Rob Honeycombe departs REIQ chair

The chairman of Queensland's peak real estate industry lobby group has stepped down unexpectedly.

But the Courier Mail reported REIQ members have been kept in the dark about the reasons for the move.

The loss-making Real Estate Institute of Queensland alerted members earlier this month that Rob Honeycombe had resigned.

Honeycombe remains a director of the institute where he has had membership since 1994.

He was the chair from 2014 to 2018.

Peter Brewer has been the chair from March 29 when REIQ advised Honeycombe announced his resignation at the March Board meeting, "for both personal and professional reasons."

“The REIQ is in the process of developing a new three-year strategic plan that will propel this organisation forward into exciting new territory and with my term expiring in October I wanted to give someone else the opportunity to lead the organisation through this transition,” he said. 

“I’ve got great confidence in passing the Chairman’s baton to Peter Brewer,” Mr Honeycombe said.

REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella thanked Mr Honeycombe for his years of service to the REIQ.