Spring selling season is underway with Ray White New Zealand scheduling 135 properties to go under the hammer last week. The group saw a clearance rate of 46.2 per cent, with an average of 2.2 registered bidders and 1.8 active....
RWC released a special New Zealand edition of the Between the Lines webinar this month where Ray White head of research Vanessa Rader was joined by RWC Auckland land sales director Stefan Powney to discuss the market for development sites....
The last week of winter saw auction volumes down across Ray White New Zealand, with the group scheduling 91 properties to go under the hammer. The group recorded a healthy clearance rate of 58.4 per cent, with an average of....
More than 1300 people gathered for Ray White New Zealand’s annual awards at Spark Arena last night to celebrate and recognize the top offices and individual achievers from throughout the leading network. The network was welcomed for the evening by....
Ray White New Zealand held 146 auctions last week, up 32.7 per cent year-on-year, with a clearance rate of 48.2 per cent. The group saw an average of 2.4 registered bidders and 1.8 active bidders per auction. Properties which sold....
The New Zealand property market experienced an uptick last week in auction clearance results nationally, demonstrating a strong finish to winter and optimism ahead of spring. Ray White New Zealand head auctioneer Sam Steele said there was a notable shift with Wednesday’s....
Nerida ConisbeeRay White GroupChief Economist New Zealand may no longer be in recession but economic conditions remain challenging. The unemployment rate picked up to 4.6 per cent in the June quarter, the highest level since the start of 2021. Home....
Ray White New Zealand was proud to celebrate its members at the REINZ Awards for Excellence last night, with Ray White taking out two top gongs. The group had 13 finalists at the REINZ awards this year, with Ray White....
The last seven days has seen Ray White auctions demonstrate remarkable resilience in a market that continues to both surprise and impress. “Across 95 scheduled auctions nationwide, strong volumes were evident, with a 39 per cent success rate reflecting the....
More than 200 RWC members gathered in Sydney today for a day of learning, development, and networking at the group’s annual conference. With TV presenter Daniella Jones as MC, the conference quickly kicked off with Ray White Group managing director....
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
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
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