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  • Ray White NZ welcomes a new office in Ohope Beach

    Ray White has welcomed its newest office in Ohope Beach, New Zealand. Located in the Bay of Plenty, the Ohope Beach office will be the 172nd location across New Zealand for the Ray White network. Principal Ray Johnson already had an established business in the area and is optimistic about being backed by  the Ray White brand going forward. “I…

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  • RE/MAX Revolution expands in New Zealand

    With its new name and a refreshed look, RE/MAX Revolution Howick comes as an exciting business expansion for Don Ha. The well-known Auckland real estate identity, who opened his first RE/MAX Revolution in Papatoetoe last year, has now expanded in the eastern suburbs of Auckland with a new RE/MAX Revolution office in Howick. RE/MAX Revolution in Howick will specialise in…

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  • Ray White Commercial reaches for the sky at 2019 Summit

    More than 40 Ray White Commercial top performers from across Australia and New Zealand filled Hamilton Island’s Yacht Club as powerful interviews and specialist sessions took place for 2019’s Summit conference. Former Navy diver and shark attack survivor Paul De Gelder was a keynote speaker on the day and had the audience in the palm of his hand as he…

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  • RE/MAX New Zealand announce top performers at awards night

    RE/MAX New Zealand announced its top 2018 performers at a gala event held at Pullman Auckland on February 21st, which concluded the day’s ‘Think Bigger’ rally. The network’s ultimate individual honour, Broker Owner of the Year, is held for the final evening’s announcement.In a rare circumstance, the award was given for the second time to the same individual. In a…

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  • Harcourts appoint new managing director for New Zealand

    Harcourts New Zealand has appointed widely respected industry leader and former CEO Bryan Thomson as its new Managing Director. “We are delighted Bryan has agreed to return to lead our New Zealand business,” said Managing Director of Harcourts International Ltd Mike Green. “Bryan brings to this position an innate ability to draw exceptional performance from individuals and teams and has…

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  • Ray White NZ welcomes a new office in Swanson, West Auckland

    High-performing real estate duo Melvin Plaisier and Alyshia Marshall have just opened their own Ray White office in the Auckland suburb of Swanson. Mr Plasier has been successfully selling in the area for the past 14 years, with his partner Ms Marshall joining him just over three years ago. Real estate in the local area runs deep in the Plasier…

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  • RE/MAX launches network-integrated platform

    In the most significant milestone in its digital transformation to date, RE/MAX this month launched Precinct to its Australian and New Zealand networks. Built in partnership with Microsoft, Precinct is a one-stop RE/MAX members portal, where members have easier access to key tools and training, find resources, share ideas through enterprise social media, get real time alerts from the network,…

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  • RE/MAX VIP expand ownership team

    Anita Middleton has joined Kris Hagena on the ownership team at RE/MAX VIP, having left a career in retail management 18 months ago to join Ms Hagena’s real estate team. Ms Hagena said forming a co-ownership provided a perfect opportunity for both of them to bring their strengths to the fore in ensuring the growth of the business. “I’d say…

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  • RE/MAX Revolution named RE/MAX New Zealand’s best for third quarter

    A real estate business that joined the RE/MAX New Zealand group at the start of this year now ranks as the Top Enterprise for July to September 2018. Don Ha opened the RE/MAX Revolution ‘Supa Office’ in Hunter’s Corner, Papatoetoe on January 1st this year. “We have only been with RE/MAX New Zealand since 1 January 2018, and we are…

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  • Finalists battle it out for the Australasian Auctioneering Crown

    Australia and New Zealand are battling it out again, but this time the two countries are going head to head at the 2018 Australasian Real Estate Institute’s Auctioneering Championships, with the winner to be crowned Australasia’s best auctioneer at a gala dinner tonight. The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) is playing host this year and the five finalists who…

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    Christchurch One Agency office partners with Realforms

    The first house sale and purchase agreement in the world without pen touching paper has been finalised in New Zealand. The sale and purchase agreement was drafted, e-signed, negotiated, edited, accepted and finalised for a residential property in Christchurch, New Zealand, without touching a single piece of paper or a pen. Michael Morris of One Agency Morris Properties in Christchurch…

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  • New Zealand real estate agents rate highly with sellers: CoreLogic

    CoreLogic has released the 2018 Perceptions of Real Estate Agents Report, from a nationwide survey of homeowners, with all regions represented. The findings show that agents are rated as excellent practitioners of their craft in  New Zealand, with high scores in presentation of properties, marketing materials and sales patter, and the majority (64 per cent) of vendors reporting as receiving…

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    Australia/NZ real estate tops GRESB global rankings for eighth consecutive year

    For the eighth consecutive year, Australia and New Zealand’s real estate market has been ranked the world’s number one for sustainability in the internationally recognised 2018 GRESB real estate results. GRESB is the global benchmark for environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of real assets, defining and measuring standards for sustainability performance. In 2018, GRESB assessed 903 real estate companies,…

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  • RE/MAX rewards top performing regions at Asia Pacific Convention

    RE/MAX has acknowledged its top regional performances at the fourth annual RE/MAX Asia Pacific Convention this month, with Australia and New Zealand claiming four awards. Australia and New Zealand join 16 other regions in RE/MAX’s Asia Pacific network – South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Guam, Hong Kong, Macau, China, Japan, Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Malaysia and Myanmar. RE/MAX Australia…

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  • Harcourts show their support for local education in New Zealand

    Matakana School can provide children who learn by movement the ability to do so with help from Harcourts Tandem Realty North and a donation through the Harcourts Foundation. The donation to Matakana School will go towards the purchase of 20 ‘wiggle’ chairs to be used by children of all ages. “These chairs will be used by children whose learning is…

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  • Harcourts win big at REINZ awards

    Harcourts New Zealand have won the top prize in six categories at this year’s 2018 Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) awards. These include Harcourts Cooper & Co picking up three awards. On winning the Medium Agency of the Year and Community Service Award – Office, Managing Director of Harcourts Cooper & Co Martin Cooper said, “The North Shore is…

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  • Harcourts New Zealand welcomes new Head of Property Management

    Harcourts Group Limited are delighted to announce the appointment of Jodine Clark to the role of Head of Property Management. Ms Clark, who most recently was working with the Commercial team in NAI Harcourts North Shore, is no stranger to property management, having held roles such as Property Manager, Business Development Manager, Business Manager and General Manager throughout her career…

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  • New Zealand bans sale of property to foreign buyers

    In a bid to fix a growing affordability issue, the New Zealand government has passed the Overseas Investment Amendment Bill. The bill will stop the majority of non-resident foreign buyers from purchasing existing property in New Zealand. It passed on Wednesday night by 63 votes to 57. The plan was announced in October to end the purchase of existing houses…

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    RE/MAX New Zealand celebrates performance and great leadership

    RE/MAX New Zealand awarded its top performers for the first half of 2018 to complete its August Rally program, held at the Novotel Ellerslie, Auckland, where the network came together for a full-day event designed to bring a focus on leadership to RE/MAX members. Winners in the number of transaction stakes for January to June 2018 were RE/MAX Go For…

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    Re-Leased raise funds to expand commercial property management platform

    Re-Leased, the cloud-based commercial property management platform, has raised NZ$2.3 million from New Zealand and UK investors in its first external capital round to fast track development and attract larger international customers. The platform manages over 35,000 properties worldwide for commercial landlords and managers , using cloud-based technology to reduce the costs of administering portfolios while also enhancing tenant services.…

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  • Top sales team takes the RE/MAX Pinnacle name

    RE/MAX Pinnacle is the new name customers will see on the popular RE/MAX real estate office in Manukau, New Zealand. Owners Rasheed and Nazia Muhammed decided to heighten their Manukau operation’s profile by giving it its own identity. The highly skilled and professional RE/MAX Pinnacle team specialise in real estate sales. The Muhammed’s also own RE/MAX Property in Papatoetoe, where…

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  • Corinna Mansell of RE/MAX knits warmth into needy families this winter

    If you spot RE/MAX New Zealand General Manager Corinna Mansell with balls of yarn in her arms, you can be sure there’s another warm blanket on the way to a family in need this winter. Ms Mansell is working with Variety – The Children’s Charity and one of its partner organisations to provided warm blankets and clothing for families in…

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  • The Austar Group joins Ray White New Zealand

    The eight residential and one commercial Ray White Austar offices officially open this week, bringing the total number of Ray White New Zealand offices to 166, with 71 of those based in Auckland. Ray White Austar directors Craig Smith, Len Day and Amy Anderson lead a team driven by the ambition to be West Auckland’s market leaders. “Our driving goal…

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  • RE/MAX Revolution opens in New Zealand

    Recently in New Zealand, RE/MAX Revolution showed its star calibre at its official opening, an event described by RE/MAX New Zealand and RE/MAX Australia Managing Director Michael Davoren as the ‘greatest attendance at any office opening in his real estate career of more than 35 years’. Around 250 attended, comprising clients and suppliers whom RE/MAX Revolution broker owner Don Ha…

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  • Century 21 agents to get some inspirational island time at the start of winter

    Century 21 agents will experience an endless summer this year with the network’s Australasian Convention to be held on Hamilton Island in early June. Hundreds of agents from across Australia and New Zealand will be treated to internationally renowned speakers, cutting-edge training and exciting new company announcements – all planned around special events that will exploit the breathtaking views of…

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  • Ray White makes key leadership appointment

    Ray White believes it can now predict who their next high-performing agents are most likely to be. Over the last 18 months, Ray White has been working on its own tool to identify benchmarks for success using psychometric, aptitude and personality testing. Ray White has spent extensive time and effort in identifying benchmarks for how its high performers act and…

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  • Ray White’s expands presence in Eastern Bays

    Auckland principal Wayne Maguire, who owns Ray White Mission Bay, is pleased to announce he has acquired two neighbouring businesses from well-regarded veteran agent Peter Best. Mr Maguire will more than double his team to 55 sales agents when the Kohimarama and St Heliers teams are welcomed into his new big ‘one team’ business structure. Mr Best, who has owned…

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  • Ray White agents ‘link up’ to celebrate referrals

    REAL estate agents, mortgage brokers and financial advisers from all over Australia and New Zealand have spent a memorable evening at the historic village in Crows Nest where it all began for property giant Ray White in 1902. The attendees were the winners of the group’s biggest-ever referral initiative called LINK which saw every facet of the White family business…

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  • Actions speak louder than words: Hayley McNaught

    RE/MAX agents go above and beyond for their clients, but what does this actually entail? For RE/MAX Go For Sold agent, Hayley McNaught, this means cleaning top-to-bottom, inside-and-out, ready for an open home, even as far as planting new plants and borrowing furniture from her own home, all the while roping the family along for a long weekend of work.…

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  • Market slows as house prices rise in New Zealand

    According to the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand, although prices are rising in New Zealand, properties are sitting on the market for longer. The monthly figures from the REINZ show median house prices for New Zealand rose 6.9 per cent in February to $530,000, up from $496,000 at the same time last year. It was…

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  • RE/MAX New Zealand awards its best of 2017

    RE/MAX New Zealand announced its top 2017 performers last month at a gala event held at Pullman Auckland, where 140 guests celebrated their own achievements and that of their RE/MAX peers. Keeping with tradition, the network’s ultimate individual honour, Broker Owner of the Year, was the final announcement for the evening. Facing some worthy contenders given the growing number of…

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  • Juwai.com encouraging NZ agents to sell to Chinese buyers before government crackdown

    “There is an old saying that a change is also an opportunity. We believe this proposed policy change has activated the group of Chinese buyers. They want to act quickly on transactions that otherwise would have taken many months,” said Jane Lu, Head of Australia for Juwai.com “These buyers previously took their time in researching their transaction and want to…

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  • Don Ha delivers RE/MAX Revolution

    The highly-acclaimed businessman and real estate identity, Don Ha, has embraced the global real estate giant, RE/MAX, and rebrands Don Ha Real Estate launching RE/MAX Revolution. Mr Ha will open the RE/MAX Revolution ‘super office’ in Hunter’s Corner, Papatoetoe on the 1st of January 2018. The existing Don Ha Manukau office will merge into the RE/MAX Revolution super office at…

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  • Ray White international awards celebrates high achievers

    The Auckland business has won the award in the Ray White group for the third year in a row. “We are thrilled, proud and very grateful to our community for their ongoing trust in our team,” said Ray White Remuera principal Megan Jaffe. “We are honoured to again be the number one office, credit goes to the team effort as…

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  • Family and Community the winning combination for Kris Cunningham

    The Josh Phegan team held their annual Blue-print conference in Queenstown at the base of the stunning Remarkables on Tuesday the 12th and Wednesday the 13th of September 2017. At the event, four incredible finalists from across New Zealand were invited to share their story of triumphs from humble beginnings in the annual Changed Agent Awards proudly supported by PropertyPress.…

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