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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]
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 >>
Auckland Housing Market Hobbled By Extreme Weather In February
Thursday, 2 March 2023, 10:36 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Two months of the most intense and extreme weather Auckland has ever experienced hobbled the property market during February, leading to the slowest month’s trading in a February for at least a quarter of a century. “The state of emergency, constant ... More >>
Auckland Residential Property Market Makes Slow Start To Year
Thursday, 2 February 2023, 10:04 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland residential property market experienced its lowest month’s trading in a January for more than 20 years. “January’s trading, when we sold 431 residential properties, has to be one of the slowest in the past two decades,” said Peter Thompson, ... More >>
Auckland’s Quarterly Rental Update & Year In Review
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 11:44 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland rental market continued at a measured pace through the final three months of 2022, finishing the year with an average weekly rent of $629.53. This is an increase of 0.55 percent or $3.45 on the previous quarter, and 3.29 percent or ... More >>
Fall In Auckland House Prices Stalls In Final Quarter
Thursday, 5 January 2023, 7:15 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
While Auckland’s leading real estate agency experienced its slowest month of trading in a December for five years, and the median price for the month was 16 percent below peak, prices on a month-by-month basis have remained static for four months. “Contrary ... More >>
Auckland Housing Market Slow In November, But Not In Full Retreat
Monday, 5 December 2022, 10:27 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland housing market experienced its quietest month’s trading for a November in 12 years but was far from being in full retreat in the face of rising mortgage interest rates, the return of inflation and low consumer economic confidence. “In ... More >>
Stability And Modest Confidence Returns To Auckland Housing Marke
Thursday, 3 November 2022, 1:38 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
A level of stability has returned to the Auckland housing market albeit one trading at a lower level than during peak activity in the last quarter of 2021. “The median sales price for October at $1,092,500, was consistent with where prices have been ... More >>
Stability And Modest Confidence Returns To Auckland Housing Market
Wednesday, 2 November 2022, 10:20 am | Barfoot and Thompson
A level of stability has returned to the Auckland housing market albeit one trading at a lower level than during peak activity in the last quarter of 2021. “The median sales price for October at $1,092,500, was consistent with where prices have been ... More >>
Average Auckland Rent Rose More Slowly This Quarter, But Annual Trend Continues
Monday, 31 October 2022, 6:13 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
The average weekly rent in Auckland rose by just half a percent during the past quarter, reaching $626.08 at the end of September 2022, up $3.64 on the average at the end of June 2022. “This is a slower rate of increase than recorded in the previous ... More >>
Auckland Housing Market Adjusts To Economic Conditions
Wednesday, 5 October 2022, 9:41 am | Barfoot and Thompson
While Auckland property sales adjust to current economic conditions, buyers in September focused their attention on property that is selling for under $1 million. “There was a significant shift in the price bracket where sales were made in September,” ... More >>
Auckland House Prices Plateau In August, Sales Numbers Remain Low
Tuesday, 6 September 2022, 10:15 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The monthly downward slide in Auckland house prices came to a halt in August, with the median sales price for the month remaining constant with that for July while the average price increased. “Previously, the average sales price had fallen four ... More >>
Auckland Rental Prices Inch Up Again, But Upward Trend Could Ease In Coming Months
Friday, 5 August 2022, 11:05 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Quarterly Rental update: Data from nearly 16,000 rental properties managed by real estate agency Barfoot & Thompson shows Auckland’s average weekly rent rose by $6.12 (or 1 percent) during the second quarter, to $622.44 per week at the end ... More >>
Residential Property Sales Fall But Prices Slow To Retreat
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 10:07 am | Barfoot and Thompson
While the number of residential properties sold in Auckland fell significantly in July, the median sales price retreated only slowly. “Prices are not falling at the same rate as declining sales numbers,” said Peter Thompson, managing director ... More >>
