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RBA rate rise a sound decision for economic sustainability
March 4th, 2010Harcourts Managing Director Mike Green has applauded the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) decision to increase official rates by 0.25 per cent.
“During the last 12 months we have seen the RBA act cautiously, which allowed market growth to gain its momentum before the RBA took further action. This is a very sensible approach in my opinion,” Mr Green said.
“Harcourts has seen a steady market, with figures across the Harcourts Group in February of this year reflecting a twelve per cent increase on February 2009.
“While this percentage increase isn’t large, it’s steady, which indicates a market that is ready for a minor increase like this rise of 25 base points,” he said.
“And interest rates are still very low compared to historical numbers, so I consider a cash rate of four per cent to be extremely favourable,” he said.
“We must bear in mind the Australian economy has performed well during the last two years in…
Harcourts’ Business Leaders Conference sets tone for big year
February 28th, 2010
The Harcourts Business Leaders Conference (BLC) 2010 was held last week and attracted more than 400 delegates from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, South Africa and China.
Harcourts is growing rapidly, with nearly 630 offices globally. To cultivate this growth, the company has a strong focus on innovation and communication in all facets of the business.
The Business Leaders Conference is designed for Business Owners and Managers throughout the Harcourts Group to analyse the year gone by and share information about what worked and what didn’t to make the year ahead an even bigger success. Included in the programme are interfirm comparisons, where individual businesses provide their financial information which is then used to compile reports which benchmark their business against the entire group and industry.
There were many other sessions spanning the three days, including business sessions on recruitment, maintaining profit post-recession, property management and leadership.
Harcourts Managing Director, Mike Green made several significant announcements, including…
Harcourts International dominates world stage
February 11th, 2010Harcourts International has been operating successfully since 1888, and is the fastest growing realtor in the southern hemisphere with more than 650 offices in ten countries.
Harcourts is also the exclusive South Pacific member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™ – the world’s largest real estate network with more than 5000 offices and 150,000 sales associates in 35 countries.
Adding to this success, earlier this year leading world real estate authority Stefan Swanepoel named Harcourts International in his 2009 Swanepoel Trends Report as one of four international real estate brands that best exemplify a global real estate company.
The reason for our success, our growth and our excellent reputation is simple. It’s our people. They succeed because of our personal and professional commitment, and our collective determination to be the best.
The strength of the Harcourts brand, our superior business and information systems, proven marketing tools and strategies plus our group’s talented…
Harcourts offers one-of-a-kind personal service for property buyers and sellers
January 4th, 2010Harcourts has developed a unique ‘Infolink’ online service that in just 18 months has generated numerous buyer referrals, more than 400 property appraisals and seen those converted into nearly 50 sales and a further 64 listings.
Infolink is an online service which offers the website user instant access to property market information or personalised service, and then facilitates a referral to their nearest Harcourts office for property selling or buying.
This service is particularly useful for overseas as well as inter-state investors who are looking to buy or sell in the Australasian market and may not be familiar with market conditions or are unable to personally view the area in which they want to buy.
Harcourts International’s Managing Director, Mike Green said the concept was developed to provide a fast and reliable service to potential customers.
“Once we receive an enquiry, the individual is instantly met with a personal response from our Internet Customer…
Harcourts continuing to grow
November 9th, 2009Despite the troubled economy over the past year and a half, Harcourts real estate group has continued to grow in New Zealand and Australia, according to Harcourts International Managing Director Mike Green.
“On a local, national and international level Harcourts has been keeping ahead of the challenges and maximising the opportunities presented in 2008 and 2009,” Mr Green says.
According to Mr Green, a key focus for Harcourts International this year has been increasing the reach and size of its teams, together with building on the strength of its people by improving the professional resources available them, and the organisation has succeeded in all of these goals.
“The organisation has definitely grown in size, adding five new offices in Victoria, five in New Zealand, five in Queensland and six in New South Wales over the past few months,” he says.
“Meanwhile, we’ve successfully enhanced the tools, training and support that helps enable the Harcourts…
