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Neurosurgery charity house sold pushing charity funds over $2.1M
Auctioneer Chris Kennedy auction's the Neurosurgery Foundation house at Mitre 10 Mega on Saturday
The charity house built by Mitre 10 Mega and marketed by Harcourts Dunedin has sold under the hammer on Saturday for $163,000 with the total funds raised now reaching $2,100,826.12.
A large crowd gathered in the car park of Mitre 10 Mega in Dunedin for the auction of the charity house built by Mitre 10 Mega and marketed by Harcourts Dunedin.
Jane Bradshaw from Harcourts Dunedin and sales consultant for marketing the charity house said about 150 people gathered for the auction.
“Bidding started at $100,000 with the house going on the market at the $150,000 mark. Our Auctioneer Chris Kennedy did a wonderfully entertaining job as MC for the event, encouraging those around to bid generously during the auction. With the property selling at $163,000, the proceeds of around…
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Double Cone property attracts double the attention
8/8 Humphrey Street in Queenstown sold under the hammer on last Thursday at Harcourts’ Queenstown auction rooms for well over its government valuation. Sold under mortgagee status with ANZ National bank the 198 sqm townhouse sold for a staggering $613,000.
Many turned out and with a total of thirteen bidders, eight bidding in person and three via the phone to buy the property. Harcourts Queenstown Business Owner and Manager, Marie Osborne, said this interest shows that the buyers are ready to spend when the right property comes along.
“The first bid began at $400,000 quickly jumping to $490,000. In minutes, we had reached the GV of $585,000. From there the bidding decreased to $1000 increments, finally closing at $613,000. We haven’t seen this kind of interest in many years and for us it was reminiscent of the days when all properties had this type of attention.”
“We are seeing buyers…
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Mortgage Express Newsletter (April 23 2012, NZ)
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East Coast now part of NZ’s largest real estate company
Harcourts Real Estate Group has now made tracks into the East Coast on April 11.
Business owners of the newly named Harcourts East Coast Realty office, Wendy Reeves Gwynn Dunn have an abundance of knowledge with Wendy bringing over 17 years experience in real estate, and Gwynn heading up the property management division. East Coast Realty will be providing services across the board including specialist rural consultants to provide for the extensive rural population of the East Cape in addition to a large property management division.
Wendy and Gwynn lead a team of 10 staff, focussed on providing a professional and customer centred service for the Gisborne Region. They say that it was the common values and philosophies of Harcourts which lead them become part of New Zealand’s largest real estate company.
“Harcourts is a fantastic brand which has had exceptional growth both within New Zealand and internationally, and we…
New team offers more to one of NZ’s biggest cities
Harcourts has further increased it reach in Auckland with the opening of Harcourts Manukau last week.
Officially opening its doors on Friday April 13, Harcourts’ Manukau office will trade under Preet & Co Real Estate Ltd named after its business owner Preet Grewal.
Despite it being early in his career, Preet’s sharpness, professionalism and knowledge of the South Auckland market is unmistakable, having been named number one real estate sales consultant in South Auckland for 2011 with another agency.
Mr Grewal said that joining Harcourts, a New Zealand ‘born and bred’ real estate company was really a ‘no brainer’.
“Harcourts sells more real estate that any other company in the country and there was really no hesitation in my decision to embark on business ownership under the highly reputable brand. Manukau is one of New Zealand’s largest cities, and the opportunity to provide a service for such a population was…
NAI Harcourts Market Leader (April 2012, NZ)
Read the latest from around New Zealand’s commercial real estate sector in the April NAI Harcourts Market Leader
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