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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 in New Zealand actively manages properties on behalf of landlords across New Zealand and currently has a property management portfolio of 13,380 properties.  

At the Ray White Annual Awards property management is recognised in two categories – Property Management Office of the Year and Property Manager of the Year.  These qualitative awards take into account systems, service and growth. 

The Property Management Offices of the Year were Papakura, Tower Junction in Canterbury, Epsom and the Goodwin Group.  The individual property managers, who were recognised with awards included Ray Hastie (Sumner), Beth Chisholm (Queenstown), Ali Herter (Epsom), Martin Donnelly (Epsom) and Philip Somerville (Goodwin Group).  

The growth in property management across New Zealand continues unabated.  The Ray White Group increased its portfolio by 9% during the past 12 months. The Ray White Group has a focus on developing systems and processes for their members which enables communication at a superior level, real time marketing and online reporting. Celia Burbery, NZ Business Development Executive – Property Management, said that continuing to strive to new levels of service was of the upmost importance to the Group.  “Our continued skill development programmes are a testament to that. Our award winners who are recognised in the area of property management were acknowledged because of their outstanding service, amongst other criteria.”

The Ray White Group has 183 property managers who work through the 136 office network of the Group.

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Ray White City Apartments have been the undisputed leader in the CBD residential field for three years.  They maintain a consistent market share of 25% to 30% in apartment sales and have just over 700 properties under management with Chas Wilson Rentals.

This week we are pleased to announce a significant merger which will further enhance the market share of Ray White City Apartments.  The long established agency of Roebucks has merged their sales division with Ray White City Apartments.  This will grow the overall sales team to 41 and increase the current listing portfolio of Ray White City Apartments.   Ray White City Apartments and Roebucks will continue to operate their property management businesses as they do today, with the only change in the property management being the branding.

The current premises of Roebucks will continue to be utilised by both companies, however it will be re-branded in the Ray White livery.

Principal Officer of Roebucks, Brad Roebuck, said “The merger of our sales division with Ray White will ensure that the market share that Roebucks had successfully built up over the past three years is enhanced.”  He went on to say that “Roebucks have a strong integrated business and with that we have built have a database which when applied to the Ray White systems will maximise its outcome.  The property management of Roebucks will remain as an independent business providing the same personalised service but we will have the border reach of Ray White for our property management business.”

Phil Horrobin, co-owner of Ray White City Apartments, said that the merger was fantastic news. “We have strived to position our business as a market leader in the area of city apartments and having the Roebucks team join, along with a number of other successful salespeople who have recently joined, will give us that lift in market share and ultimately provide a stronger presence in the area of city apartments. The new Britomart based office will allow a further 12 salespeople to become part of our team and that will give us over 40 salespeople together with a strong property management base.”

Carey Smith, New Zealand Chief Executive of Ray White, said that Ray White has always had a strong presence in city apartments.   “The merger with Roebucks is significant and will allow further growth to take place in the sales area while giving property management a boost with the presence of the Roebucks portfolio.  Ray White City Apartments is one of the top offices for Ray White in sales and this growth will see them move to the top office in their core trade area.”

For further information in regards to the merger please contact Phil Horrobin on 021 924 300 or through their website www.rwcityapartments.co.nz

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The Ray White Group in New Zealand is pleased to announce the opening of their 134^th office in Sandringham.  The office forms part of the Goodwin Group, who now has five offices with Ray White throughout the inner western suburbs of Auckland.  Ashley Goodwin, Principal Officer of Goodwin Realty, said “The opening was part of their strategic plan for growth and that the office is a natural extension of their market leading and long established Mt Albert business.” He went on to say “It also provides the ability for the business to have a longer reach as the Sandringham area continues to grow in popularity for sales and rental property.”  To read the full story please click here

As an industry leader in property management throughout New Zealand, Ray White are seeking an individual who has extensive knowledge and understanding of property management.  The position will align with our ambition to grow our property management business through our 132 franchised offices in New Zealand.  For more information regarding this position please see the advertisement which will be appearing in the REINZ magazine on 1st May.   For other positions available with the Ray White Group please see the Opportunities page

The Ray White group in New Zealand are one of the largest managers of property for landlords in the country with over 12,300 properties managed throughout the group we are proud of our continued development of our property management team. 

As part of our ongoing qualitative based training our property management team came together in Auckland at Cornwall Park just on 80 managers attending.  The day seminar which looked at a number of key areas in property management which included service levels to landlords and tenants, how to management relationships, and also understanding the balance between the requirements of our landlords and the needs of our tenants. 

In addition to this, our team looked at marketing to ensure the continued low vacancy rates of our landlords.  We looked at the integration of internet advertising and Ray White’s association with Trade Me and how that has continued to increase enquiry rates for our landlords.  Our service also continues to broaden with our property managers providing wealth creation plans together with property appraisals and loan assessments.  This provides to our landlords an overall service level that is unmatched in the industry.  Ray White New Zealand offices have experienced continued growth in the property management division and this has been put down to the continued training and development while providing the highest quality service.

With property management now not being regulated it is seen to be more important for landlords who they choose to manage their property and also their rental income.  Ray White are developing policies which will provide security within an integrated system through our agency practice.  The Ray White group plans to release these details over the next quarter which will provide further confidence for our current landlords while providing a clear choice option for new landlords.

The Ray White Group is proud to announce the opening of its 130^th office throughout New Zealand in the central North Island market of Opotiki.  Jackie Rooney, who is  the Principal Officer of the new Ray White office, commented that in order to provide better services to her clients she has aligned her business with a brand that is currently one of New Zealand’s market leaders.  Jackie also said that the choice of Ray White gave her a greater reach, both nationally and internationally, through marketing together with a website presence across www.raywhite.co.nz www.rwopotiki.co.nz and for a broader audience www.trademe.co.nz.

The Opotiki market is one that is diversified with investment, owner-occupied and coastal properties.  The adjoining markets have a rural influence in the town, which is 20 minutes from Whakatane and just 1½ hours to Gisborne on the East Coast.  Opotiki continues to develop its base as a provincial town and the recent announcement of resource consent for the harbour development has given great confidence to the town and the people of Opotiki.

In opening the new Ray White office, Carey Smith, Chief Executive of the Group, said “That to have Jackie and her team as part of the Ray White Group was exciting.  It gives the Group further opportunity to grow throughout New Zealand and more particularly, align our existing successful offices throughout the Eastern Bay of Plenty.”

Jackie Rooney started her real estate career in late 2001 as an administrator and property manager in Opotiki.  In late 2003 she embarked on the sales side of the business, successfully achieving a number of awards with her previous company.  She then went onto gain her licence as an Associate Member of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand.  In doing so she took the step of purchasing the business in October 2005.  Today Jackie’s business is one of the market leaders in the town.

Another key reason that Jackie Rooney and Ray White have come together is through a mutual support of Ronald McDonald House in Auckland.  The new Ray White office also supports the local community through the Woman’s Refuge and local youth attending Spirit of Adventure courses.

The Ray White Group now has 130 offices throughout New Zealand trading through local communities.  The network offices turnover just on $4.3 billion in property sales and are active in property management, rural and commercial services.