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The Ray White Canterbury and West Coast Quarterly Awards were recently held at the Clearwater Resort in Christchurch.

The overall supreme salesperson for the quarter was Sid Charoenpornsavat from the Ray White Northwood office and Sid was also recognised as the top business growth salesperson for the quarter. The top office for sales turnover was Ray White Metro, with Ray White Greymouth being recognised as the top office for business growth.

The following ad appeared in the Christchurch Press and was in part to thank all of our partners, including the Christchurch Press, Property Press, Trade Me, realestate.co.nz and signage companies, who have assisted with the ongoing growth of our business through the region. It has been a difficult time during the past 12 months throughout the Christchurch market and our business owners have responded by ensuring the sales team and property managers are able to continue to operate with the best resources within the marketplace.

The Ray White Group has 160 sales people in the Canterbury and West Coast regions and we would like to acknowledge their continuing efforts in assisting sellers and buyers within the market.

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Each year the Ray White Group provide exclusively to our vendors marketing opportunities through our key partners the New Zealand Herald, Property Press, Suburban and Outlook.  These media partners, in conjunction with Ray White through our individual sales members offer a range of incentives for all vendors who are currently listed or who are considering listing with a Ray White Group member.

These marketing incentives are in place over the first two weeks of November and are available for any individual property that is promoted through a Ray White  media partner.

For further information please contact any individual Ray White salesperson, who will provide full details of the marketing incentives available.

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The Ray White Group were the first national group to become members of the Trade Me Property website in 2005 and are proud to announce the further extension to their agreement with Trade Me, which will take the Group’s membership beyond 10 years.

Trade Me is the leading website in New Zealand, with almost one in three web users visiting the site on a consistent basis. The property site has grown to be the leader in the market, displaying the majority of the industries web content.

Since joining, Ray White has been the number one supplier of property to Trade Me and with the extension of their agreement the total network will continue to supply every listing on behalf of our vendors and our members also have the opportunity to place all rental properties on Trade Me Rentals.

Carey Smith, Chief Executive of Ray White New Zealand, said “The growth of online has been staggering over the last five years. The ability for those in real estate mode to get an understanding of real estate and the current activity has increased dramatically. The access to the web, the way property is now presented, the broadness of the content has all meant that the web is now a key part of the marketing piece of every property, being for sale or for rent. We have always seen Ray White as being the industry leader in technology and the decision to rejoin Trade Me as a group is essential to our short and long term view of online marketing. “

Brendan Skipper, Head of Trade Me Property, said “Ray White re commitment of their total membership to their site was a clear endorsement of Trade Me’s position in online property marketing. We believe in providing both the community and the real estate industry the best in property marketing and we are thrilled that Ray White continues to recognise the collective value of Trade Me.”

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The July 2011 results for the Ray White Group reflected an increase in trading over the similar period last year; however was slightly down on the results from last month. The Group’s controlled listings were down almost 25% which is reflective of the shorter days on market and prices holding throughout the majority of New Zealand.

The top office for the month was Ray White Auckland Central Commercial, completing sales in excess of $16 million. The Ray White Remuera office was number two. Ray White Metro in Christchurch completed sales of $8.5 million, while Ray White Ponsonby and Ray White City Apartments also had a strong month with sales over $8 million.

Carey Smith, Chief Executive of Ray White said that the results reflected the lack of new listings which are being presented to the market. “When you look closer at the numbers, Auckland continues to show increases on last year’s turnover however there are far less properties being listed for sale. This will inevitably put pressure on prices and will also provide more buyer competition for each property actively marketed.  Also of interest is the Canterbury market where sales were at the same level as the same time last year. There are a lot less properties coming to the market in this area but the take up of stock and the reduction in the total properties available has been considerable.  Across New Zealand our results were similar to that of 2010 and while listing stock remains the driver to many key indicators, there are certainly a good number of properties turning over in the current market. The other variables that we see going forward include the upcoming interest rate announcement in September and the activity that will result from the Rugby World Cup.”

The Ray White Group has offices across the country and lists on average 21,000 properties per annum. The Group is also the leading facilitator of property management in New Zealand with 14,600 properties managed for landlords.

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After becoming a member of the Ray White Group in August 2010, Bruce Whillans, the owner of Ray White Commercial Auckland, has completed over $60 million worth of sales in the first four months of trading.  He has recently released his Commercial quarterly report.  Please click here to download the report

Samuel Innes will be the second New Zealand child to undergo umbilical cord treatment for a birth related brain injury. Samuel, who is now four years old, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was two.  He has been accepted for treatment to be re-infused with his own cord blood in North Carolina.

His parents Andy and Ricky Innes , the franchise owners of Ray White Whitianga, are planning on travelling to the United States later next month.  For more on Samuel’s story please click here

The Ray White Group is pleased to be able to offer those who are considering a career in Real Estate an insight into the Ray White Group through its members site.

Please click here for the access information to the Ray White members site

We are pleased to advise the cover of our upcoming lift out of the NZ Herald on Sunday edition to be publish on Sunday the 30th of May 2010.

The cover is taken from Milford Sound in the South Isalnd of New Zealand. Please click here to view the cover.