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  • Clearance rates and confidence on the rise

    Ray White New Zealand scheduled 221 properties to go under the hammer last week, recording a clearance rate of 59.4 per cent. The network saw an average of 2.4 registered bidders and 1.8 active bidders per auction. “Public confidence and....

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  • Curiosity is at the heart of Ray White’s magic

    The spirit of innovation and curiosity was on show at Ray White’s annual corporate conference, Crows Nest 2024, on the Gold Coast this week. Every one of the 190 Ray White corporate team members at this year’s Crows Nest conference....

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  • Wellington auctions see great results at Ray White

    It was a great day of auctions for Ray White in Wellington, recording a 55.5 per cent clearance rate at their in-room event. Nine properties went up for auction, with five selling under the hammer, totalling $4.853 million in property. ....

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  • New Zealand’s Carrie Bradshaw Index

    Atom Go TianSenior Data AnalystRay White Group The Economist, a weekly magazine, recently undertook an analysis of where it was possible for a single person to affordably rent alone. The analysis was referred to as the Carrie Bradshaw Index, named....

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  • Auction volumes remain high as November begins

    Auction volumes remain high as we enter November, with Ray White New Zealand scheduling 220 properties to go under the hammer last week, up 14 per cent year-on year. The group saw an average of two registered bidders and 1.7....

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  • Spookiest Real Estate of Origin ever

    Ray White’s 16th call-a-thon hit a spooky new level this week with 11,550 appraisals booked across Australasia during the Halloween-themed appraisal drive, 100 per cent powered by NurtureCloud, the group’s cutting edge prop tech platform. Ray White Metro – Christchurch....

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  • Buyers out in force at Ray White New Zealand auctions

    Buyers were out in force at Ray White New Zealand auctions last week, with an average of 3.8 registered and three active bidders seen across the group’s 207 scheduled auctions. Auction volume was up 27.8 per cent year-on-year, with the....

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  • New Zealand’s most haunted suburbs

    Atom Go TianSenior Data AnalystRay White Group In the 1920s, a young woman and her newly wed husband were driving along the winding road near Maruia falls. They were heading to their honeymoon destination when their car lost control on....

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  • The Day 6.0 sees more than $24M in property sold

    Ray White Manukau, Manurewa, Mangere and Mangere Bridge saw a whopping 46 properties go under the hammer at their auction event The Day 6.0 yesterday. With a clearance rate of 65 per cent, the total value of properties sold at....

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  • The Pulse – 13 Feb 2020

    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

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  • The Pulse – 30 Jan 2020

    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

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  • The Pulse 14 Jan 20

    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

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  • The Pulse – 24 Oct 2019

    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

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  • The Pulse – 17 Sept 2019

    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

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  • The Pulse – 10 Sept 2019

    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

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  • The Pulse – 3 Sept 2019

    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

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  • The Pulse – 20 Aug 2019

    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

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  • The Pulse 13 Aug 2019

    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

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  • The Pulse – 8 Aug 2019

    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

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