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Harcourts MarketWatch (May 2012, NZ)
View the latest regional data for the month in Harcourts’ May MarketWatch
This month….
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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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…
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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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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