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New team offers more to one of NZ’s biggest cities
Harcourts has further increased it reach in Auckland with the opening of Harcourts Manukau last week.
Officially opening its doors on Friday April 13, Harcourts’ Manukau office will trade under Preet & Co Real Estate Ltd named after its business owner Preet Grewal.
Despite it being early in his career, Preet’s sharpness, professionalism and knowledge of the South Auckland market is unmistakable, having been named number one real estate sales consultant in South Auckland for 2011 with another agency.
Mr Grewal said that joining Harcourts, a New Zealand ‘born and bred’ real estate company was really a ‘no brainer’.
“Harcourts sells more real estate that any other company in the country and there was really no hesitation in my decision to embark on business ownership under the highly reputable brand. Manukau is one of New Zealand’s largest cities, and the opportunity to provide a service for such a population was…
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Harcourts Victoria Focus on Property Management
Real estate group, Harcourts Victoria remain strongly focused on property management and have recently appointed Emma Gordon in the role of Property Management Operations Manager in order to drive growth in this department.
In her new role, Mrs Gordon will offer support to all Harcourts offices on the property management program, and will work with them to grow their rent rolls and to develop their property management business.
“Basically, I’ll be acting as a direct helpline for our businesses in terms of property management and my overall aim is to grow this side of Harcourts’ business in Victoria,” Mrs Gordon said.
“Ultimately, I hope to get all of the Harcourts Victoria offices onto the property management program and for the team to recognise the real value of having a strong and successful property management business. I also aim to train and develop our teams in order to help them grow…
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Western Australia Represent at National Property Management Conference
Delegates from across Western Australia recently joined their national and international colleagues at the Leading Property Managers of Australia Conference held at the Crown Promenade in Melbourne.
Leading Perth Property Management experts, Kerin Kenny from the Harcourts Western Australia State Support Team and Robyn Spinley, Principal of Genesis Property Management were invited to share their industry knowledge.
Ms Kenny and Ms Spinley joined a host of national and international property management specialists who spoke on a range of topics designed to enhance the professional service and standards within the industry.
As the Property Management Operations Manager for Harcourts Western Australia, Ms Kenny coaches and trains Harcourts’ Property Managers, while also assisting the Harcourts international team to develop innovations and expertise in property management for the company’s franchises.
“It was great to attend the conference and represent Western Australia’s property management industry on the national stage,” Ms Kenny said.
“As well…
Harcourts Property Management Services Impress
2011 has gotten off to a great start for international real estate group, Harcourts as recent survey results have demonstrated that their tenants and landlords are incredibly impressed with all aspects of their property management service.
The survey, which was completed by almost 450 tenants and landlords in December 2010, showed significant positive increases in all service areas since December 2009.
The December 2010 results showed that an incredible 86 per cent of respondents would recommend Harcourts to a friend or family member. Given that repeat and referral business is crucial to growth and development in the real estate industry, these figures are incredibly important and indicate that Harcourts is likely to experience further growth in 2011.
An impressive 92 per cent of respondents believed that Harcourts were actively monitoring the property market and keeping rents in line with market trends, which is testament to the market knowledge and expertise…
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Townville’s Rental Market is Buoyant
The rental market in Townsville seems to be performing very consistently with high rental returns and low vacancy rates being recorded in most suburbs.
Ella Reid, Principal and Business Owners of real estate office, Harcourts Townsville City, is confident that the rental market is set to soar in the next few months as December through to February is typically the busiest period of the year in terms of rentals, with high returns and minimum vacancy periods experienced.
“Our Property Management Division is gearing up for their busiest period of the year. The Christmas and New Year period attracts a lot of new families to the region seeking employment for the new year before school and university start,” said Ms Reid.
Aside from the strong holiday period, Ms Reid says that Townsville’s rental market remains consistent year-round due to the city’s transient population and the activity generated from the local defence…
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Harcourts realtor receives rare honour
Christchurch’s Patricia Bowden, the founder of one of Harcourts most successful property management businesses, has received the rare honour of being made a Fellow of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand.
Mrs Bowden, who established the award-winning Accommodation Centre in Christchurch and now runs it with her son Nigel, was awarded a certificate in recognition of her elevation to fellowship at the 2010 REINZ Residential Property Management Awards Dinner in Wellington last weekend at which the announcement was made.
Harcourts New Zealand CEO Hayden Duncan says the honour is well deserved.
“In addition to leading a very successful and highly-regarded business Mrs Bowden has also given exceptional service to both REINZ and the wider property management industry,” he says.
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