Aucklanders rush to beat ban
PHOTO: SUPPLIED – Barfoot & Thompson recorded 1606 new listings in the month, down in what would normally be a busy period. A ban on […]
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Best Real Estate Company in the world
PHOTO: Barfoot & Thompson We are thrilled to announce that Barfoot & Thompson has been named as the Best Real Estate company in the […]
A closer look at apartments
PHOTO: Apartments Find out more about trends related to apartments from new developments to yields related to the number of bedrooms. As a […]
Bin-targeting real estate agents not first to get it wrong
PHOTO: DAVID WHITE/STUFF – Evangelia Henderson has had to back down from a campaign calling breast cancer “contagious”. A real estate agency marketing campaign that […]
Abandoned Ponsonby shack sells for $1.21m
PHOTO: BARFOOTS – It has a CV of $1.575m, but this derelict Ponsonby cottage sold for $1.21m under the hammer on October 24, 2018. The […]
Real estate agents told: Stay out of my rubbish bin
PHOTO: Some homeowners were surprised to spot marketing material in their recycling bins. Two real estate agents have been told to stop a campaign […]
2018 REINZ Awards
PHOTO: REINZ AWARDS Barfoot & Thompson Auckland wins 2018 REINZ Large Agency of the Year Award The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand […]
The Property Boom is OVER!
PHOTO: Property Boom Wow! What a run. Massive sales numbers and massive price growth with residential property in New Zealand has finally come […]
Agency offers new online tools
PHOTO: SCREENSHOT – The tool allows buyers to try out different colours in the kitchen. Barfoot & Thompson is offering house-hunters a new way to […]
First home buyers going West
PHOTO: SIMON SMITH/STUFF – Many first home buyers were searching for properties in Glen Eden and Massey, West Auckland. A real estate agent says there […]
Foreign investors ‘not to be blamed for housing crisis’
PHOTO: Supplied – Real estate agent Peter Young, who has been working with Barfoot and Thompson for 20 years, says Chinese overseas investors they dealt […]
21 years after he came out of a ‘boring’ retirement, he’s at the peak of his career
PHOTO: Chris McKeen/Stuff – Michael Benns is still working as a real estate agent at 81. He turns 82 in July. Who says life can’t […]
Run down villa fetches $1.65m
PHOTO: BARFOOT & THOMPSON – Despite a partial kitchen, this Sandringham house sold at auction for $1.6 million It was possibly the worst house on […]
WATCH: Headed to a property auction? We get some expert advice
PHOTO: Real Estate agent Tim Webb. Source – YouTube Real Estate agent Tim Webb joined Duncan Garner on the AM Show to share some […]
Chief Executive Officer appointment
PHOTO: Chris Dobbie – SOURCE: Barfoot & Thompson. Barfoot & Thompson is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Dobbie to the role of […]
January 2018 residential sales report
PHOTO: Barfoot & Thompson. Sales volumes by focus area: Jan-18 Jan-17 12 months to Jan-18 12 months to Jan-17 Central Auckland 21 35 […]
Steady start to residential house sales in January sets tone for positive 2018
PHOTO: Peter Thompson. The new year has not brought any great change to trading patterns in the Auckland residential housing market. “It was […]
Auckland rent rises ahead
PHOTO: 123RF – Pressure may go on rents as investors become less willing to top up their mortgages, Barfoot & Thompson warns. It might be […]
Selling a Grand Designs home has drawbacks, says owner
PHOTO: JANE USSHER – Scott Lawrie says owners expose much of their financial situation on Grand Designs, which doesn’t always work in their favour. […]
Realty agent terminated after misconduct ruling
PHOTO: Goyal Lane in Pakuranga, Auckland. Photo / Doug Sherring Auckland’s biggest realty firm has fired an agent and refunded two vendors’ commissions after […]
Abandoned ‘hidden’ house sold
PHOTO: BARFOOT & THOMPSON – The Kohimarama house designed and lived in by the late architect Rewi Thompson has been sold after record numbers of […]
Auckland house marketed as steal for $1.2m
Despite the hefty price tag on an East Auckland home, one agent insists “Ellerslie’s never been cheaper”. A Trade Me property listing for a […]
February 2017 housing market update
Time period Number of sales* Total value of sales February 2017 556 properties $525,183,247 February 2016 698 properties $573,773,036 12 months to February 2017 […]
Auckland’s top spots for sellers
It’s Mission Bay’s day in the sun on the Auckland property scene. Mission Bay has been named the top Auckland suburb for house price […]
You can still buy a home for under $600K on Auckland’s North Shore
Even though the average house price on the North Shore is now $1.218 million, it is still possible to buy a home there that […]
Real estate agent calls seller ‘stupid stupid woman’, surrenders his licence
A real estate agent who called a private house seller a “stupid stupid woman” in a series of abusive text messages has escaped without […]
More Auckland buyers looking to settle in Northland
“Our Northland team reports that initially they were dealing with Auckland rental investors who were buying two or three properties at auction sight unseen,” […]
Real estate agent pleads not guilty to criminal charges
A real estate agent accused of buying two elderly clients’ home then on-selling it months later for a $725,000 profit has pleaded not guilty […]
Auckland house prices increase, but growth restrained
August 2016 housing market update Time period Number of sales* Total value of sales August 2016 1,003 properties $909,279,894 August 2015 1,314 properties $1,078,898,167 […]
Which Auckland suburb saw prices double in 18 months?
People who bought a house in Mission Bay a year ago have experienced some of Auckland’s best capital gains, real estate agency Barfoot & […]
Auckland house market shows unmistakable signs of slowing
Time period Number of sales* Total value of sales July 2016 1,034 properties $897,183,180 July 2015 1,388 properties $1,148,375,040 12 months to July […]
Tenants in ‘central’ Auckland suburbs feel heat of rising rent prices
If you want to rent a house in a nice suburb close to central Auckland, you’d better be prepared to pay a premium for […]
Kim Dotcom’s famous Coatesville mansion sold in private deal
The famous Kim Dotcom mansion in Coatesville has been sold for an undisclosed price. The property, 35kms northwest of Auckland, had been on the market […]
June 2016 housing market update
Auckland property market stays on trend during June Prices edged up slightly in Auckland’s residential property market in June, while the number of sales […]