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The Ray White Group next week welcomes a further three new offices; being Wellington City, Cambridge and Pt Chevalier in Auckland. These offices add to an already record number of offices that have joined the Ray White Group during 2011.

Offices that have joined the Group during the year include Bream Bay, Dargaville, Hamilton City, Manukau, Matamata, Mt Albert, Napier, Orakei, Sunnynook, Swanson, Tutukaka, Whangarei and Unlimited in Christchurch.

To see the list of new offices for 2011 please click here.

Carey Smith, Chief Executive of Ray White New Zealand, said “The record number of offices joining the Group in 2011 was directly attributed to the growth activities of the company.  The real estate industry from an agency level is becoming more polarised; the requirements from business owners, salespeople, property managers and expectations from vendors are now much higher than they have ever been. We would attribute part of the growth directly to our industry leading technology and our continued ability to be able to resource our group to maximise returns for each of the stakeholders, including vendors, who entrust Ray White.”

The Ray White Group in New Zealand now stands at 133 offices and with the opening of Cambridge, Pt Chevalier and Wellington City next week, the Group will have added a new office every three weeks during 2011.

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Ray White Invercargill has relocated to new premises on Dee Street, which is the main road in Invercargill. After 10 years in the location they commenced their business at, Brendan Mason, owner of Ray White Invercargill, said the move to the new office was a definite line for his company given the growth they have achieved during that period of time.  He went on to say that the new office represents a new era for the company and that he believed they are now well positioned to be the market leader throughout the region.

The profile of the Dee Street location and the external Ray White livery give the office a highly visual presence. The office is divided into a number of areas and each of the divisions and sales team have their own offices.

Carey Smith, Chief Executive of Ray White New Zealand, said “The new office represents an investment by Brendan to ensure the future of his business. The location and the internal and external fit-out is of the highest quality and this will give both the team members and the community confidence when dealing with Ray White.”

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Ray White Hamilton City officially opened last week to a gathering of close on 150 people, who celebrated Sue Hall and her business partner Richard Jacobsen opening their new Ray White office on Mill Street. During the evening there were a number of speeches held which reflected on where the business was today in such a short period of time.

The Ray White Hamilton City office now has over 40 listings and has completed eight sales in its first month of trading.

Sue Hall, the co-owner of the new Hamilton City office, said that it was a proud moment for her to have many of her friends and clients attend the opening of the new office. She went on to say there has been great confidence from her existing clients to support the business and this has resulted in a new property listing being taken every day for the office. She also commented that to have the support of her business partner and six experienced salespeople already was ahead of her expectations.

Carey Smith, Chief Executive of Ray White New Zealand, said that the new Hamilton City office was a watershed moment for the Group. “Sue Hall is one of the highest achieving individual salespeople in New Zealand and to have her on board with Ray White will not only give a great lift to our company but also to her new office.”

To see the opening night speech from Carey Smith, please click here.  Information regarding the new Hamilton City office can be seen at rwhamiltoncity.co.nz.

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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 this week held their annual business owners symposium in Queenstown, which was attended by over 110 of the company’s franchise owners.

The symposium focused on the development of the Ray White New Zealand strategy for the group. In more recent times the Group has gone through a considerable growth phase, with a new office joining the network every month over the past two years and this has accelerated in more recent times.  The symposium also covered the area of opportunity for the business owners, with presentations from John Wall of Talent 2 and Steve D’Souza, the owner of the Kalamazoo Group.

Another topical presentation included a debate between Greg Hornblow, General Manager of APN, and Brendon Skipper, head of Trade Me Property.  The use of marketing platforms remains the main driver of lead generation for property sales and the value of both online and offline marketing is seen to be important in the total marketing mix.

During the Symposium, New Zealand Chief Executive Carey Smith detailed the growth plans for the Ray White Group, which is aligned with the current activity the Group is undertaking. He announced the company had more members join and commit to the Ray White Group than ever before; with seven offices opening in the next four weeks, including Sunnynook, Mt Albert, Hamilton City, Matamata, Whangarei, Bream Bay and Tutakaka. He also said that there was considerable interest from five other markets in which the Group is looking to have presence.

The overall commitment of the Ray White Group to growing market share was expressed as the real estate industry continues to polarise. Ray White see that providing the very best technology and business services to its franchise owners as the cornerstone of its continued success.

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At the Ray White 2010 Annual Awards held last night at the SkyCity Grand Hotel Lesley Hawes and Ruth Hawes were awarded individually equal Salesperson of the Year within the Ray White New Zealand Group.

Lesley Hawes began her real estate career in Wellington in the early 1990s, moving to Auckland with her family in 1995 to live and work in real estate in the Western Springs area of Auckland.  Every year since 1999 Lesley has been ranked in the top three salespeople in the group.

Ruth Hawes, after a successful 10 year career in nursing, decided to join her mother at their top performing office in Kingsland just over two years ago. She began working as an apprentice to her mother to gain the experience to stand her in good steed to take up a position as an individual salesperson.  It was in the latter part of 2009 when Ruth began to facilitate sales in her own right.

In presenting the award for the Salesperson of the Year, Carey Smith, NZ Chief Executive, said that Lesley and Ruth, individually and together, typify many of the values that are shared within Ray White.  “They are family, they have a love of real estate and specialise in the community they live in.  They have a unique blend of caring but also an efficiency of knowing how to have an outcome of a successful sale.”  Lesley Hawes, in accepting her award, recognised her team, including Ruth, her husband Chris and the balance of the staff at the Kingsland office.  She said her results would not be possible without such wonderful people that she has the ability to call on.  Ruth Hawes also spoke about family values and how working with families in assisting them buy and sell property was a wonderful career that she loved.  Being recognised with her mother individually, but collectively, was the highlight of her career.

The Ray White Group in New Zealand has 1,315 salespeople and has 136 offices trading $4.71 billion in property sales annually.

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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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As part of the 4th NZ Herald Property Report to be published on the 7th of March 2011 – Ray White has developed real time market reports through every area of New Zealand. To request your real time Market Review please email kashkettle@raywhite.com.

Please see sample report of the inner western suburbs of Auckland

Please see the add that Ray White place in the Property Report

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The first quarter reflected this confidence with 14,500 sales.  Our group market share hit a new high and this set a platform for what we felt was going to be a year that saw the industry return to better times.  In April the Government started to mute on the basis of changes to LAQCs and also personal taxation advantages.  Their dissertation behind this was to make property less friendly and steer people towards personal saving with the benefit of tax deductions and a higher awareness of Kiwi Saver. In the midst of all this came two interest rate increases.  These were minor but enough to move property into an unfriendly position and to again be questioned as to its value from an investor point of view. 

The second quarter plummeted. Sales were almost 30% down on the previous year and close to mirroring the numbers of 2008.  Our group was acclimatised to these conditions, but you got the feeling this was going to set in for some period of time.  In June we had our third interest rate rise which was enough to send the signal to the market that property sales were going to go into hibernation.  Most in the industry understand that to have buyers you need to have sellers.  Sellers come to the market when there is confidence that they can market their property to receive a satisfactory return on the price that they may have originally paid.   The lack of confidence from sellers then began to domino towards the buying market. 

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Kyle Pitman congratulates Ricky Cave

The first Quarterly Awards celebrations since the September 4 earthquake were held this week in Christchurch.

A distinctly different atmosphere from what one would have expected was experienced by all in attendance, and it was a night of celebration and a comfortable collectiveness was felt by all.

Pictured is Ricky Cave, a young man very new to our company. He has excelled early in his new chosen career. Ricky has bought a huge amount of energy into the Canterbury zone and has completely focused on auctions from the start, which has been paramount to his incredible success. The energy in Canterbury is so positive and it is a credit to our business leaders and teams.

Our top sales person for the quarter July – September was accredited to Sarah Booth and Brendan Shefford (Big Red). and the top office for the quarter was Northwood.

A special mention must be made for our Lincoln office, they have defied the odds with the happenings in this region. Lincoln reported a personal best month of just over six million, an amazing result!