12+ hour, 44+ min ago   (851+ words) Real estate is built around meeting strangers, entering empty homes and working alone — often after hours. A horrific case from the United States is a sobering reminder of why personal safety should never become secondary to securing the next listing…...

12+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1430+ words) Harcourts has scale. Barfoot & Thompson owns Auckland. Bayleys has an enviable premium and full-service position. But if we were betting on which brand has the strongest momentum heading into the next phase of New Zealand real estate, our money would…...

12+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1017+ words) For years, real estate has been sold as a career where ambition, personality and hard work can produce eye-watering incomes. But in 2026, the reality for some agents looks very different. A new OneRoof report has revealed real estate agents taking…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1064+ words) NEW | Access New Zealand’s Ultimate Real Estate Agent Database — 18,000+ Agents & Agencies Included Real estate agents are constantly told to prospect harder. Knock on more doors. Build your personal brand. But former Vancouver realtor Avery Skye chose a rather different career…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1178+ words) Australia’s property downturn is producing something New Zealand real estate agents have already experienced: empty open homes, tougher vendors, aggressive buyers and a sudden realisation that houses don’t always sell themselves. For years, booming property markets made real estate look…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1675+ words) It is one of the most uncomfortable conflicts imaginable in residential real estate. A homeowner appoints an agent to represent him. The agent’s job is supposedly straightforward: act in the seller’s interests and secure the best possible outcome. But what…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago   (1612+ words) Sydney’s fiercely competitive eastern suburbs real estate market has just experienced a major shake-up. Alexander Phillips — one of the most dominant residential sales agents Australia has produced — has officially joined Ray White and launched Ray White Phillips & Co in Woollahra....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1415+ words) Buying a home requires an extraordinary amount of trust. You trust your solicitor. You trust your bank. And when tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars are transferred into a real estate agency’s trust account, you trust that money is…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1625+ words) Queenstown has always been different. And some of the most spectacular residential real estate in New Zealand. But there is another Queenstown story increasingly difficult to ignore. The latest example is extraordinary. A United States couple with New Zealand residency…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1529+ words) New Zealand homeowners can pay tens of thousands of dollars to sell a property — while technology now does more of the heavy lifting than ever before. So is the traditional real estate commission model still justified, or are great agents…...