Rural
Rural Property Focus (NZ, Spring 2010)
August 26th, 2010Please click on the link to read Harcourts’ latest Rural Property Focus newsletter (NZ, Spring 2010).
Tags: farms, Kim Shannon, lifestyle property, MAF, Rural Property Focus
Harcourts’ showcase in China generating “serious interest”
August 24th, 2010A six-day showcase in Shanghai of more than $800 million worth of premier New Zealand property is generating “serious interest” from specially invited Chinese VIPs according to the organisers, Harcourts’ franchise Cooper & Co.
The successful North Shore-based company’s international marketing initiative is focused on presenting a collection of more than 50 residential, lifestyle, rural and commercial property and development projects from around New Zealand to Chinese millionaires and billionaires interested in investing and/or immigrating here.
Harcourts Cooper & Co Managing Director Martin Cooper says the feedback on both the portfolio and New Zealand as a place to invest or live has been very positive and he is confident sales will follow.
Harcourts Cooper & Co Managing Director Martin Cooper in Shanghai showing some premier New Zealand properties to potential buyers, using touch screen technology.
“Prior to our arrival in Shanghai there was already good interest, with local investment groups wanting to get involved…
Tags: China, Cooper & Co, Expo, harcourts, Hayden Duncan, Martin Cooper, New Zealand Pavilion, NZTE, Shanghai
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
Harcourts’ Hibiscus Coast franchise expands North
June 18th, 2010Successful Harcourts realtor Colin Hair and his new business partner have together expanded beyond the Whangaparaoa Peninsula and Hibiscus Coast, acquiring additional Harcourts franchise areas and becoming a six-office operation.
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…
Tags: Colin Hair, harcourts new zealand, Hibiscus Coast, Mangawhai Heads, Nick Langdon, Orewa, Snells Beach, Tandem Realty, Warkworth, Wellsford, Whangaparaoa
New Harcourts New Zealand CEO appointed
June 8th, 20108 June 2010: A new CEO for Harcourts New Zealand has been appointed – Hayden Duncan, a rising star in the industry who is joining the country’s largest real estate group having been recruited from a senior position with another international brand.
Mr Duncan has considerable experience in real estate, most recently at national management level within Bayleys, and has been appointed following a rigorous recruitment process involving many excellent candidates, Head of Real Estate Operations for Harcourts Australasia Bryan Thomson announced today.
Hayden Duncan
“I speak on behalf of the Board in saying we are thrilled to have been able to appoint such an outstanding real estate professional to this key role in our group, where he will work alongside Chief Operating Officer Jo Clifford, myself and our business owners and corporate team to continue to strengthen Harcourts’ dominance in New Zealand,” said Mr Thomson, the former CEO of Harcourts New Zealand.
As he…
Tags: CEO, harcourts new zealand, Hayden Duncan, Jo Clifford
Rural Property Focus (NZ, Winter 2010)
May 31st, 2010Please click on the link to read the latest Harcourts New Zealand Rural Property Focus newsletter. (Winter 2010)
Tags: chattels, fixtures, harcourts new zealand, lifestyle, Rural, Rural Property Focus
Waikato realtor named Harcourts New Zealand’s Rural No. 1
May 21st, 2010Waikato real estate identity Shaun Cosgrove has confirmed he’s one of the top-performers in the rural and lifestyle sector of the New Zealand property market, being named Harcourts New Zealand’s Top Rural Sales Consultant for the second year in a row.
Mr Cosgrave, who is based at the Glenview office operated by Harcourts’ franchise Monarch Real Estate Ltd and specialises in marketing and sales of lifestyle properties around the Waikato, was also named fourth overall in New Zealand’s largest real estate group and fifth internationally in Harcourts, which currently operates in nine countries and has more than 4000 sales consultants.
Harcourts New Zealand's Top Rural Sales Consultant Shaun Cosgrave, centre, with Harcourts International Managing Director Mike Green, left, and Harcourts New Zealand National Rural Manager Kim Shannon.
The former residential property specialist won the Number One Rural Sales Consultant award ahead of Sue Roberts from Harcourts Belfast office in Christchurch, and third-placed…
Tags: Belfast, Canterbury, Franklin, Hamilton, harcourts new zealand, lifestyle, Lynn Lockhart, Papakura, Rural, Shaun Cosgrave, Sue Roberts, Waikato
Christchurch realtor again Harcourts’ NZ No.1
May 20th, 2010Christchurch real estate legend Alison Aitken was last night named Number One Sales Consultant in New Zealand’s largest real estate group, topping off a successful 12 months for the Harcourts realtor and adding to an already impressive portfolio of awards.
Ms Aitken, who was earlier this month named Number One Sales Consultant in Harcourts’ Christchurch region for an unprecedented 11th year in a row, is based in the Christchurch City office of successful Harcourts franchise Grenadier Real Estate Limited and has been named number one in New Zealand an impressive six times in her 19 year career to date.
Harcourts New Zealand No. 1 Alison Aitken with Harcourts International Managing Director Mike Green, left, and Head of Real Estate Operations for Harcourts Australasia Bryan Thomson.
Last night at Harcourts New Zealand’s National Awards dinner in Christchurch she was named Number One Sales Consultant for 2009/10 out of more than 1800 Harcourts Sales Consultants, also picked…
Tags: 2009/10, Alison Aitken, Andy Cooling, Commercial, David McKillop, Glenn Green, harcourts new zealand, Matty Ma, Rising Star, Rural, Shaun Cosgrave, Top 20
Unprecedented success for Christchurch realtor
May 7th, 2010Christchurch identity Alison Aitken has once again confirmed she is one of New Zealand’s top real estate sale consultants, today being named Number One in Harcourts’ Christchurch Region for the 11th consecutive year.
Ms Aitken, who is based in the Christchurch City office of successful multi-office Harcourts franchise Grenadier Real Estate Limited, has won numerous awards throughout her 19 year career with Harcourts, including being named Number One in Harcourts New Zealand numerous times and last year earning the top spot in the group’s international rankings too.
Alison Aitken with Harcourts International Managing Director Mike Green
Her latest achievement was announced today at an end of year awards function held by Harcourts at the Westpac Arena in Christchurch and attended by more than 600 people who together honoured the top-performing sales consultants, property managers and teams of 2009/10 in Harcourts’ Christchurch region, which includes more than 400 Harcourts sales consultants.
Other big winners in the region for…
Taranaki realtor wins in WGT region again
May 6th, 2010Another successful 12 months in a tough real estate market has seen Taranaki realtor Glenn Green named Number One Sales Consultant in Harcourts’ Wellington Region for the last financial year, his fourth time earning that honour.
Since commencing his real estate career a decade ago at age 20, Mr Green has consistently been a star performer in Harcourts, being named Number One in Harcourts’ Wellington Region four years in a row and last year coming in at number two nationally and second internationally within the Harcourts group.
Glenn Green with Harcourts International Managing Director Mike Green
The Harcourts Bell Block office-based realtor was one of a number of high-performing sales consultants, property managers and teams honoured today at an end of year awards function held by Harcourts at the Duxton Hotel in Wellington and attended by around 200 people.
Other 2009/10 winners in the region, which encompasses the lower North Island and includes approximately 300 Harcourts…
