What is the HomesEstimate? The HomesEstimate is an algorithm used to calculate the estimated market value for an individual home. It is not a formal valuation, but a starting point in determining a home’s estimated value. The HomesEstimate is calculated
I recently spoke with Erin Rush from Harcourts in Wellington City about her real estate business and the challenges she is facing in selling properties under the cloud of Covid. The Wellington real estate market that Erin operates in, like
Steve Koerber remembers the first home he sold in Remuera, it was 1998 and it changed hands for $750,000. Today he values it at around $5 million. Moving from the North Shore to the leafy suburb with its prime Auckland
I had the pleasure of a chat with Elwin from ARO Digital this week about how digital marketing has grown rapidly in the real estate space and how agents can maximise it in their real estate marketing. “Marketing properties in
I sat down with Niall Heeran from RentWellington to discuss the recently passed Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020. Niall believes that good landlords don’t need new legislation to do what’s right, bad landlords will look for ways around legislation. When listening
We have recently seen in the media outstanding examples of auctions achieving premium prices for sellers and subsequently boosting profile for agents. Are auctions the domain of the ‘super agent’? Robert Tulp an independent auctioneer & Director from Apollo Auctions
I recently had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Bill Guthrie, a seasoned Residential Property Investor, who has been in the property investment market for close to 40 years. Over that time Bill has built a large residential
The catchphrase when starting out in real estate sales in the past was ‘fake it till you make it’, now the move is to ‘be authentic to make it’. People all around the world are now seeing through ‘fake’ with
Ailsa Dawson, Customer Success Manager here at homes.co.nz recently caught up with Mick Fay from Ray White Warkworth about expats returning home to buy property. Click below for an interesting watch!
Shane Coote from Central Realty, North Shore Auckland shares his insights into why he made the move from paper to digital. What prompted you to make the move from paper to digital? We do very little print advertising/marketing these days
Ailsa Dawson (Customer Success Manager from homes.co.nz) recently caught up with Kay Lucas from Harcourts Dunedin about what the new buyer experience will be as a result of Covid – 19. Click below to hear a great 8 minutes of
Ailsa Dawson, Customer Success Manager here at homes.co.nz recently spoke with Robert Tulp the National Auction Manager for Apollo Auctions – to find out all about hybrid auctions. Take a look!
Fiona Li from Harcourts in Auckland shares her interesting insights on ‘the market’ at a time when buyers are now back viewing properties. Fiona how would you describe the real estate market now? It is a total unknown as real
It’s great news that the country has moved to Alert Level 3 and that real estate agents can increase their scope of work with vendors and purchasers – however there are important guidelines that you must understand and follow from
The government announced that we will be moving to level 3 next Monday 27 April, the question is “what will level 3 look like for agents?” What we know is that agents will still be working from home for the main
