Commercial
Harcourts Royal Oak office established by former independents
December 8th, 2009Established and successful Royal-Oak-based real estate company RPA Ltd has joined Harcourts, New Zealand’s largest real estate group, yesterday making the move official by rebranding their office.
Formerly operating independently as Ryan Property Agents and Ryan Commercial, the company is now in the process of introducing the Harcourts brand and its comprehensive range of world-class business, marketing and technology systems and products to its commercial, business broking and residential team.
Co-owners Jackie Ryan, Matt Ryan and Liz Wyllie say they are delighted that they and their growing team have become part of the Harcourts group.
“Harcourts is a New Zealand-owned company, it has the largest national real estate network and a growing global presence, and of all the major franchise groups we believe their brand best portrays the honest, hardworking image we ourselves have strived to achieve,” Mr Ryan says. “In addition Harcourts has industry-leading technology, top-quality training and marketing products and an…
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Harcourts Holmwood sets up ‘boutique’ commercial division
September 24th, 2009Harcourts franchise Holmwood Real Estate Ltd has set up a dedicated commercial division in Christchurch to work with a growing client base that includes numerous international companies looking for property in New Zealand.
Harcourts Holmwood’s General Manager Tony Jenkins says the exciting move follows a strategic decision to increase Holmwood’s focus on commercial, industrial, retail and hospitality real estate following the multi-office Christchurch-based franchise’s outstanding success in the residential and lifestyle property market.
“Holmwood has been active in the commercial property market since 2005 however recently we decided to step things up by establishing a separate division with its own branch office and expanding our team of skilled specialists, while still focusing on providing a ‘boutique approach’,” he says.
As Branch Manager Rosa Carter-Holt explains, the Harcourts Holmwood Commercial team offers a wide range of expertise, with a particular focus on development project marketing and tourism and hospitality business brokerage in addition to…
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August good, but too soon to talk about housing boom: Harcourts NZ CEO
September 14th, 2009
Harcourts’ August figures show spring came early to much of the New Zealand real estate market, but it’s too early to talk about another housing boom, according to Harcourts New Zealand CEO Bryan Thomson.
According to the final, audited August figures of New Zealand’s largest real estate group, Harcourts’ sales consultants completed a national average of approximately 47% more written sales last month than in August 2008, with a total of 2030 written sales making it the second highest amount since November 2007, Mr Thomson says.
Commenting in the latest Harcourts MarketWatch newsletter he says the largest increase occurred in the group’s Northern region (which includes Auckland) where the volume of written sales last month was a significant 78% ahead of August 2008 and in addition the average sale price was up 11% on the same month last year.
“In three of Harcourts’ other regions there was also an increase in written sales…
