NZ’s largest real estate group invests in further growth

02-Oct-2014 00:23:08 Share this:

Gabrielle Ellett has been appointed as Harcourts New Zealand’s Commercial and Rural Talent Acquisition Manager.

In this position Gabrielle will be responsible for the recruitment of new and experienced sales consultants into NAI Harcourts, the groups’ commercial arm, as well as Harcourts’ rural division.

Gabrielle has over 15 years’ experience in client services and account management.

She worked as a recruitment specialist for more than six years in both New Zealand and Australia, recruiting into a variety of roles including corporate.

Gabrielle has also had a highly successful real estate career. She was employed as a commercial and industrial agent for a national real estate company, specialising in retail sales and leasing. During this time she won Top Retail Salesperson of the Year and Commercial and Industrial Rookie of the Year.

In addition Gabrielle is a property investor, and is co-owner of a property development company.

Harcourts CEO Hayden Duncan says when the position of Rural and Commercial Talent Acquisition Manager became available, Gabrielle stood out because of her rare combination of talents.

“Gabrielle has the perfect skills to excel in this role. She fully understands the real estate sector, as well as the complexities of talent acquisition. She is a young talent with huge experience. Combine this with her business acumen, and we are confident she will be a huge asset to our business.”

NAI Harcourts General Manager Michael Grainger says Harcourts is continuing to grow its commercial business within New Zealand, and Gabrielle's appointment underpins their commitment to making NAI Harcourts the market leader.

Gabrielle says she is excited to be joining Harcourts, and wants to drive NAI Harcourts and the rural division to new heights of success.

“NAI Harcourts is still relatively young, but has already secured a solid position in the commercial marketplace. I’m excited to be a part of recruiting the best people to take the business to next level. The rural team is also strong, but with more of the right people on the ground, there is much more we can achieve.”

NAI Harcourts was formed in 2009 and now has a presence in 62 locations around New Zealand. It is the commercial arm of Harcourts, which is New Zealand’s largest and most trusted real estate brand.

NAI Harcourts is part of the NAI Global Network, the single largest, most powerful global network of owner-operated commercial real estate brokerage firms in the world. NAI Global comprises 375 plus offices worldwide, and 6,700 sales consultants.

Harcourts’ rural division is firmly established in the New Zealand marketplace, selling a range of lifestyle blocks and farms across the country and across all price brackets.

 

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Press Release, Rural & Lifestyle Properties, Nai Harcourts - Commercial

REINZ awards success

25-Jul-2013 01:06:29 Share this:

Harcourts has been celebrated at the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand’s annual Awards for Excellence in Real Estate Sales.

With over 12,000 sales consultants competing for the awards, Harcourts has performed outstandingly with nine of our salespeople and agencies winning top billing.

Matty Ma of Harcourts Cooper & Co on Auckland’s North Shore was awarded the country’s number one Residential Salesperson ranking for her outstanding performance over the past year. Matty recently celebrated achieving $375million in settled sales and is renowned for an extraordinary work ethic which sees her list properties ranging from $300,000 to $35m.

Jamie Slater of Harcourts Greytown was announced as New Zealand’s top Residential Rising Star. Since beginning her career in real estate less than a year ago, Jamie has made over $10m in sales and has ranked in the top 1% of Harcourts’ sales consultants for the past two consecutive six month periods.

South Auckland’s Harcourts BCRE was celebrated as the best performing Rural Agency in the country. Owner Graham Viall says he is thrilled with the award, particularly as his small team of eight salespeople were competing against a pool of elite and specialised rural agencies.

Harcourts New Zealand CEO Hayden Duncan says the group’s performance over the past year has been outstanding and the recognition at the REINZ awards is well deserved.

“Congratulations to all our winners. To have performed so well is a credit to the excellence that each of our sales consultants and agencies aspire to.”

The Harcourts 2013 REINZ Awards for Excellence in Real Estate Sales winners are:

Residential Rising Star

Winner – Jamie Slater, Hamill Realty Ltd, Harcourts Greytown

Runner up – Harsimran Singh – Preet & Co Ltd, Harcourts Manukau

Rural Salesperson

Runner up – Aaron Davey, Monarch Real Estate Ltd, Harcourts Glenview, Hamilton

Business Brokers Salesperson

Runner up – Premilla Sharma, Grenadier Real Estate, Harcourts Christchurch

Residential Salesperson

Winner – Matty Ma, Cooper & Co, Harcourts Auckland

Rural Agency

Winner – BCRE, Harcourts South Auckland

Business Brokers Agency

Runner up – Christchurch City Business Brokers Grenadier Real Estate Ltd, Harcourts Christchurch

Medium Agency

Runner up – Team Wellington Ltd, Harcourts

Large Agency

Runner up – Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd, Harcourts North Shore

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Rural & Lifestyle Properties, Residential, Nai Harcourts - Commercial

Govt responds to housing affordability report

30-Oct-2012 07:25:45 Share this:
by Hon Bill English, Finance

The Government agrees with the Productivity Commission that housing can be made more affordable, and has embarked on a wide-ranging programme to make that happen, Finance Minister Bill English says.

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Industry Update, Property Management, Rural & Lifestyle Properties, Residential, Australia, Nai Harcourts - Commercial

NZ Auctioneer of the Year in Australasian Auction Champs

03-Oct-2012 07:50:53 Share this:

Harcourts New Zealand Auctioneer of the Year, Andrew North will tonight hear where he will draw to deliver his auction call at the Australasian Auctioneer Championship in Adelaide.

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Property Management, Rural & Lifestyle Properties, Residential, South Australia, Australia, Nai Harcourts - Commercial

Harcourts MarketWatch (August 2012, NZ)

15-Aug-2012 00:25:15 Share this:

As we revel in the gold medal successes of our athletes this week, the nation’s property market is also in high spirits. All indicators are up this month, continuing to show improvement in a recovering market. However, the last in the race is still stock on hand, as the issue of further reductions in stock levels continue to plague the country. Auction volumes continue to rise as pre-approved buyers wait in the blocks to ‘Bolt’ for the finish line. Sellers, get ready for a medal.

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Industry Update, Rural & Lifestyle Properties, Newsletters, Residential, Nai Harcourts - Commercial

NZ Real Estate Scholarship opens the door to more jobs

02-May-2012 00:17:51 Share this:

Last week marked the official launch of The New Zealand Real Estate Scholarship Programme across the country.

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Industry Update, Property Management, Rural & Lifestyle Properties, Residential, Featured, Nai Harcourts - Commercial

Harcourts MarketWatch (March 2012, NZ)

17-Mar-2012 05:43:34 Share this:

For the latest reports on New Zealand's regions read this month's Harcourts MarketWatch here

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Industry Update, Rural & Lifestyle Properties, Newsletters, Residential, Nai Harcourts - Commercial

TVNZ hosts Harcourts’ Hayden Duncan on the housing market

07-Mar-2012 04:38:01 Share this:

TVNZ's Breakfast business host Nadine Ross-Chalmers talks to Hayden Duncan, the CEO of Harcourts, about the housing market.

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Industry Update, Property Management, Rural & Lifestyle Properties, Residential, Nai Harcourts - Commercial