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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 14]
Auckland Housing - March Busiest Month For Five Years
Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 10:06 am | Barfoot and Thompson
April 4, 2012 Media statement Auckland Housing Market In March Busiest Month For Five Years March was the busiest month’s trading the Auckland housing market has experienced for five years. Barfoot & Thompson sold 1246 homes in the month, ... More >>
Sales of million dollar plus homes on increase in Auckland
Monday, 19 March 2012, 11:20 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The number of homes in Auckland that have sold for more than $1 million in the past 12 months has increased by 29 percent over sales for the previous 12-month period. More >>
Auckland House Sales Leap Into Life, Prices Remain Stable
Monday, 5 March 2012, 10:18 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The number of homes sold in Auckland in February leapt to their highest number for a February in five years, but price rises for the month were modest. “It was an active month for sales, with 764 homes being sold, but this demand did not translate ... More >>
Auckland And Northern Rural Property Values On The Rise
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 2:04 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
February 22, 2012 Media statement Auckland And Northern Rural Property Values On The Rise The sale numbers and values achieved for farms and lifestyle properties in Greater Auckland and Northland are on the increase. In the fourth quarter of 2011, ... More >>
Auckland Housing Sales Open Year Positively
Friday, 3 February 2012, 10:23 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland residential property market has experienced its strongest January performance in four years. “In January we sold more properties in the month than we have since 2007, prices reached their highest average ever for the month, new listings were ... More >>
Restrained Auckland Housing Market Has Excellent December
Wednesday, 11 January 2012, 10:20 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland housing market finished the 2011 year strongly, with the average December selling price climbing to $573,071, up 1 percent or more than $5500 on November’s average price, and the second highest average sales price for the year. More >>
Auckland Property Sales Surge In November, Prices Also Rise
Monday, 5 December 2011, 11:29 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Interest in the Auckland housing market returned with a surge in November, with sales numbers increasing sharply and prices registering their largest one month increase since March. More >>
Barfoot & Thompson: Triathlon A Resounding Success
Thursday, 24 November 2011, 2:30 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
Last week and the weekend were something of a blur for Barfoot & Thompson ITU World Cup CEO Dave Beeche and his team, 18 hour days tend to do that to anyone. But there can be no doubting the success of the triathlon that captured the imagination ... More >>
Double Delight As Kiwis Dominate ITU World Cup Triathlon
Monday, 21 November 2011, 11:05 am | Barfoot and Thompson
It was double delight for the huge crowd on the Auckland waterfront this afternoon as Kiwis dominated the Barfoot & Thompson ITU World Cup Triathlon, claiming 3 of the 6 medals on offer, including gold to Andrea Hewitt and Kris Gemmell. More >>
34 Countries Line Up at Auckland Triathlon World Cup
Thursday, 10 November 2011, 2:11 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
The attention of the rugby playing world may have been on New Zealand for 6 glorious weeks but get ready for an even wider reach of countries with an eye on the Auckland waterfront when the city hosts the Barfoot & Thompson ITU Triathlon World Cup ... More >>
Young authors showcase works alongside rugby star
Monday, 7 November 2011, 11:42 am | Barfoot and Thompson
More than a hundred young writers from across Auckland and Whangarei gathered at Starship Hospital today to officially launch their newly published book: Superhero Pukeko & 7 Winning Stories. The compilation book of eight short stories written by ... More >>
Stable Auckland Housing Market Lifts With Spring’s Arrival
Friday, 4 November 2011, 12:30 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
The arrival of Spring brought a modest increase of interest in the Auckland housing market, with more homes being listed, the average price edging up and the number of homes sold declining slightly. More >>
High End Sales Lift Average Auckland House Values
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 1:41 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
Bringing Spring forward ‘one month’ has contributed to the significant lift in the average selling price of Auckland homes in September which reached $547,883, the highest monthly average price for six months. More >>
Price Realism Settles Across Auckland Housing Market
Monday, 5 September 2011, 10:33 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland housing market has adopted a "realistic view" of prices, and for the fourth consecutive month prices have stayed constant. More >>
Farm and lifestyle block sales numbers on the increase
Wednesday, 10 August 2011, 11:40 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The number of farms and lifestyle blocks sold in the Northland and Greater Auckland area are on the increase. More >>
Auckland House Sales Numbers And Prices Remain Steady
Wednesday, 3 August 2011, 10:34 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The low number of new property listings and the total number of properties for sale in July has produced the tightest property market for choice in Auckland for four years. More >>
Average Weekly Rent Eases in June But Third Highest
Thursday, 14 July 2011, 10:05 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The average weekly rent for Auckland property in June eased to $420, down $7 from May's $427. It was based on 707 new rental agreements (704 in May). More >>
Auckland Housing Choice Slips To Lowest Level In Four Years
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 10:05 am | Barfoot and Thompson
In June the number of properties on the Auckland market dipped to their lowest level in nearly four years. More >>
Students to become published authors
Friday, 1 July 2011, 1:47 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
More than 150 Auckland and Northland students aged between five and 12 years old are set to become published authors as winners in the Barfoot & Thompson Young Authors Challenge. More >>
New phase of development fills gap in property market
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 2:36 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
Heralding a new phase of development at the master-planned east Auckland suburb of Stonefields, real estate company Barfoot & Thompson has announced their mandate to sell more than 40 properties to be built as the Saltus Apartments. More >>
