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If You Could Only Keep One Thing, What Would It Be?

Every real estate professional builds their business around a collection of valuable assets. Some spend years developing a database of past clients and referral partners. Others invest heavily in their personal brand, social media presence or the latest technology.

Why the Best Agents Are Quietly Becoming Harder to Recruit

Across Australia and New Zealand, agency leaders are discovering that attracting experienced agents has become one of the industry's biggest challenges. It's not because there aren't talented professionals in the market. It's because those professionals have become far more selective about where they choose to build their businesses.

Trans-Tasman Showdown Set for DIAL HARD 2 as Australia Takes on New Zealand

For the first time ever, Harcourts Australia and Harcourts New Zealand will go head-to-head in Dial Hard 2—the ultimate Trans-Tasman appraisal drive designed to build momentum, sharpen prospecting skills and determine once and for all who can claim the ultimate bragging rights.

Property Values Feel the Conflict Pinch in June

New Zealand property values edged lower in June, likely reflecting the spillover impacts from Iran-related economic uncertainty and the mortgage rate rises previously seen.

Property Brokers Takes Regional New Zealand to the World Through LeadingRE Membership

Property Brokers has further strengthened its global connections through its membership in Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE), one of the world's most exclusive real estate networks, following its participation in the 2026 LeadingRE Asia Pacific Forum and Investor Exchange in Tokyo.

Property Managers Are Not Looking to Terminate Tenancies, They Are Often Trying to Prevent Them

A recent post from experienced property manager Cherie Osbaldiston has highlighted one of the most misunderstood parts of the property management profession: what really happens before a tenancy reaches termination.

Ray White Members Hit the Phones for Fast-Paced Appraisal Drive

Ray White runs its Real Estate of Origin events three times a year to create friendly rivalry and banter between the states and New Zealand, with 340 offices and 3,247 people registered for the second event of 2026. “The best agents don't wait for opportunities to appear, they create them,” said Ray White CEO - Performance and Value Thomas McGlynn.

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If You Could Only Keep One Thing, What Would It Be?

Every real estate professional builds their business around a collection of valuable assets. Some spend years developing a database of past clients and referral partners. Others invest heavily in their personal brand, social media presence or the latest technology.

Why the Best Agents Are Quietly Becoming Harder to Recruit

Across Australia and New Zealand, agency leaders are discovering that attracting experienced agents has become one of the industry's biggest challenges. It's not because there aren't talented professionals in the market. It's because those professionals have become far more selective about where they choose to build their businesses.

Should Australian Investors Buy in New Zealand?

Two budgets landed in May. One tightened settings for property investors, while the other got out of the way. The contrast between Australia and New Zealand's fiscal settings has sharpened a question that was already forming: is the Tasman Sea wide enough to keep Australian investors from looking at what's on the other side? And how soon will they act?

Budget 2026 Delivers Stability Signal for Property Market Amid Global Uncertainty

New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty managing director Mark Harris says the Government’s latest Budget is best viewed through a broader economic lens rather than as a set of direct housing market interventions.

NZ Housing Market Remains on Edge as RBNZ Keeps OCR on Hold

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 2.25%, and from a housing perspective that feels like the right outcome for the market right now. The property market is still relatively soft and activity remains below more normal levels, so we still need more buyers back in the market. Holding rates steady should help support confidence and avoid placing additional pressure on households at a time when buyers are already becoming more selective.

Insolvency Data Reveals New Zealand Business Stress has Peaked, but Risks Persist

BWA Insolvency’s Quarterly Market Report shows 772 insolvencies were recorded in Q1 2026, down 17 per cent from 936 cases in Q4 2025. While the quarterly decline suggests business stress may have peaked late last year, insolvencies remain 13.9 per cent higher than the same quarter in 2025, reinforcing that many firms are still operating under sustained pressure.