Ray White offices in New Zealand had a bumper last 24 hours before restrictions enforcement as six properties sold under the hammer for a combined value of NZ$8,169,000. The ‘new normal’ was clear for all to see at the Ray....
Ray White Group defied the doom and gloom predictions in New Zealand over the weekend as the leading group booked a preliminary national auction day clearance rate of 60 per cent. The highlight was in Highland Park where Ray White Manukau....
Top international powerhouse Ray White Remuera embraced their inner-jazz hands this week, and in doing so, sold eight of 10 properties via the auction method for a combined total of $NZ14,351,000. On the night, Ray White New Zealand Chief Auctioneer John Bowring....
The Ray White New Zealand group results for February 2020 saw a strong increase in the sales value in comparison to 12 months ago. This has continued the strong start of sales in the area of residential property. The median....
John Harman reckons his wife Karen Spires thought he was a bit nuts to build another block of apartments, but the former surgeon-turned-developer enjoyed the process of building St Marks in Remuera so much he’s launched another luxury build next....
A quick synopsis of the market for 2020 shows some interesting details. Buyers are still very evident with auction selling rates increasing, multiple offers on normal listings commonplace and many buyers prepared to put in back-up offers on properties already under contract. Interestingly enough sale numbers remain virtually unchanged from … Read more
The Ray White New Zealand group results for January 2020 saw a strong increase in the sales value in comparison to 12 months ago. After a record sales month in December 2019 which saw prices increase; the median sales price....
Ray White New Zealand has appointed experienced award-winning auctioneer Gavin Croft as it’s new Chief Operating Officer to help spearhead the next phase of growth at the leading network. Ray White New Zealand currently has a network of 177 offices....
Amazing to think that the first month of 2020 is drawing to a close. And what a month it has been, open homes with record attendances, multi offers on many listings and pre-auction offers bringing early auctions and properties selling within 24 or 48 hours of coming to the market. … Read more
A warm welcome to you all for 2020 and what a start we have seen. With the market picking up many of our team were “on deck” over the holiday break and boy did that pay dividends for our vendors. We managed a staggering 23 signed agreements between December … Read more
The Ray White New Zealand group results for December 2019 saw a 28% increase in sales value in comparison to 12 months ago and a 6% lift on November 2019. A month cut short by celebrations and Christmas holidays provided....
Christmas came early for many charities as Ray White’s Christmas initiative ‘A Little Ray of Giving’ raised thousands of gifts, money and more than 300 bags of non-perishables across New Zealand and Australia. More than 350 offices across the Ray White....
For the past three years at the South Island Wine & Food Festival in Hagley Park, Christchurch. Ray White has combined their annual Christmas campaign, A Little Ray of Giving with raising funds for Ronald McDonald House South Island (RMHSI). This year the Ray....
SUMMERTIME IS HAMMER TIME!!! This is Ray White Austar’s big pre-Christmas marketing initiative to take advantage of growing buyer activity as we head towards the end of the year. This is a one-off special event for auctions booked during the month of October offering owners cost-effective packages and the opportunity … Read more
Earlier this year Austar embarked on a new pathway. We decided we wanted the actual team to help us set our core values, goals and ultimately our mission statement for the company. We gathered our salespeople, managers, administrators and property managers to work together in two intensive workshops evaluating various … Read more
NIWA may be predicting a wet September, but in terms of real estate this month the heat will start to go on. All indications suggest a continued upturn in real estate sales, as buying conditions ease and more property becomes available. This upturn will be welcomed by a real estate … Read more
Spring is definitely springing. The change in weather is heralding a change of another climate as listings are starting to become evident again. Like the budding of new spring flowers, this new burst of listing activity will hopefully presage the growth in sales we seasonally expect over the next 3 … Read more
Property management is a topic close to the heart of many. With the fears of future capital gains tax for secondary residential properties now put to bed, we are seeing a lot of normal New Zealanders concentrating on rental property as the best form of retirement investment. Some of the … Read more
Last week we spoke about the lift in the market as Ray White Austar had experienced some of the best Winter selling conditions we had ever experienced. We are now sitting at 25 agreements month to date and seriously challenging our best August in terms of written sales ever. Although … Read more
Another great Austar auction weekend with 3 out of 5 selling under the hammer and a fourth under offer meaning happy vendors, happy purchasers and happy agents, the perfect trifecta. We currently have 16 agreements signed already for August and well underway for perhaps our best August ever. Despite the … Read more