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Harcourts Financial Services experiencing rapid growth
March 10th, 2010As a division of Harcourts, Australasia’s fastest growing Real Estate Group, Harcourts Financial Services (HFS) has
Harcourts Financial Services
experienced significant growth through 2009 with robust targets set for its next financial year.
HFS will focus on continuing this growth via some robust targets set for the next 12 months.
CEO of HFS Andy Graham said the division is looking to build on the good growth achieved in 2009.
“Our monthly written applications increased by 149 per cent from what we were achieving at the start of the year,” said Mr Graham.
“We have a base of 45 outstanding mortgage consultants right around the country, with the aim to continue to build our team to 70 high-quality, industry-compliant people over the next 12 months.
The opportunity that arises from the Harcourts Real Estate Gateway, coupled with our strong focus to add some real value to the clients property transaction gives our brokers an ideal scenario to build a significant business,”…
Tags: Andy Graham, Harcourts Financial Services, MFAA, mortgage
RBA decision bodes well for Australian property market
February 5th, 2010The Reserve Bank of Australia on Wednesday made the decision to hold an interest rate rise. This is a welcomed reprieve for the real estate industry, and will be appreciated by many families and businesses.
Due to previous rate rises, banks have increased their interest rates by several points over recent months.
Glenn Stevens Governor of Monetary and Policy Decision said since information about the early impact of these increases is still limited. The Board judged it appropriate to hold a steady setting of monetary policy for the time being.
Managing Director of Harcourts International, Mike Green, said to ensure the market is able to withstand further increases in the future, the RBA needed to make the decision they did.
“It would have been premature to count our economy strong enough to endure four rate rises in less than six months.
“This has already been reinforced by the weaker retail sales figures for December, which…
Tags: Australian real estate market, first home buyers, mortgage, property investors, RBA
Harcourts appoints head of specialist divisions
September 4th, 2009Respected real estate industry identity Julianna Forsyth has been appointed by Harcourts International to the newly created role of Head of Specialist Divisions, Managing Director Mike Green announced today.
A New Zealander whose career has included a number of years in Harcourts’ Dunedin office, Ms Forsyth is highly-respected within the international real estate industry having provided training, coaching and technology to clients throughout New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and South Africa while with the Real Training Team in recent years.
Mr Green says Ms Forsyth brings superb knowledge, skills and experience to the newly-created Harcourts International management role, which has responsibility for driving Harcourts’ property management divisions in New Zealand and Australia along with the Mortgage Express and Insurance Express brokerages in New Zealand and Harcourts Financial Services and Strand Conveyancing in Australia.
Based in Sydney, her focus is to ensure each specialist division provides a streamlined, professional and expert service…
