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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 2]
Auckland Market Trading Well For Committed Vendors
Tuesday, 2 September 2025, 10:24 am | Barfoot and Thompson
New listings in the month were 1622, in line with new listings for the previous three months, while at month’s end we had 5873 properties on our books. More >>
Rents Steady Despite Mid-winter Flurry Of Renter Interest
Wednesday, 13 August 2025, 10:16 am | Barfoot and Thompson
“During July, our teams rented a total of 676 properties. This was a 17% increase on the 575 properties rented in June, and the second busiest month in the past 12 months,” says Anil Anna, General Manager Property Management for Barfoot & Thompson. More >>
Auckland House Prices Hold Firm Through Busy July
Monday, 4 August 2025, 10:21 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The median sales price for July was $950,000, 3.2 percent lower than June’s median price and 2 percent lower than July 2024, but just ahead of the average for the previous three months. More >>
Quarterly Rental Update: ‘Renters’ Market’ Emerges In Auckland As Supply Increases, Activity Cools And Prices Plateau
Monday, 14 July 2025, 10:25 am | Barfoot and Thompson
According to statistics from more than 17,500 Auckland properties managed by the company, the average rent in the city inched up to $693.46 at the end of June; and while up 1.99% on the same time in 2024, this was the lowest increase recorded in ... More >>
Auckland Property Market Heads Into Winter With Strong Sales Numbers
Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 10:15 am | Barfoot and Thompson
“June is normally a month when sales activity starts to tail off with the approach of winter, but this June was a strong sales month,” said Stephen Barfoot, a Director of Barfoot & Thompson. More >>
Auckland House Buyers Out In Force In May, Setting New Sales Highs
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 10:20 am | Barfoot and Thompson
“May was an exceptional month with sales of 1072 properties, the third month in a row where sales numbers for the month have established post 2021 records,” said Peter Thompson, Managing Director of Barfoot & Thompson. More >>
Barfoot & Thompson Appoints New Director
Friday, 23 May 2025, 12:03 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
Starting in residential sales, Henry Barfoot then moved to commercial sales and leasing, before embarking on his journey to leadership first as a Relief Branch Manager then working his way up to Manager of the Milford branch, a position he’s held for nearly ... More >>
Local Real Estate Professionals Awarded For Excellence
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 12:33 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
In total, more than 300 awards were handed out across the company’s 88 branches, illustrating the depth of talent within the business and the breadth of its regional impact. More >>
Talented Kiwi Teenager Heads Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Squash Open Field
Friday, 16 May 2025, 3:02 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
Top seed at the PSA Challenger tournament which runs Thursday 22 - Sunday 25 May is 18-year-old Ollie Dunbar from Wellington who has had an amazing 2025. More >>
Auckland Property Sales Remain Strong In April
Monday, 5 May 2025, 10:10 am | Barfoot and Thompson
A marked feature of sales in April was the high percentage of sales in the under $750,000 price segment, which accounted for 26.8 percent of all sales. In March this price segment accounted for 23.4 percent of sales. More >>
Quarterly Rental Update: Auckland Rental Market Continued To Cool Over Summer Period
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 10:25 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The average weekly rent for a home in Auckland registered $691.55 at the end of March 2025. This was up 2.75% or $18.49 on the same period last year, but was just $1.77 more than the average paid in December 2024 ($689.78). More >>
Auckland Housing Market Recovery Arrives
Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 10:15 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Barfoot & Thompson sold 1213 properties in March; The long-anticipated housing market recovery finally arrived in March, says Managing Director Peter Thompson. More >>
Auckland Housing Market Records Traditional Quiet Start To Year
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 10:41 am | Barfoot and Thompson
“February’s trading was typical of what we have experienced over the past three years at the start of the year,” said Peter Thompson, Managing Director of Barfoot & Thompson. More >>
Anil Anna Appointed As Barfoot & Thompson’s General Manager Of Property Management
Thursday, 27 February 2025, 1:30 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
Barfoot & Thompson has announced the appointment of Anil Anna as its new General Manager of Property Management, effective March 1. More >>
Auckland Housing Market Opens New Year Cautiously, Increase In Sales In Under $1 Million Price Segment
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 10:15 am | Barfoot and Thompson
“As is customary, the Auckland housing market quietly edged into 2025 with January sales prices and sales numbers below where they were at in December,” said Peter Thompson, Managing Director of Barfoot & Thompson. More >>
Rental Update: Auckland Rents End 2024 At A Slower Pace
Friday, 24 January 2025, 10:25 am | Barfoot and Thompson
While the average cost to rent a home in New Zealand’s biggest city continued to rise throughout 2024, new data from Auckland’s largest rental agency, Barfoot & Thompson, shows the level of quarterly increases reduced as the year progressed. More >>
Auckland Housing Market Has Solid Finish To Year
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 12:13 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
“Sales numbers in December remained solid and prices remained positive,” said Peter Thompson, Managing Director of Barfoot & Thompson. More >>
Long-Awaited Lift For Auckland Housing Market Arrives
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 10:16 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Sales for the month at 1002 were up 6 percent on our average monthly sales for the previous three months, and it was the first time in eight months that our sales have exceeded 1000. More >>
Confidence And Activity Return To Auckland Housing Market
Monday, 4 November 2024, 11:41 am | Barfoot and Thompson
“The arrival of spring, the reduction in mortgage interest rates and the fall in inflation created positive expectations, and the Auckland market delivered,” said Peter Thompson, Managing Director of Barfoot & Thompson. More >>
Pressure On Auckland Rents Eases, Rent Rise Dips Under 5%
Friday, 11 October 2024, 12:47 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
The statistics are drawn from more than 17,500 tenancies managed by Barfoot & Thompson in the Auckland region, tracked monthly against previous activity and released quarterly. This update ends 30 September. More >>
