Real Estate News & Community Works

Harcourts Cooper & Co’s Ilse Evans says the last week of the school holidays in July was an unusually busy week, with the company surpassing the record with 1847 property viewings in seven days. ...

Harcourts Cooper & Co’s Ilse Evans says the last week of the school holidays in July was an unusually busy week, with the company surpassing the record with 1847 property viewings in seven days. ...

2019 is shaping up to be an interesting one for the real estate industry, with anti-money laundering laws, landlord requirements and talks of capital gains tax. The reality is people still need to buy first homes, move towns, sell matrimonial homes on divorce, sell investments or sell family homes post a family loss. ...

Andrew brings the trophy back home to New Zealand after the cup being in Australia for the past three years. ...

Realestate.co.nz, one of New Zealand’s most popular online property search destination, recently announced a surprising rise in property interest in July, so much so that they matched interest levels that are usually only seen in summer. ...

From the 1st of July, lawyers and property conveyancers are now required by law to verify the identity of their clients. This new “Customer Due Diligence” process is in accordance with the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009. ...

The age-old question we get asked at every meeting with an owner. There are pros and cons to every time of year but here are a few quick tips to get you started ...

After a busy year, I was thrilled to receive at the Cooper & Co Annual Awards 2018 ...

I was awarded ‘#18 Northern Region 2017 – 2018’ at the Harcourts awards breakfast held on the 3rd May. ...

This was a fun sponsorship that I unfortunately missed out on while on holiday!! ...

Phew, what a week! My 4 Hauraki listings sold at auction in 2 days! ...

After 5 months of discussions and planning with Council, on 19th March 2016 I organised a team of volunteers to begin the project of upgrading the fence of our lovely LakeTown Green. ...

An outstanding profit for the Hauraki fair. ...

That famously wealthy investor Warren Buffett often quotes “Mr Market”. Who is this person? It’s really just a simple metaphor to explain market fluctuations. ...

Today, the Land Transfer Amendment Act 2015 and the Tax Administration Amendment Act 2015 come into force. ...

I love to be involved with the Poetry Competition as the sponsor. At the prize giving it was a pleasure to congratulate the winners and to see the pleasure the children got from writing their poems and entering into the competition. ...

Harcourts New Zealand’s commitment to the training, mentoring and employment of auctioneers paid dividends in July with Andrew North named as National Champion at the REINZ National Auctioneering Championships for 2015. ...

A sudden change in temperatures this past week sent many of us looking for the winter jackets… but it has shown no signs of cooling the Auckland Real Estate market which is going from strength to strength. So many indicators are suggesting now is a great time to act! ...

Latest statistics show traffic to the Harcourts website was up by 9% in October 2014, reaching 2.7 million page views. We remain the most viewed website of all the real estate groups. ...

My favourite auctioneer Andrew North, after many times being a close runner-up in the Australasian Auction Championships, has finally nailed it. Last week he beat off tough opposition to become Number 1!! In Andrew’s words – “the monkey is finally off my back!” Congratulations on an amazing achievement Andrew. ...

A very successful auction was held on Sunday 10th October at 56 Jutland Road. The sun (almost) managed to shine and with over 200 people present there was a great atmosphere! An excellent price of $935,00 was achieved. ...

For the 2nd year in a row Harcourts has been voted by Reader's Digest as New Zealand's most trusted real estate brand! It is the second time the real estate category has been voted on, and for the second year Harcourts has come out on top. ...