Industry update
Harcourts MarketWatch (May 2012, NZ)
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Figures continue to show signs of positivity this month especially in the Central region, but a commonality prevails. The real estate industry, although showing positive signs amongst the public and real estate agents, is on the upward curve from one of the biggest lows in fifteen years. Record interest rate lows and first home buyer and investor activity are helping the surge. National figures show this by way of the average sale price on the rise by 3.5% and more business being written, up 22% on last year. Property on hand and exclusive listings will remain low both at -2.2% due to the demand and the lack of stock on hand, but our cousins across the ditch may just encourage positive spending in New Zealand.
Hayden Duncan, Harcourts Group Ltd…
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Property Management Focus (May 2012, NZ)
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NZ Real Estate Scholarship opens the door to more jobs
Last week marked the official launch of The New Zealand Real Estate Scholarship Programme across the country.
The programme is part of a national drive to offer job opportunities to those who have skills in business, wish to change career or are looking for a chance to retrain and ‘earn while they learn.’
Supported by New Zealand’s largest real estate company, Harcourts, select offices nationwide have jumped on the chance to upskill and provide employment for professionals who may have had a career in another industry such as teaching, nursing, in a trade, or maybe even the police force.
Harcourts Group Chief Executive, Hayden Duncan says this is an opportunity to provide careers to skilled professionals and to continue to extend the quality of the real estate industry.
“Lately there have been reports in the media about the lack of employment, and skilled professionals unable to gain employment in their…
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Interest in Neurosurgery house high and will sell!
On the 21st April Harcourts Dunedin will auction the neurosurgery fundraiser house on site in the Mitre 10 Mega car park on Anderson Bay Road, Dunedin.
Marketing of the charity house, undertaken by Harcourts Dunedin, has returned great interest over the last few weeks says Harcourts Dunedin Manager Geoff Stevens and sales consultant Jane Bradshaw.
“We have seen good numbers through the open homes averaging 130 people each weekend which is great,” says Jane.
“Over the last four open homes there has been a lot of interest from different parties. This weekend will be the last opportunity to view the charity home from 1130am with the auction scheduled for 1230pm.”
March 3 saw local businesses unite as Mitre 10 Mega, Certified Builders Association of New Zealand and Harcourts Dunedin announced plans to build a three-bedroom home in the Mitre 10 Mega car park with proceeds going to the…
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Harcourts MarketWatch (April 2012, NZ)
View Harcourts’ April MarketWatch 2012 for the latest market update across New Zealand
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New industry regulation draws big crowd for Continuing Education
Harcourts first REAA Continuous Education Verifiable training at the Ellerslie Events Centre with 300 people in attendance (copyright Harcourts Group Ltd 2012)
The first group of agents attended the first Harcourts Continuing Education session on Monday at Auckland’s Ellerslie Events Centre.
The Events Centre was a mass with three hundred people as each attended their first 2.5 hours of Verifiable Continuing Education. The Harcourts group was the first of many real estate agents to start their 10 hours of verifiable continuing education required under the new Real Estate Agents Authority (REAA) practice rule.
As of 1 January, 2012 a new regulation was introduced by the REAA for all those holding real estate licenses to attend and complete 20 hours of continuing education each year as a requirement of all licensees to renew their real estate license.
Hayden Duncan, CEO of Harcourts Group, says the industry…
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