It’s widely recognised that the trading environment for real estate has changed, but what does it mean for our role as Auckland real estate agents?
What does service mean in today’s real estate market?
May 19th, 2013Waiting for spring to sell your house? Why selling in winter can work too.
April 26th, 2013As the days get shorter, many home owners put thoughts of selling aside. After all, winter’s the time when real estate agents pine for summer conditions, buyers stay home and prices plunge until the sun begins to shine again… Right? Actually, winter can be a great time to sell your home – providing, of course, [...]
Investors re-enter the property market. What does this mean for you?
October 19th, 2012As we roll through October the housing market trends which were published this week have, for the most part remained unchanged. The market is still firmly leaning towards sellers as we mentioned last month. Tony Alexander, chief economist at the Bank of New Zealand this week released the October BNZ REINZ Residential Market Survey. While [...]
It’s officially a seller’s market. What does this mean for you?
September 27th, 2012We help you analyse the news for the real estate market by sending you summary of important updates that affect our business, and your property: Tony Alexander, the Chief Economist at the Bank of New Zealand last week released the BNZ-REINZ Residential Market Survey for September. His message is that it is still, for the [...]
The Waterview Connection
September 13th, 2012Unless you’ve been living in a coal bunker (or Timaru) for the last few months, you’ll no doubt have heard of the Waterview Connection. This new major arterial route has finally begun construction and Auckland Transport is calling it their largest, most challenging and most expensive project to date. Comprising 2.5km of tunnel, the project [...]
How to decide which suburb to buy a house
September 13th, 2012So you know you want to move house – the really difficult part for many people is to figure out the suburbs where you actually WANT to live and that FIT with your way of living. By following our simple guide below we will help you narrow down the locations that are possible fits for [...]
Is this a bubble?
August 13th, 2012In comparison with a national average of 41 days, Auckland properties have consistently sold in around 30 days over the past 5 years. Our faster market is driven by the number of buyers outweighing the number of properties for sale, the favourable lending conditions and the shortage of new dwellings being built. So is this [...]
Cutting the cost of real estate
April 24th, 2012One of The Property Market’s great selling points is our low commission fee (just 2 per cent + GST). The reason we can charge so little is because we’ve been a bit clever about the way we run our business. Many low-fee agencies are based on the traditional real estate model (which has high attendant [...]
New motorway systems and how they will improve some residential areas
April 16th, 2012If you’re thinking about buying property in West Auckland, it’s worth checking out the North Western Widening and Improvements section of the Auckland Motorways website. Planned improvements include: – The addition of one or more lanes in both directions between St Lukes Road and Royal Road – The improvement of the Te Atatu and Lincoln [...]
Today’s article in the Herald on Sunday
March 4th, 2012We appeared in an article in today’s Herald on Sunday (lead feature in the Business section) and it’s thrown up a few things I thought were interesting to touch on. Overall the article is incredibly positive and supportive and it puts forward the thought that the time is right for a new type of real [...]