Wealth Advisory
inSynergy Advisory
InvestorKit
Milk Chocolate Property
Momentum Wealth
Motivate Property Group
Propell Property
Propertybuyer

And the winner is… Momentum Wealth

Qualified Property Investment Adviser (QPIA) of the Year – Buyer’s Agent (Local)

Amanda Turner (Opulence Property QLD)
Bronwen Stacey (Home Scouts)
Cate Bakos (Cate Bakos Property)
Chengli (Jenny) Jia (JL Property Buyers Agent)
Melinda Granzien (Precision Property Buyers Agency)
Melinda Jennison (Streamline Property Buyers)
Stephen McGee (National Property Buyers QLD)

And the winner is… Chengli (Jenny) Jia (JL Property Buyers Agent)

Qualified Property Investment Adviser (QPIA) of the Year – Buyer’s Agent (Borderless)

Ella Cas (Mecca Property Group)
Jay Anderson (Jay Anderson Property)
Kimberley Ackerman (Buyer Ambassadors)
Matt Sharp (Sharp Property Buyers)
Starla Wang (Winspro Buyers Agent)
Tome Avelovski (Ready Set Buy)

And the winner is… Matt Sharp (Sharp Property Buyers)

Qualified Property Investment Adviser (QPIA) of the Year – Property Investment Adviser

Aaron Christie-David (Atelier Wealth Mortgage Brokers)
Amanda Jachowski (Empower Wealth Advisory)
Amanda Turner (Opulence Property QLD)
Cate Bakos (Cate Bakos Property)
Jarrad Brown (Ally Property Group)
Jay Anderson, Jay Anderson Property
Matt Sharp (Sharp Property Buyers)
Matthew Hughes (Capital Property Advisory)
Michael Haywood (Momentum Wealth)
Rich Harvey (Propertybuyer)

And the winners are… Amanda Jachowski (Empower Wealth Advisory) and Matthew Hughes (Capital Property Advisory)

QPIA of the Year – Graduate

Bronwen Stacey (Home Scouts)
Ella Cas (Mecca Property Group)
Kit Gunasekara (InvestorKit)
Macauley Powell (inSynergy Advisory)
Michael Safar (SAFORE)
Stacey May (Streamline Property Buyers)

And the winner is… Kit Gunasekara (InvestorKit)

PIPA Support Person of the Year

Hayley Sarin (Equity Finance Solutions)
Jackie Sharp (Sharp Property Buyers)
Michelle Derderyan (Propertybuyer)
Scott Oh (Winspro Buyers Agent)

And the winner is… Jackie Sharp (Sharp Property Buyers)

PIPA Achievement Award

Peter Koulizos (Former PIPA Chair and property academic)

Overall QPIA of the Year (for highest scoring nomination)

Jenny Jia (JL Property Buyers Agent)

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