Quaid Auctioneers

The Quaid Real Estate organization is the largest and longest established real estate agency in tropical North Queensland. The business was started in 1949 in the Port Douglas/Mossman region by George Quaid Jnr. In those early years the Quaid name was synonymous with sales of sugar cane farms, cattle stations, undeveloped coastal lands, Port Douglas properties and auction sales of mining equipment and farm machinery. In the early 1970's the business established its headquarters in Cairns and Ian Beattie became Managing Director. During the 1970's and 1980's Quaid Real Estate developed a strong commercial bias and a reputation as leading marketers of home unit developments and residential lands estates. The company also established a team of residential salespeople with particular interest in properties located in the inner-city, on hillslopes and at beachside locations. In the early 1990's Stacey Quaid (George's oldest son) was appointed Managing Director. During this period we quickly re-immerged as the number one auctioneering force in the region - a position Quaid Auctioneers has retained ever since. In 2002, the business was further expanded by the formation of Colliers International (Cairns), which operates as a partner office handling all of the commercial sales and leasing, project marketing and Commercial property management previously operated under the Quaid umbrella business.


In 2008, after a 10 year partnership between Stacey Quaid and Ian Beattie, Stacey Quaid became sole principal and took full control of the business. Ian is still involved in the company marketing of special development projects, as well as sales of larger commercial and rural properties and development sites Stacey Quaid is Group Director and oversees the day-to-day operations of all of our business streams. He is a Licensed Real Estate Agent and, as the firms principal Auctioneer, is qualified to value plant and equipment and other chattels.

We are professional Real Estate agents and consequently do not develop or trade property. We are marketers and negotiators, not rental agents/property managers. We accept appointments to act as either seller's agent or buyer's agent. We aim to provide efficient, discreet service to our clients and helpful, courteous attention to customers. We are members of the Real Estate Institute of Queensland and abide by its Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.