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On 1^st July 2011 Re/Max Leaders in Christchurch became Ray White Unlimited Christchurch.  In a time of considerable upheaval in the Christchurch property market, the move by Re/Max Leaders to rebrand their leading South Island agency to Ray White has seen the Ray White Group grow in Canterbury by an additional 26 salespeople.

Rod Corbett, director of the new Ray White Unlimited Christchurch office said that the move away from Re/Max was undertaken in the best interests of the sales team.   He said “The commitment to continue in Christchurch was unquestioned and that the future for the office to be part of a vibrant business to provide a platform to the next level and also to be part of the number one agency throughout Australasia were key reasons for their decision to change to Ray White.”

The business located on Stanmore Road in Linwood has always had a considerable advantage.  The individual salespeople are dedicated professionals who have, particularly during the past period, taken on the challenges of the marketplace and been able to assist the community to move forward with confidence in their real estate making decisions.

Carey Smith, Chief Executive of Ray White New Zealand, said that the new Ray White Unlimited team, headed up by Mike Wilson, sales manager, will provide Ray White with additional marketplace strength and credibility.  “Our Group is positioned as one of the market leaders in Christchurch and the vote of confidence of the management team to join Ray White has allowed the Group to consolidate its position in Christchurch and the broader Canterbury region. With the team coming on board, it will add a large amount of current listings which will give clients and customers of Ray White more choice in their property considerations.”

For more information regarding Ray White Unlimited Christchurch please see their website or contact the sales manager, Mike Wilson, at mike.wilson@raywhite.com or 0274 320 333.

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The Christchurch and Canterbury property markets continue to display resilience in the recovery from now three major earthquake events over the past 10 months.  Licensee salesperson Dave Findlay from Ray White Metro shows the Christchurch statistics, including residential dwellings and sales numbers on his latest market update. Please click here to see the Market Update

Please also see attached area sales for Christchurch in comparison of February to May 2010 measured against sales from February to May 2011.

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The Locals Limited, who are known as Ray White Kingsland, have recommitted with the Ray White Group for their second term.  Just over five years ago, Chris and Lesley Hawes opened their office in Kingsland and from the start have maintained market shares which have been recognised and awarded in the Ray White Group.  The past five years has seen exceptional growth for the Kingsland business. It has gone from strength-to-strength, with Lesley Hawes consistently maintaining a top position in our national awards and more recently in March, both Lesley and Ruth Hawes were awarded individually the number one salespeople nationally for Ray White.

The business realigned with a new company name – The Locals Limited – and this embellishes the continued community involvement Ray White Kingsland has.  Chris Hawes said that their business had undergone considerable positive change to reflect their desire to add value to the community. He said “We pride ourselves on our involvement supporting events and fundraisers throughout our trade area.  Our business has grown to have a high market share in residential sales and we have also established a highly successful property management business.”

Carey Smith, Chief Executive of Ray White New Zealand, said that the Kingsland office has a strong family orientation.  “This sits alongside perfectly with the Ray White family values.  The way that the individuals come together as a team at Ray White Kingsland is unmatched, potentially within the industry. The volume of sales produced by Lesley and Ruth is consistently recognised and they are the current joint number one sales operators for our group.  Their new company name reflects their continued drive towards lifting market share in their local trade area.  Everything that they do is about delivering the highest standards.”

The Ray White Kingsland team are situated at 437 New North Road, Kingsland.  Their website is rwkingsland.co.nz.

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The Ray White Group is pleased to acknowledge the recommitment of Ray White Metro ( AJ McPherson Limited).

AJ McPherson Limited has been long term members of Ray White and has consistently been one of the top performing businesses throughout New Zealand.  During the past period there has been a repositioning of the group due to the devastating effects of the Canterbury earthquakes. Today the business is known as Ray White Metro and has the largest sales and property management business in Canterbury for Ray White.   The 35-strong sales team continue to gain market share through their consistent approach to prospecting and assisting property owners throughout the Canterbury region.

Tony McPherson, head of Ray White Metro, said that his business has never been in better shape.  “Although we are facing challenges, as many of the community are in Christchurch, we are committed, positive and continue to make plans based on the rebuilding of Christchurch.  Our property management business, as with our sales business, has gone from strength to strength given the extra needs the community has for real estate services during the past six months.”

Sales manager, Vanessa Golightly, said that the business now has a lot of traction.  “Having such a large sales team has given the confidence to vendors in the marketplace that Ray White Metro is an agency of choice when it comes to selling their property.”  Vanessa went on to say that they are encouraged by the number of new salespeople they have had join their team and that she expected to continue the growth in market share.

Carey Smith, Chief Executive of Ray White New Zealand commented “Ray White Metro is one of the pillars of our Canterbury business.  Tony, Vanessa and the team are outstanding.  The way they have responded to the challenges in Christchurch has been remarkable.  We are delighted to have them continue with us on our collective drive for leadership.”

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The Ray White Group is proud to welcome the new franchise owners of Ray White Epsom, being Core Group Realty Limited with shareholders Margaret Simpson, Robin McDowall and Linda Galbraith.  The shareholders of Core Group Realty Limited have come together from varying real estate backgrounds and the combination and experience they bring is expected to reposition Ray White Epsom to a new level.

Margaret Simpson, licensee agent for Core Group Realty Limited, said that they are excited to take on the ownership of Ray White Epsom. “The experience of the leadership team will allow the business to focus on the marketing and selling of real estate throughout Epsom, Parnell and surrounding suburbs. Having Robin and Linda as shareholders and active salespeople will add a further dimension to our business.”

Robin McDowall has a highly experienced sales background throughout the inner eastern suburbs.  Linda Galbraith has been operating as a high profile salesperson for over 20 years, consistently achieving successful results in the high-end market.

Carey Smith, NZ Chief Executive, said he welcomed the new owners to the Group.  “Having Margaret, Robin and Linda as franchise owners with the Ray White Group will allow for further growth in sales throughout the Epsom, Parnell and surrounding suburbs.  Linda Galbraith in particular has a high profile in the high-end market and will add to the strengths that both Robin McDowall and Margaret Simpson bring to the leadership team of Ray White Epsom.”

The Ray White Epsom franchise was under the previous ownership of Pat and Mary Taylor, who will continue as Ray White members through the rental division.  The new ownership of the Ray White Epsom office takes place on 1^st June 2011.

The Ray White Group is pleased to announce the opening of Ray White Manukau City located on the corner of Great South Road and Te Irirangi Drive in high profile Westpac named building inManukau.  The office is under the Mountfort Group, with the leader of the office being Mark Te Whare. Mark continues to have a distinguished career in the real estate industry after spending five years in Brisbane with Ray White as a senior auctioneer and then joining Ray White New Zealand three years ago to undertake the role of National Chief Auctioneer. Mark has taken the step into business leadership through the Manukau franchise.  The team joining Mark are high profile performers including Adam Thomson, Garrick Smart, Levani Lum-On, Mandeep Gill, Chanelle Breeze and Gabriel Tuhoro.

Carey Smith, Ray White New Zealand Chief Executive, said he was thrilled to have Mark and the team on board in Manukau. “The Ray White Group is considered a market leader in South Auckland and the addition of Mark and his team joining the Group in Manukau will add to that presence.  I expect the business will be dynamic given the individuals involved and will also have an accent on auction marketing.”

The business will continue to grow in the foreseeable future, with additional services including property management, financial lending and utilities.

For further information on the Manukau franchise please see their local website.

Ray White New Zealand is pleased to announce the launch of their new version of their national website www.raywhite.co.nz.  The website represents the latest in integrated technology and property marketing.  Many of the features that are available within the website are industry firsts which will assist property sellers in ensuring that their property is displayed at its very best.

The front page of the site provides easy navigation throughout New Zealand and is broken up into regional areas. The search function is enabled through any word, sentence or property ID number and this includes Find an Agent.  The advanced search function is enabled through all divisions of properties for sale together with properties for rent by region, city and suburb. The number of bedrooms and also price will return a user-friendly search.

Please click to see our most viewed Property in the last 12 hours

Within the individual property display the site opens up to having a slide show or a gallery photo selection. The description of the property is linked with features and open homes, which can be added to the majority of electronic calendars.  Floor plans, video tours and location maps all sit within the individual property page; while one of the new areas that have been introduced for each property is community information which provides a summary of social and economic data for each area in comparison to a city and New Zealand.  This includes information about occupation, age distribution, household income and the number of residents per property. Another feature which are available for each property is local school zoning.  This is shown on a map where the property is located and then each school in green returns the user the zone of that school and also other schools located close to the property but however are not in zone.  This is a first for any real estate company to deliver such rich information for the user. In additional the site offers automatic real time translation in 51 different languages.

Keith Ashkettle, head of Ray White New Zealand technology, said “The site development has been in progress for close to 12 months and we have worked with property owners, salespeople and business owners to ensure that each of the stakeholders in our website are served with the greatest outcome to enhance the user experience on our site.”

Carey Smith, Chief Executive of Ray White New Zealand, commented that the Group has always had a strong emphasis on technology. “The delivery of the new national website together with our local websites is a demonstration of our commitment to online marketing.  The applications that we have within our website allow the user to build up a lot of information, not only about the property but also the community.  We understand that buying a property is one of the, if not the biggest, commitments that people make and also when they come to realise the sale of that property, that they also want to be giving the benefits of the area as well.”

The Ray White NZ national website currently has 14,400 properties available for sale or for rent.  The Group has recently enabled 136 local websites which are built on local community information. The national and local websites are enhanced by our Group’s online presence through Trade Me Property, realestate.co.nz and raywhite.com.

The Ray White Group in New Zealand has released its latest version of real-time market information through Info Graphic Market Update, which is available for every suburb throughout New Zealand. This is displayed on an info-graphic platform and gives the reader real-time information regarding each marketplace, or a collection of marketplaces, based on the current month’s sales numbers and volume in comparison to the previous 12 months.  It also shows the number of sales in price banding throughout the previous 12 months.  The top value sale in the previous month is also shown.

This is displayed on an info-graphic platform and gives the reader real-time information regarding each marketplace, or a collection of marketplaces, based on the current month’s sales numbers and volume in comparison to the previous 12 months.  It also shows the number of sales in price banding throughout the previous 12 months.  The top value sale in the previous month is also shown.

The info-graphic market update report is available from every Ray White office.  Please click here for example reports of Remuera, Tauranga and Raglan.

Ray White has long been acknowledged as a first mover with technology and this is again the case with the second release of 135 local community based office websites.

In the first release Ray White was a leader in having each office integrate their property listings on a local site and this has been further enhanced this week as every office has released the new version of their local website. This enables each office to relate to their local communities through their own property marketing.  The front page of each site reflects the area each office operates in and the listings of that office are displayed in a full gallery with integrated mapping, community information and school zones. In addition to this, the websites have the ability for floor plans that give an actual view of the room from where the floor plan is taken.

School zoning and local community information is a first for any property website in New Zealand. School zoning gives information such as the distance from the property, identifies what school zone each property is in and also details surrounding schools near the property. Community information is provided for each and every listing and details the social and economic makeup of the area, including graphs comparing information of the immediate neighbourhood, the local area and New Zealand and a whole. There is also statistics on the rental averages and the expected returns.

Ray White has approximately 14,500 properties entrusted through their office network.

The office website release is the first of a number of website releases to come during May, with raywhite.co.nz due for release towards the end of May.

The following websites are a good example of the local content that each office is providing.  Please click here to see Ray White Hamilton, Ray White Kingsland, Ray White Stoke and Ray White Invercargill websites.

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The Ray White Group is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Napier (West Quay area).  The new office is located on Lever Street in Ahuriri directly opposite the Quay area.  This area is also home to other well established names and a growing number of restaurants and eateries.  The office is under the ownership of Phil Hogg and Virginia Wilson, who are high performing salespeople in their own right.  They have established the business on the basis of their own profile and this has already created a number of new listings for the office.

The Napier region is well known for its diversity of property from the areas of Napier, Taradale through to other regions of the Hawkes Bay including Havelock North and Hastings.  The diversification of property, particularly in Napier, takes in the waterfront through to residential housing as well as small lifestyle properties. The Napier area has a population of 60,000 people with just over 24,400 rateable properties.  The average sale price for the region for residential houses is $315,000 with approximately 80 sales on average occurring each month.

The new office has commenced trading and Phil Hogg commented that he believed the office location would be of benefit to clients and customers.  He said “We intend on having the office utilised as an auction venue and this should create good interest in the local prices for the area.”

Chief Executive of Ray White Real Estate, Carey Smith, said he was delighted to have Phil and Virginia on board.  “They will pave the way for new energy in the real estate market through the region and given their previous successful sales, this will stand them in good stead for their business ownership in Napier.”

The office can be contacted through the website www.rwwestquay.co.nz.