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 and residential parts of our business we recognised these advantages would be of huge benefit to our team and to our clients and are confident joining Harcourts/NAI Harcourts will be a great affiliation to bring us to another level.”

As Mr Lee explains, the new Harcourts Parnell office, located at 2 Heather St, boasts a multi-cultural team of 35, including top commercial sales and leasing specialists and business brokers along with high-performing residential sales consultants and property managers.

“With award-winning residential sales consultant Rosh Daji now becoming a Director we have a stronger focus on growing our share of the residential property market and having recently promoted one of the country’s top commercial sales consultants, James Law, to be an Executive Director and lead our top-performing commercial leasing team we have ambitious plans in that sector too.

“In addition we are determined to maximise my strong Asian network and the global networks of Harcourts and NAI Harcourts, with the ultimate aim being to have an internationally-operating office that is one of the top in town.”

Harcourts New Zealand CEO Hayden Duncan says with Harcourts’ key focuses including growth in Auckland and in the commercial property sector he is delighted to welcome NZ International Realty Ltd and their team to the group.

“Having had interest from a number of real estate companies operating in the Parnell area we felt James, Rosh and their team were the best fit with the Harcourts culture and would also add significantly to our group.

“The location of their office in the high-profile suburb of Parnell and the breadth and depth of their team is a great complement to our existing network and we’re particularly pleased they have a strong commercial team to help continue the strong growth of the NAI Harcourts brand.

“In turn, clearly they have identified Harcourts as being the best option to take their business forward with, which is great endorsement of what our group has to offer and where we are going.”

Business Owner Kaine Wilson says establishing the new office, which is located at 308 Hastings Street, will benefit buyers and sellers, property investors and tenants active in the greater Napier property market.

New Harcourts Napier office

“Having an office in Napier in such an excellent location provides us with a great opportunity to expose the properties and businesses we’re marketing, which obviously benefits the clients we’re representing along with the buyers and tenants looking for property in the area.  Setting up an office in Napier also ensures customers or potential customers have somewhere suitable to meet with our team to discuss their property needs.

“Meanwhile having a physical presence in Napier is obviously good for our profile and provides us with a space in which to build a growing team of sales consultants and property managers to specialise in the Napier area, complementing the teams we already have based in our offices in Taradale, Hastings and Havelock North.”

Mr Wilson says he is excited about the potential of the new office, which is being managed by experienced realtor Greg Currie.

“We’ve recruited an excellent foundation team who are focused on residential sales, leasing and property management and we also have an NAI Harcourts commercial specialist based in the office.  With Greg at the helm and the backing of the powerful Harcourts brand, our systems and support I’m confident Harcourts Napier will be able to deliver top quality service and in doing so gain a strong share of the market, particularly as the team grows and expands into the rural and lifestyle property segments  too.”

Harcourts New Zealand CEO Hayden Duncan has welcomed the establishment of a new Harcourts office in Hawke’s Bay.

“Napier is a key provincial New Zealand centre and I’m delighted to see a new Harcourts office has been established there to better support the existing population and to cater to those interested in investing or moving into the area,” he says.

“I wish the Harcourts Napier team and all of their clients every success.”

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 the best of all of the existing options to create what we believe is industry-leading landlord cover.”

As he explains, unlike other policies, claims for loss of rent due to malicious damage are paid from day one; there is only one excess for damage rather than one excess per room; and there is on excess for broken glass or lost key claims.

Mr L’Almont says Insurance Express is so confident about the new cover underwritten by Ansvar that it has a 30-day money back guarantee, providing no claim has been made during that period.

Harcourts New Zealand Property Management Business Operations Manager Carol Benny says the initial feedback on the unique new offering has been positive.

“Our property management team are delighted to have such fantastic cover available for their clients and the initial feedback and uptake from the landlords who the team has spoken to so far has been excellent.”

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 estate since 1999 and had their own independent real estate company since 2007, say they are delighted to have joined the Harcourts group and look forward to the benefits that will result.

“Harcourts is the largest real estate group in New Zealand and has a growing international presence which offers many advantages to us and also to our clients, including being able to access unique international marketing opportunities available to members of the Harcourts group.

“In addition Harcourts has a powerful brand, an excellent culture and offers industry-leading technology and training, superb marketing products and an abundance of other tools and support – all of which will be hugely beneficial to our team and to our clients who will now experience ‘The Harcourts Way’.”

As the pair explains, the new Harcourts Wairoa office, which is located at 132 Marine Parade, is the base for a team of four which offers both real estate marketing and sales expertise along with professional property management services.

“We’ve established an excellent reputation in Wairoa and the Mahia Peninsula and as part of the Harcourts group we look forward to taking our business to the next level,” they say.

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 management services from our existing branch we made the strategic decision to open an office in the Lower Hutt CBD with the support of the local Harcourts franchise, Team Hutt Valley Ltd, which will continue to remain exclusively focused on sales,” they say.

“Our new office is ideally positioned in Lower Hutt for us to compete, providing excellent exposure for Harcourts and the properties we’re marketing for rent, and with an excellent team based there we’re confident it will be a success.”

Harcourts New Zealand CEO Hayden Duncan has welcomed the establishment of the new Harcourts property management office in Lower Hutt.

“It’s great to see one of our experienced Harcourts’ property management providers expanding and together with the existing Harcourts sales office ensuring we can deliver all of the property-related services clients in the Lower Hutt area need.

“Given Channel Realty Ltd’s track record of success with both sales and property management in Wainuiomata I’m confident that their newly formed property management business, Channel Rentals Ltd, will be equally well received in the Lower Hutt market.”

Located at 2 Woodbine Rd, just off Great South Road, the new Harcourts Greenlane office was opened on Monday by successful Harcourts business owners Graham Peterson and Bob Stubbs, who for the past 10 years have focused solely on building an award-winning property management business.

Harcourts Greenlane Business Owners Graham Peterson and Bob Stubbs

Mr Peterson says their company’s move to acquire Harcourts’ Greenlane franchise and to relocate there from Ellerslie follows a strategic decision to offer their existing clients – property investors and tenants – with the “complete package of real estate services”.

“We have established relationships with a large number of property investors and tenants and now we can respond to their demand for assistance with buying and selling property, as well as continuing to provide them with specialist property management services.”

As Mr Peterson explains, the new office currently has a team of 14, primarily focused on property management, but the plan is to build a small team of sales consultants alongside them, specialising in marketing and sales of investment properties.

“The new ground floor office is also larger than our previous premises, so it will allow us to increase the size of our property management team and recruit additional support staff as required, so that’s exciting too.”

Harcourts’ Head of Real Estate Operations for Australasia Bryan Thomson says he is confident the new Harcourts office in Greenlane will be a great success, providing a ‘one-stop-shop’ for the company’s existing clients and ensuring anyone interested in buying or selling in the popular suburb has a local Harcourts office to deal with.

“Graham and Bob run one of the largest and most successful property management operations in Harcourts and I have every confidence that both that part of their business and the boutique sales division they are establishing to complement it will flourish in their new Greenlane location.”

Mr Hair says the first step was the “transformation” from Colin Hair Realty Ltd to Tandem Realty Ltd, a new company he has established with Nick Langdon, a former award-winning real estate sales consultant who has spent the last two years in a senior role within the Harcourts New Zealand corporate team.

Tandem Realty Ltd then took up the opportunity of building on the success of its Whangaparaoa and Orewa offices by acquiring additional Harcourts franchise areas further North, taking over the operation of the existing Harcourts offices in Warkworth, Wellsford, Snells Beach and Mangawhai Heads as part of the deal.

Mr Hair, who had a successful career in banking before joining Harcourts more than 20 years ago, says he’s proud of the growth of his business, which now has a 70-strong team that “has the coast covered” is now also meeting the needs of sellers, buyers, landlords and tenants in the residential, commercial, rural and lifestyle sectors of the property market much further North too.

He says he is thrilled Mr Langdon has joined him as a Director of Tandem Realty Ltd and that together they have expanded their operation.

“Nick is a huge asset to the business,” says Mr Hair, who in addition to being a licensed agent is also an accredited auctioneer.  “Formerly in the building trade, he has been a successful real estate sales consultant and branch manager and more recently was a Business Development Manager within the Harcourts New Zealand team so he’s got extensive knowledge, skills and experience and also brings an abundance of energy to the team.”

Mr Langdon says he is delighted to have become a business owner within New Zealand’s largest real estate group and to be working with Mr Hair and the Tandem Realty Ltd team to grow Harcourts’ market share in their area.

“My particular focus is on increasing our auction business and on working with the team to ensure they deliver outstanding customer service.”