{"id":23575,"date":"2020-02-10T13:30:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T00:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=23575"},"modified":"2020-02-10T13:30:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T00:30:16","slug":"its-getting-worse-agent-shines-spotlight-on-sexual-harassment-in-real-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/its-getting-worse-agent-shines-spotlight-on-sexual-harassment-in-real-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s getting worse\u2019: Agent shines spotlight on sexual harassment in real estate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>PHOTO:  Sexual harassment in real estate <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">An experienced agent has offered pivotal insight into her experience of being a woman in real estate, noting that sexism, sexual harassment and bullying&nbsp;are negatively shaping the culture of the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Queensland real estate agent, who spoke to REB under the alias of \u201cKate Howard\u201d, has worked in real estate for nearly two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ms Howard said she got into real estate because she was interested in property from an early age. During the 18 years she has been in the industry, selling homes morphed into her passion to a point where it is now her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite this, however, Ms Howard told REB that the culture of the real estate industry has become toxic in recent years, claiming she has experienced numerous occasions where she\u2019s been the victim of sexism, sexual harassment and bullying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">READ MORE VIA<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestatebusiness.com.au\/breaking-news\/19478-it-s-getting-worse-agent-shines-spotlight-on-sexual-harassment-in-real-estate\"> REB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOTO: Sexual harassment in real estate An experienced agent has<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/its-getting-worse-agent-shines-spotlight-on-sexual-harassment-in-real-estate\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[461747081],"tags":[478099058,478098533,478098828,478108701,478098727,478108075],"class_list":["entry","author-data123nz","post-23575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australian-property-real-estate-news","tag-real-estate-agencies","tag-real-estate-agent","tag-real-estate-agents","tag-real-estate-offfice-culture","tag-real-estate-offices","tag-sexual-harassment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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