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Bayleys is New Zealand’s largest full-service real estate agency. We have expertise in marketing residential property, commercial and industrial property, and rural real estate, including farms and lifestyle blocks. We have 57 offices throughout New Zealand, selling property in Auckland and the North Shore, Northland, the North of Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, Gisborne, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown, and various other provincial towns.
Successfully signing off more than 1700 transactions in the commercial and industrial property market over the space of a year has earned leading real estate agency Bayleys another major industry accolade – winning the Commercial & Industrial Agency of the Year category at this year's Real Estate Institute of New Zealand Awards for Excellence.
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AUCKLAND CITY — One of New Zealand's top real estate sales consultants has defied the country's sluggish residential property market – selling $16 million worth of homes in the space of a week.
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WELLINGTON — For the first time in 50 years, a freehold 7998sq m site has come to the market in Churchill Drive, an important arterial route linking the suburbs of Khandallah, Ngaio, Crofton Downs, Chartwell, Wadestown and Wilton.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Film buffs and wine-lovers are invited to attend a charity auction and dinner aimed at raising proceeds for a Wellington-based organisation which funds research into finding cures for eye diseases. The Capital Vision Research Trust annual fundraising night is being assisted by leading real estate agency Bayleys, and takes place in Wellington on September 25.
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WELLINGTON — Tenders are being called for on three strategically-located properties in Kingsford Smith Street and Tirangi Road adjacent to the Wellington Airport Retail Park with interested parties invited to pitch for the sites individually or as a total package.
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AUCKLAND CITY — An international charity is to receive more than $800,000 from the sale of an Auckland home – bequeathed by a woman who devoted her life to working with some of society’s less fortunate…from Eskimo children through to long-serving inmates in New Zealand prisons.
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MARLBOROUGH — The on-going rationalisation and consolidation of New Zealand wineries and grape producers has seen prominent Marlborough vineyard Gravitas being placed on the market under a receivership sale.
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GISBORNE — It's a fact. Land is a finite resource - they're not making any more of it - which makes a 12.7628 hectare block close to Gisborne's CBD a prime investment opportunity for a visionary buyer who believes in Gisborne's economic prospects and long-term future.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Some of suburban Auckland’s best retail sites within the upmarket Rialto Centre, a boutique shopping and cinema complex in the heart of the Newmarket retail precinct, are up for sale through leading real estate agency Bayleys.
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Commercial and industrial property investors should still be able to claim significant depreciation allowances following Inland Revenue and Treasury's joint support for a continuation of fit-out asset depreciation allowances, according to one of New Zealand's leading asset depreciation experts.
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A signed All Whites football shirt, Trans-Tasman flights, a luxury weekend in Queenstown, and a children's playhouse 'signed' by All Black captain Richie McCaw are some of the sensational items up for grabs at a charity auction and cocktail party to raise funds for Cure Kids.
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A collection of New Zealand farmland, businesses, commercial property, and upmarket homes is being packaged together to present to potential buyers in the UK and Europe.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The top floor of Novell House on The Terrace- formerly Fletcher House and widely regarded as one of Wellington's finest office buildings - has been leased through Bayleys Wellington, who sold the property to Capital Properties in 2002.
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OHAKUNE — Tenders are being sought for an upmarket boutique lodge near Ohakune as the first mortgagee calls time on the property.
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TAURANGA — A block of land close to Tauranga’s city centre that took almost a decade to amalgamate, is now up for sale - with consents in place for the development a large medical centre.
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GISBORNE — The Wharf Café and Bar - an institution at Eastland Port, trail-blazing the way for dining and entertainment around Gisborne’s inner harbour – is for sale as a going-concern.
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NORTHLAND — With only two dairy farm sales in the small rural coastal Northland town of Waipu this century, the forthcoming auction of a high-producing dairy unit with Fonterra shares close to beaches and 1 hour 20 minutes from Auckland city is a significant offering to the market.
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MANUKAU CITY — There has been a strong response from Manukau City’s Chinese community to a new Chinatown complex that is to be established on a high profile site in Ti Rakau Drive in East Tamaki.
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GISBORNE — Tell someone who has never been to Gisborne that there’s an old DC-3 up a pole in the industrial part of town and they’d probably look at you sideways.
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An innovative education programme aimed at attracting new career professionals into the real estate market has seen 21 career development scholarships awarded throughout New Zealand.
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AUCKLAND CITY — An exclusive Auckland bed and breakfast which hit the headlines for its plans to charge $1600 a night during the Rugby World Cup is on the market for sale – after being booked out for the tournament.
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GISBORNE — The lease for the popular White Heron Motor Lodge in Gisborne is for sale and Bayleys agents say enquiry levels are encouraging – a reflection of the tangible opportunities that this business offers to an astute operator.
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AUCKLAND — Leading real estate agency Bayleys has established a company sales division which will focus on the sale of medium to large scale businesses in the Auckland region.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The growth of Wellington as a tourism destination has seen one of New Zealand’s biggest residential property management organisations buy up a block of short-stay holiday apartments in the capital.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A flood of Christchurch property owners wanting to quit the residential investment market has seen a portfolio of 20 suburban homes, inner city apartments and townhouses placed on the market for sale in a one-off auction.
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Leading New Zealand real estate agency and professional property services provider Bayleys has this week successfully completed the first stage of a major expansion programme which will see the company significantly increase the scope and scale of its operations throughout New Zealand.
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NORTHLAND — Leading New Zealand real estate agency Bayleys is substantially increasing its presence in Northland’s rural market – opening a new office specifically focusing on the agricultural sector.
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MANAWATU-WHANGANUI — The biggest single receivership sale of residential investment property ever seen in New Zealand is placing seven large-scale multi-tenanted units on the market for sale – encompassing some 153 rental units.
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NELSON — A strategically located chic-looking building in the heart of Nelson’s home design and décor store precinct has been placed on the market for sale.
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WELLINGTON CITY — While much of the nation’s attention was focused around Wellington’s Beehive for the Government’s Budget announcement on Thursday, sharp-eyed commercial property investors chose to turn their backs on the new tax depreciation measures being introduced, and instead were grabbing up a range of commercial properties at Bayleys’ auction in the city.
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Combining traditional real estate marketing techniques with digital technology and extensive buyer networks has earned leading New Zealand real estate agency Bayleys an international award for its outstanding sales achievements.
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Watch out for rising rents in the coming 12 months.
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NORTHLAND — Country Specialist John Barnett of Bayleys North of Auckland features in eighth place in Bayleys Real Estate’s nationwide Top 10 list of rural/lifestyle salespeople for the 2009/2010 financial year announced recently. Bayleys Real Estate has 180 salespeople and managers specialising solely in the rural and lifestyle sector throughout New Zealand.
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WHANGAREI — The lessee’s interest in the historic Hikurangi Hotel 15 km north of Whangarei is for sale through Bruce Young of Bayleys Whangarei as the retiring publican makes plans to move closer to her Hawke’s bay-based family after 12 years in the business.
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NORTHLAND — One of Northland’s most popular tourist attractions – Gumdigger’s Park kauri swamp on the Awanui Peninsula – has been placed on the market for sale.
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AUCKLAND — Bayleys Real Estate Auckland has appointed Mike Singh as retail sales and leasing consultant focusing on the evolving North-West Auckland market, one of this country’s fastest growth areas. Singh joins Bayleys after cementing a successful 12-year real estate career with rival firm, Harcourts.
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OTAGO — Budding young Central Otago artists will be bringing their creative talents to the fore this month – competing for a slice of the $5000 prize pool up for offer in The Great Bayleys Art Competition.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — The syndication of Coca Cola’s Lower North Island distribution centre through a proportionate ownership structure has closed oversubscribed.
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DUNEDIN — Student accommodation in Dunedin continues to underpin residential property values in the city, according to new research from one of New Zealand’s leading real estate agencies.
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GISBORNE — The former Gilmours building in Awapuni Road, Gisborne is up for tender with Bayleys as the property becomes surplus to the owner’s requirements following the recent closure of the well-known business.
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LOWER HUTT — The successful sell-down of two prominent Lower Hutt properties through a syndication ownership structure is testimony to the appeal of an investment option that offers attractive returns in an environment that has recently been clouded by finance company woes.
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Leading real estate agency Bayleys has made two executive appointments as the company continues to grow its market presence. Richard Graham takes up the role of group brand and marketing manager for the company’s nationwide operations as part of Bayleys Realty Group, where he replaces Johnny Sinclair.
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Real estate sales consultants from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch have been named as the market leaders in their respective fields by Bayleys Real Estate in the company’s annual Top Achiever awards.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Bayleys Auckland Central recently increased its retail sales and leasing team with the appointment of Jan Hutcheson as retail projects specialist.
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HASTINGS — Hastings’ only Coffee Club Cafe Bar Restaurant in a prime Stortford Lodge location is now for sale by negotiation offering an opportunity to become part of one of Australasia’s fastest growing franchises.
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NORTHLAND — One of the Far North’s biggest avocado orchards has been placed on the market for sale through a mortgagee tender process.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton’s boutique independent art-house movie theatre Victoria Cinema is for sale by negotiation as a going-concern.
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The flat state of New Zealand’s rural property market was thrown on its head last week – when three property sales totaling more than $11million were recorded at consecutive farm auctions.
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A portfolio of former State houses in a small Waikato town have all been sold in a mortgagee auction to investors from across the region.
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AUCKLAND CITY — A desirable freehold site at 450 Great South Road Greenlane is for sale by auction on 19 May with Mike Adams of Bayleys Auckland.
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COROMANDEL — A unique Hahei accommodation and restaurant complex which has been operating for a decade is for sale as a freehold going-concern with land, buildings and business on offer.
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WAIKATO — Sixteen farming units scattered throughout the North Island and formerly operated by business entities involved with Alan, Beth and Frank Crafar have been placed on the market for sale.
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OHAKUNE — A well-established Ohakune accommodation business - plus freehold land and buildings - is for sale with a new owner able to be well-ensconced in time for the approaching ski season.
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NORTHLAND — The only licensed eat-in restaurant business in the Waipu Cove area 90 minutes drive north of Auckland and 20 minutes south of Whangarei, is for sale as a going-concern with a long-term lease in place with the neighbouring Waipu Cove Resort.
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MT MAUNGANUI — A new record price has been set for a residential dwelling in the Bay of Plenty – with a ninth floor penthouse suite overlooking Mount Maunganui beach selling for $5.5million.
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WHANGANUI — The biggest single corporate sell-off of Wanganui real estate is placing a substantial chunk of the city and its surrounding areas – including 16 lots of commercial, industrial and residential property - on the market for sale.
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CHRISTCHURCH — In a crushing victory in the boxing ring, big-hitting Bayleys Canterbury residential sales consultant Mark O'Loughlin knocked over his opponent from Harcourts in a charity boxing Fight for Youth event held in Christchurch on the weekend.
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AUCKLAND — With the squeeze coming on available industrial land north of Auckland city, a substantial 20.23 hectares of freehold land at Dairy Flat offers a prime land banking opportunity in light of a proposed zone change that would allow for significant development as a light industrial area.
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GISBORNE — A highly profitable 244 hectare finishing block on the northern edge of the Gisborne flats will go under the hammer on 16 April as the current owners look forward to retiring from the farm and moving on to the next stage of their lives.
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TAIHAPE — Bucking the national trend of slowing farm sales and a slump in values, a substantial breeding and finishing farm east of Taihape has just sold for a lower North Island record-breaking price of $12million.
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New Zealanders involved in food production have a buoyant long term future once the current economic squeeze on the rural sector eases up, according to Agriculture Minister David Carter.
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AUCKLAND CITY — For residential property buyers or investors, the phrase ‘home and income’ usually refers to a main dwelling, with a minor unit or granny flat attached which can be rented out to generate additional income.
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AUCKLAND — Developing an integrated public transport network across the greater Auckland region will be one of the key fundamentals to identifying areas with the biggest potential for residential property investment over the coming generation, according to the head of leading real estate agency Bayleys.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Property and business valuations services in the capital are continuing to grow strongly – with leading real estate agency Bayleys adding another senior member to its Wellington team.
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QUEENSTOWN — Some 13 upmarket apartments within the recently completed Pounamu Prime and Bowen View complexes in Queenstown are being placed on the market in an auction.
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BLENHEIM — Blenheim’s largest bulk retail property – the massive family-owned 10,000 square metre Mitre 10 MEGA store – is on the market for sale.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — Investors are being offered the opportunity to own a slice of Coca Cola’s lower North Island distribution centre - with the syndication of the property through a proportionate ownership structure.
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HAWKE'S BAY — The thriving Clive Hotel and River Bar located on SH 2, Clive, is for sale as a going-concern with Bayleys Hawke’s Bay.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — The landmark Palmerston North commercial property, known for the last 27 years as the ‘Farmers Building’, is for tender with Bayleys as the department store relocates to new premises across the Square.
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The move by Kiwis toward more environmentally-conscious lifestyles has hit the real estate sector – with New Zealand’s first ‘green’ property marketing website going live.
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New Zealanders passionate about taking up a career in real estate are being offered the chance to fulfill their ambitions – thanks to a series of scholarships worth nearly $50,000 each.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The well known former Ponsonby Fire Station that has had a number of commercial and residential uses over the years, including originally housing a fire station and council chambers in the late 1800’s, is now for sale.
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CANTERBURY — Forecasted growth in Canterbury’s commercial and industrial property market has seen leading real estate agency Bayleys Canterbury double its sales capabilities in the sector – following the acquisition of a former competitor.
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Considerable media focus on the Government’s discussions around eliminating the depreciation clause for real estate investors, has narrowly focused on the residential property sector, according to a senior commercial property analyst.
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Auctions are now becoming the most prevalent method for selling homes above $700,000, according to latest property statistics.
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NAPIER — A superbly-preserved building epitomising the best of post-war modernist architecture will be auctioned by Bayleys Napier next month as part of their national Total Property portfolio campaign.
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WELLINGTON — A new business strategy to increase the scope of professional services to the commercial, industrial and retail property sectors has seen leading real estate company Bayleys appoint two senior business valuations specialists to its operations.
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GISBORNE — A fantastic farming opportunity has presented itself in the sought after, close-knit rural community of Matawai.
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Faith in the long-term viability of New Zealand’s rural economy has seen leading real estate agency Bayleys add three new high performing country sales consultants to its ranks. In Ashburton, experienced country sales consultants Jon McAuliffe and Pete Hayward have joined Bayleys Canterbury, while Andy Poswillo has joined Bayleys Marlborough.
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TAIHAPE — Two brothers’ dreams of owning and running a large scale sheep and beef farming operation in the Central North Island have seen their ambitions disappear – with the announcement of a receivership sale of their sizeable landholdings.
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TAUPO — A former lakeside camping ground and adjoining former forestry land suitable for a boutique waterfront subdivision have been placed on the market for sale by Carter Holt Harvey.
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MARLBOROUGH — A garden venue that’s a favourite with Marlborough brides and their photographers is up for sale offering green-thumbed aficionados the opportunity to secure one of the region’s most iconic gardens - and one of national significance.
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GISBORNE — The former Corban’s winery site in Gisborne’s main industrial area of Awapuni will be auctioned by Bayleys next month offering the chance to secure a substantial parcel of land close to the city in what has traditionally been a tightly-held location.
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GISBORNE — When well-known Gisborne business couple Karl and Kaye Geiseler bought land in Winifred Street, Wainui 18 years ago, they knew they were on to something pretty special. With a hectare of land on the ridge just above Wainui Beach, they set about building a funky home modelled on an American-barn and planted grapes, olives, citrus trees and natives creating an enviable lifestyle property that reflected the way they love to live.
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AUCKLAND — An historic building which was the centre of Auckland’s big band and jazz dance scenes for several decades, is up for sale… carrying with it a slice of the city’s social history.
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QUEENSTOWN — The Queenstown home that inspired an artist to create a character and fantasy world that now has an international fan-base, a world-wide publishing deal, highly-coveted books, bronze sculptures plus a movie deal with Warner Bros - is on the market.
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AUCKLAND — Retail outlets at two of this country's biggest shopping centres have been placed on the market for sale in what will be one of the biggest single sell-down of retail properties ever to be held in New Zealand.
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AUCKLAND CITY — A planned five star winery-based luxury resort and associated entertainment and conference centre on Waiheke Island in Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour has been placed on the market for sale.
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Four farms owned by Robert Crafar – son of high profile large scale corporate farmer Allan Crafar – have been placed on the market under a receivership and mortgagee sale.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Unlike other typical residential developments with uniform houses and plots that are common with many Auckland suburbs, West Auckland’s newest development has a refreshing design that blends in with the areas natural environment.
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GISBORNE — Two well-located lifestyle properties - formerly part of Waihina Station and within easy commuting distance to Gisborne - will be auctioned in February.
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New Zealand’s residential property market is in for a steady – if somewhat unspectacular - year of recovery in both prices and sales volumes, according to the head of one of the country’s largest real estate agencies.
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Ever fancied seeing yourself beaming on the front page of the local newspaper, or broadcasting across the region’s airwaves as morning breakfast show host? Well, now that dream can become a reality – with one lucky person being shot to fame as part of a charity fundraising auction taking place at the Michael Hill New Zealand Golf Open teeing off in Queenstown on January 28.
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TOKOROA — The biggest corporate farming sell-off ever seen in New Zealand is placing 29 state-of-the art ‘designer’ farms on the market – for a combined asking price of $224.5million.
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WARKWORTH — Generous Rodney residents and visitors to the Warkworth A & P show at the weekend helped raise an impressive $3000 for the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind's (RNZFB) Guide Dog Services through two charity auctions.
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TOLAGA BAY — A property in Tolaga Bay with fertile alluvial soils rivaling those on the Poverty Bay flats - and with a fine viticultural and cropping history - is for sale with Bayleys.
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TAUPO — A gracious homestead believed to be the second two-storey property ever to have been built in Taupo and now the only early 20th century one still standing on its original site, is for sale.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The value of residential property sales in Ponsonby grew noticeably toward the end of last year – with one real estate agency in particular gaining the lion’s share of the market for the sale of top end homes.
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QUEENSTOWN — Weekend breaks at luxury lodges and holiday resorts throughout New Zealand are just some of the sensational items up for bidding at a charity auction to raise funds for the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind’s Guide Dog Services as part of the Michael Hill New Zealand Golf Open in Queenstown on January 28.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The value of residential property sales in Parnell shrank noticeably toward the end of last year, yet two real estate agents bucked the market trend - helping their agency gain the lion’s share of the market for the sale of top-end homes.
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