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Barfoot and Thompson
Auckland's leading real estate company
Barfoot & Thompson is New Zealand's largest privately owned real estate company, still run by the Barfoot and Thompson families after more than 93 years.
We have more than 1,700 salespeople in over 70 branches selling residential, lifestyle and rural, and commercial real estate across Auckland and Northland.
We also manage over 14,500 rental properties and have residential property managers in over 60 of our branches.
Our non-franchised network means our salespeople are free to introduce any buyer to any property in our system, giving us greater selling power.
We sell around one in every three Auckland homes.
Barfoot and Thompson - Latest News [Page 1]
Auckland House Prices Edge Up While Supply Rises Sharply
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 10:10 am | Barfoot and Thompson
There are currently more homes for sale in Auckland than at any time in the past decade. “There is a log jam of homes for sale which is creating the largest buyers’ market we have seen since 2011,” said Peter Thompson, Managing Director of Barfoot ... More >>
Fine Summer Weather Impacts Auckland Property Market
Friday, 2 February 2024, 9:47 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland property market made its traditional slow start to the new calendar year with prices and sales edging below where they were tracking in the final quarter of last year. “In line with what has occurred for the past four years, January ... More >>
Barfoot & Thompson Continues Its Expansion Within The Upper North Island
Wednesday, 31 January 2024, 10:39 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Barfoot & Thompson has continued its expansion within the upper North Island following its acquisition of Whangamata Real Estate. This follows closely on the heels of the opening of two Residential Sales offices in Tauranga - Cherrywood and ... More >>
Quarterly Rental Update: Auckland Rental Market Finishes Year With Record Rise, City Centre Rebounds
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 9:39 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Data from Barfoot & Thompson shows Auckland’s average weekly rent reached $662.23 in December 2023, up 5.27% on December 2022’s average of $629.09. The statistics are drawn from rents paid across nearly 17,500 Auckland properties managed by the ... More >>
Auckland Housing Market Ends Year With Surge
Wednesday, 10 January 2024, 11:10 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland property market finished the 2023 year on a 12-month high with prices and sales holding on to the strong gains made since August. “December’s strong finish to the year has set the market up to have a positive start to 2024,” said ... More >>
Auckland Housing Market On The Rebound
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 10:14 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland housing market gently accelerated into positive territory in November, with sales numbers increasing significantly and prices recovering most of the lost ground recorded in the past 12 months. “November was the month when all the talk ... More >>
Price Shackles Around Auckland Housing Loosened In October
Tuesday, 7 November 2023, 10:02 am | Barfoot and Thompson
In October, the Auckland residential property market took a confident step forward on the path to recovery. “Growth was modest, but it was across the board, with a high number of new listings, sales numbers increasing and both the median and average ... More >>
Quarterly Rental Update: Increasing Demand Sees Average Weekly Rent Tip Over $650
Friday, 27 October 2023, 10:44 am | Barfoot and Thompson
September quarter data released today shows the average weekly rent paid in Auckland has tipped over $650, with the region’s rental market recording one of its biggest increases in years. Barfoot & Thompson, which manages more than 17,000 rental ... More >>
September Auckland Property Sales Reinforces Recovery Underway
Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 10:12 am | Barfoot and Thompson
For the second consecutive month, Auckland residential property sales held on to the gains in sales first felt in August, while September’s prices remained stable. “September was another modest but good sales period on the road to recovery,” ... More >>
Barfoot & Thompson Welcomes Five Of The Industry’s Elite Into Its Hall Of Fame
Friday, 8 September 2023, 3:12 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
Barfoot & Thompson has opened the doors and welcomed five of its elite team into the company’s coveted ‘Hall of Fame’. Chris Dobbie, Chief Executive Officer; Nadja Court, salesperson of Mairangi Bay Branch; Rod Robinson, General Manager Branches; ... More >>
Positivity Returns To Auckland Housing Market
Monday, 4 September 2023, 10:01 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Signs that the heralded recovery of the Auckland housing market is imminent can be seen in the high number of properties sold in August and the prices paid for those properties. “August was the most positive sales month in the past 17 months,” ... More >>
Residential Sales Numbers Continue To Climb During July
Friday, 4 August 2023, 11:06 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland housing market once again showed a consistency in line with traditional seasonal expectations during July with sales numbers up on previous months, but prices falling back a little. “There are many positives to take from July’s ... More >>
Quarterly Rental Update: City Centre And Rural South Continue To Outpace Rest Of Market
Friday, 28 July 2023, 12:32 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
Quarterly insights from real estate agency Barfoot & Thompson show the average weekly rent for a home in Auckland reached $642.28 at the end of June, up 3.37 percent or $20.95 on the same time last year. General Manager for Property Management Samantha ... More >>
June Sees Some Normality Return To The Auckland Market
Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 10:17 am | Barfoot and Thompson
It appears a sense of normality may have returned to the Auckland housing market with June property sales more in line with traditional pre-Covid sales patterns for the first month of winter. “The current housing market cycle is probably one of ... More >>
Paradise Without Compare On Market For The First Time In 30 Years
Monday, 26 June 2023, 1:50 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
Imagine waking to a dawn chorus, soaking up the day exploring hectares of native forest, cooling off in the nearby streams and warming by the campfire, before ending the day with one ear open for distant kiwi calls as you drift off to sleep… This ... More >>
Eager House Buyers Return To Auckland Market
Friday, 2 June 2023, 10:12 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Eager buyers returned to the Auckland housing market in May, with property sales being their best in a month since May last year. “After a dismal month’s trading in April, when sales hit their lowest in an April for 22 years, sales of 723 in May ... More >>
Auckland Property Market Retreats In April
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 10:18 am | Barfoot and Thompson
After a brief reprieve in March, Auckland’s property market retreated into hibernation in April, with sales numbers falling and prices edging down. “Based on the number of sales made in April, winter has come early for the Auckland housing market,” ... More >>
House Buyers Return To Auckland Market
Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 11:07 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Buyers are starting to return to the Auckland housing market, with sales reaching their highest number in 10 months and prices holding firm with those being paid over the previous two months. “March showed a modest but positive improvement in trading,” ... More >>
Celebrating A Century
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 4:33 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
Barfoot & Thompson marks 100-year milestone Auckland’s largest family-owned real estate company, Barfoot & Thompson, is marking its 100th year in business in 2023, celebrating a century of growth in its business, team and communities. Since ... More >>
Celebrating A Century. Barfoot & Thompson Marks 100-year Milestone
Monday, 27 March 2023, 11:00 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Auckland’s largest family-owned real estate company, Barfoot & Thompson, is marking its 100th year in business in 2023, celebrating a century of growth in its business, team and communities. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2303/67a08515c34100902a40.jpeg" ... More >>
