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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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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…
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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House sales improve in Hamilton
First home buyers and investors drove a sharp improvement in house sales last month in Hamilton, says Harcourts. Hamilton agency general manager Brian King said there were 265 sales last month compared to 246 in February, with the median price improving to $330,000 from $316,000 the previous month. Residential properties took 35 days to sell last month compared to 46 in February.
King said the reason for the market lift was partly seasonal, but continued a “real improvement” over the past four months.
“It’s the best back to back result we’ve seen for around four years. There are good enquiries from first home buyers and there’s a really noticeable swing in the investor market.”
House supply has tightened in the city and it seemed buyers were reacting to the risk that short stock could lead to price rises, and they wanted to get in before that happened, King said. There…
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