Industry update
Award-winning Parnell team joins Harcourts
September 1st, 2010An award-winning Parnell-based real estate team has joined Harcourts from another international real estate group, making the move public today by rebranding their existing office.
Formerly trading under a Ray White franchise in Parnell, the team has today commenced introducing the Harcourts and NAI Harcourts brands along with Harcourts’ world-class systems and products in addition to sharing the news with their clients.
Directors James Lee and Rosh Daji say Harcourts is a New Zealand success story they wanted their company to be part of.
Harcourts Parnell senior management, from left, James Law, Rosh Daji and James Lee
“Harcourts is achieving excellent growth domestically and globally, they recently added an exciting new international network via their joint venture with one of the world’s largest commercial property groups to form NAI Harcourts, and from our observations they have industry-leading technology, training and support amongst other things,” the pair says.
“With big plans across both the commercial…
Tags: harcourts new zealand, Harcourts Parnell, Hayden Duncan, James Lee, NAI Harcourts, NZ International Realty Ltd, Rosh Daji
Harcourts’ NZ website wins Experian Hitwise award
August 25th, 2010Harcourts’ New Zealand website, www.harcourts.co.nz, recently received an Experian Hitwise Top 10 Award for January – June 2010, having ranked second for market share within the Experian Hitwise, Business and Finance – Property Category.
During that six-month period the website, which was relaunched late last year with significant design and functionality enhancements, had the second highest average market share of visits to websites in that category from New Zealand-based users, with only the industry-owned portal www.realestate.co.nz receiving more traffic.
Harcourts New Zealand CEO Hayden Duncan says the award reflects Harcourts’ strength in the New Zealand property market and the calibre and popularity of the group’s website.
“The fact that our website repeatedly ranks highly in both the Experian Hitwise awards and the monthly statistics released by Nielsen/Netratings, which show ours is the most visited real estate brand’s website in the country with an average of around 210,000 unique visitors each month, is irrefutable evidence of the success…
Top new landlords insurance exclusive to Harcourts’ clients
August 9th, 2010Clients of the Harcourts New Zealand property management team can now benefit from two industry-leading insurance products available exclusively to them.
The new Landlords Dwelling Insurance and Landlords Protection Insurance products have been developed by Harcourts’ specialist division Insurance Express in association with Ansvar Insurance Limited.
Exclusively available to landlords with property managed by Harcourts, the new insurance products are believed to be the best in the market, according to the CEO of Mortgage Express and Insurance Express Andrew L’Almont.
“Like Harcourts Property Management team we know how important it is for landlords to protect their investment and to ensure they are covered for loss of rent or malicious damage for example, and we wanted to be able to provide Harcourts’ clients with a product superior to those on offer through other channels.
“So, having researched what was already available in the marketplace, with Ansvar’s support we have put together two products that combine…
New Harcourts office opened in Hokitika
August 2nd, 2010Harcourts’ franchise owner Richard Day has opened a new branch in Hokitika to ensure his Greymouth-based business can better service the nearby West Coast town and surrounding areas.
Mr Day says establishing the new office, which is located at 14 Weld St in part of the National Bank building, was a logical step for his company, Greymouth Enterprises Ltd, and a move that will benefit the area’s buyers and sellers along with the Harcourts Hokitika team.
“Having an office in the town provides us with another opportunity to expose the properties we’re marketing, which benefits both the sellers in Hokitika-Kaniere whose properties we have listed and the buyers who are looking for property in the area. Setting up an office in Hokitika also ensures our clients have somewhere suitable to meet with our team to discuss their property needs.
“Meanwhile for us having a physical presence in town is obviously good for our…
Tags: Greymouth, Greymouth Enterprises Ltd, harcourts new zealand, Hayden Duncan, Hokitika, new office, Richard Day
NAI Harcourts enters New Zealand commercial property market
July 16th, 2010In the most significant development in the Australasian commercial property market in many years NAI Harcourts officially entered the New Zealand market this week, with its introduction to Australia set to follow soon.
NAI Harcourts, the exclusive New Zealand/Australia member of the international NAI Global network, is a joint venture company formed by NAI Global, one of the world’s largest commercial real estate service providers, Harcourts International Limited and Brock Real Estate, Harcourts’ existing joint venture partner in South Australia.
It is also the brand under which Harcourts commercial property and business broking services will now be provided on both sides of the Tasman.
NAI Harcourts CEO Chris Nicholl, Harcourts New Zealand COO Jo Clifford and Harcourts New Zealand CEO Hayden Duncan
NAI Harcourts CEO Chris Nicholl says launching the naiharcourts.co.nz website and commencing the introduction of new marketing material in New Zealand this week are the first steps in a five year plan to…
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Harcourts to market NZ property at Expo 2010 in Shanghai
July 9th, 2010
On New Zealand’s national day at World Expo in Shanghai, Harcourts has announced that it has secured the opportunity to showcase a selection of the country’s premier property in the New Zealand Pavilion at the mega-event.
The major marketing initiative, being organised by North Shore-based Harcourts’ franchise Cooper & Co but including listings from around Harcourts New Zealand, is focused on showcasing a range of residential, rural and commercial property and development projects directly to potential buyers in the world’s fastest growing economy.
Harcourts Cooper & Co Managing Director Martin Cooper says the August marketing mission includes presentations to more than 1000 invited high net worth individuals in China who have shown an interest in investing or living in New Zealand, with a website (www.shanghai2010.co.nz) and a special Harcourts Bluebook translated into Mandarin amongst the supporting material.
As he explains, through sources including successful Harcourts Albany Sales Consultant Matty Ma, Cooper & Co has access to…
Tags: Cooper & Co, Expo 2010, Exposure Shanghai, harcourts new zealand, Martin Cooper, Matty Ma, New Zealand property, Shanghai
Clean sweep for Harcourts auctioneers in NZ champs
July 8th, 2010It was a clean sweep for Harcourts in this week’s 2010 REINZ National Real Estate Auctioneers Championships, with auctioneers from within the group being named winner and runner-up in both the senior and novice competitions.
Dunedin-based Harcourts Business Owner and Auctioneer Chris Kennedy won the senior competition ahead of North Shore-based Harcourts Branch Manager and Auctioneer Robert Tulp and 26 other competitors, while Christchurch-based Harcourts Sales Consultant and Auctioneer Daniel Coulson took out the novice competition ahead of North Shore-based Harcourts Sales Consultant and Auctioneer Richard Kerr and 12 other competitors.
The annual competitions were held in Auckland this week, with both Mr Kennedy and Mr Tulp earning the honour of going on to represent New Zealand in the Australasian Auctioneering Championships which are being held in Auckland on 14 – 15 September.
Mr Kennedy, who operates Harcourts offices in both Dunedin and Balclutha, says winning the competition is the highlight of his 18-year career in real…
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Established East Coast real estate company joins Harcourts group
July 8th, 2010East Coast-based Wairoa Property Limited has joined the Harcourts group, making the move public this week by rebranding their office.
Formerly operating independently, the company is now in the process of introducing Harcourts’ brand and wide range of world-class systems and products, in addition to sharing the news of their exciting step with both clients and suppliers.
Harcourts New Zealand CEO Hayden Duncan says he is thrilled to welcome Wairoa Property Limited’s owners Trevor and Margaret Lyall along with their team to the Harcourts group.
Margaret and Trevor Lyall of Harcourts Wairoa.
“It’s a great endorsement of what we have to offer that Trevor and Margaret have chosen to join Harcourts and exciting for us to have an office in Wairoa for the first time in our group’s 122-year history,” he says.
“We look forward to working with them to grow their business in Wairoa and surrounding areas.”
The Lyalls, who have been selling real…
Top realtor appointed to Harcourts national auction role
July 6th, 2010Highly-regarded realtor and auctioneer Richard Valintine has been appointed to the role of Harcourts New Zealand National Auction Manager, having been recruited from a senior position with another international brand.
Mr Valintine has more than 17 years’ experience in the property industry, encompassing all aspects of real estate including valuation, sales, marketing, auctioneering and management.
Most recently at the helm of Bayleys’ Counties operation, he was previously regional manager of Bayleys Taranaki and before that spent 13 years in Bayleys Realty Group’s head office in various roles including as Bayleys’ senior national auctioneer. Prior to joining the real estate industry, Mr Valintine had a distinguished career within Turners, including as a top auctioneer.
Harcourts New Zealand CEO Hayden Duncan says he is delighted to have been able to appoint Mr Valintine to this important role, following the resignation of reigning Australasian Auctioneering Champion Phil McGoldrick, who is now focusing full-time on auctioneering for Harcourts…
Harcourts property management office opened in Lower Hutt
July 5th, 2010A new Harcourts office with a team focused solely on renting and managing residential property has just been opened in the heart of Lower Hutt by established Harcourts business owners who are expanding their property management operation.
The trio – David Selig, Leith Gunn and Jonathan Selig – say they have established the new office, which is located at 89 Queens Drive, to ensure property investors and tenants in Lower Hutt can also benefit from the professional Harcourts property management services their team has been successfully providing from their Wainuiomata office for 10 years.
The team from the new Lower Hutt Harcourts property management office, from left, Jonathan Selig, Kate Shiels-Reddin, Melissa Su’a and Felicity Cherry.
“After a decade of success in the Wainuiomata area we wanted to build on that and be able to provide specialist Harcourts’ property management services to a wider client base.
“So, in addition to continuing to provide property…
