Market Comment Archive

GOOD NEWS FOR 2012….and should WE become a Credit Rating Agency???? In the brief break Shelley and I took after Christmas…sheltering from storms at the bach at Pauanui with daughters at the CoroGold concert, Whitianga, drowning in mud, I reflected on a couple of forays through provincial towns. Mt Maunganui and Tauranga are positively sparkling in prosperity – despite the... > Read more

Hmmmm What a funny old year Hmmmm. What a very strange year. Our 14th and the hardest yet. The Pike River Mine enquiry, Rugby World Cup, continuing earthquakes, a scary election, ship on the rocks off Tauranga, the U.S.A. printing it’s way out of bankruptcy and Europe fighting its way... > Read more

I'M GLAD WE'RE NOT IN GREECE BUT...... Man you hardly catch your breath and the next thing happens. Last year (when we thought we could afford it) we took the kids down the Adriatic on an 88,000 ton palace, Costa Mediterranea. From my sister Elisabeth's abode in Venice as we sailed south to... > Read more

SOMETHING'S GOING ON WOW! We listed a record number of apartments in August and again in September, both unprecedented numbers so something’s going on. And we’re feeling pretty lucky because out in the suburbs it’s starvation time. Any listings our suburban colleagues secure... > Read more

I'VE DONE IT NOW: “REALTOR BIBLE” – AN HONOURABLE PROFESSION EXPLAINED $24.95 Have you ever wondered how a Real Estate Agency…or a Real Estate salesperson operates? This is not a salesperson training book but a real insight into “the unknown... > Read more

CAN YOU ORDER CARPET? I’ve waited 20 years ……now here’s the drill. In 1991 the Auckland City Council changed the zonings to allow residential development in the CBD (Central Business District) and seeing the opportunity of a lifetime, I changed course. At that time... > Read more

THE AUSTRALIANS, THE KIWIS AND THE YANKS Yeah it’s getting really interesting. Just had a week in Melbourne at a brilliant Robert Bevan “BEST PRACTICE” seminar where Agents from all over Australasia get together to see who’s biggest and best. Unfortunately they beat us... > Read more

A TIME TO SELL? With the $NZ at an unprecedented high, swathes of buyers enjoying the lowest interest rates for decades….our offshore investors may be facing an unexpected opportunity. Because we all know that nothing stays the same, that what goes up inevitably comes down! Remember... > Read more

IT'S FIRMING, FIRMING, FIRMING! Yeah it’s only been 20 years since I pioneered the start of Auckland’s Apartment Market (1991….90kg) and wow how we’ve changed! No I’m not disclosing that. And all the way through the housing market kept doubling in value but our... > Read more

ONLINE AUCTIONS FASCINATING! A big "Hi" to our faithful followers from around the world. Our second online auction drew an audience from all over – somewhat intriguing us with the interest shown. One of our vendors was actually watching (from Abu Dhabi) while talking to Sales... > Read more

WE HAVE TO DO WELL I know you’re feeling like us – shattered and reeling from the tragedy of the Christchurch earthquake, New Zealand’s worst disaster. I did not have the heart... > Read more

MAYBE HE'S RIGHT AGAIN (click back to Jan) Talk about positivity – we’ve attached some news items that you need to be up with. It’s looking like the housing market is on... > Read more