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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 5]
Auckland Market At Most Buoyant In Four Years In December
Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 3:00 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland residential housing market ended 2019 strongly with December sales numbers being their highest in four years and prices holding onto most of the gains made in November. More >>
Barfoot & Thompson wins Best Real Estate Agency
Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 2:10 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
Barfoot & Thompson has scooped two Asia Pacific regional awards at the renowned International Property Awards in London - Best Agency over 20 Offices and Best Real Estate Agency Marketing. More >>
Committed Buyers Drive Increased Competition For Auckland
Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 11:40 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Committed buyers have returned to the Auckland residential property market. “It was a result foreshadowed by strong sales in October, and the lift the market received then has flowed into significantly higher prices in November,” said Kiri Barfoot, ... More >>
Greater Buyer Choice Attracts Buyers To Auckland Housing
Monday, 4 November 2019, 10:12 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Vendors returned to the Auckland residential market in strength in October, setting the scene for an active selling season in the run in to year end. “A feature of the market since March has been the modest number of properties being listed, and ... More >>
Smaller homes attracting higher weekly rents
Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 3:32 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
While the rate of rental price increases across Auckland has continued to slow over recent months, some pockets of the market are still experiencing relatively strong price pressure. More >>
Auckland Housing Market Expectations Of Spring Met
Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 10:04 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland residential housing market met expectations in September with new listings growing significantly and median prices strengthening over those for the previous three months. More >>
Auckland real estate refresh: New look for market leader
Tuesday, 1 October 2019, 9:30 am | Barfoot and Thompson
One of New Zealand’s oldest and most respected real estate agencies, Barfoot & Thompson, is overhauling its brand for the first time in more than 40 years. More >>
Stephen Barfoot joins third generation at helm
Monday, 23 September 2019, 10:51 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Stephen Barfoot, former salesperson, branch manager and Chief Technology Officer at Barfoot & Thompson, will move into the role of Director with the company from 1 October. He joins other third generation members of the Barfoot and Thompson families, ... More >>
Auckland Property Market Looking For More Listings
Tuesday, 3 September 2019, 12:41 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland housing market has emerged from the three months of winter in a stable position, but it is one which needs more listings to revive lost momentum according to Peter Thompson, Managing Director of Barfoot & Thompson. More >>
Modest Price Drop Boosts Auckland Property Sales Numbers
Friday, 2 August 2019, 5:34 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland residential property market underwent a modest but definite shift in July with property sales prices falling and sales numbers rising. “The modest fall in both average and median prices in the month was enough to unlock sales numbers, ... More >>
Quarterly rental update
Tuesday, 30 July 2019, 1:09 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
Recent regulatory changes are yet to show in the pace of Auckland rent increases according to recent pricing insights from the city’s largest property management agency Barfoot & Thompson. More >>
Rural/Lifestyle Property Market Trades Strongly
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 11:02 am | Barfoot and Thompson
A strong trading month in the rural/lifestyle property market and increased buyer activity in the Auckland urban area were features of June trading as the property market settled into its winter trading pattern. More >>
Auckland Reverts To More Traditional Housing Sales Cycle
Thursday, 6 June 2019, 1:09 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
For the third consecutive month the Auckland residential property market registered limited change in activity with May sales numbers remaining subdued and prices not moving. More >>
Uncertainty Affects Auckland Property Sales Numbers
Thursday, 2 May 2019, 10:44 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland property market continued to be plagued by uncertainty around prices during April and although this impacted on the number of sales made, prices of those properties that did sell remained rock solid. “In addition to the uncertainty the ... More >>
Quarterly rental update: Slight up in some Auckland prices
Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 11:00 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Following more than a year of slower-paced rent rises, the start of 2019 has seen a bounce in weekly rent increases in some parts of the Auckland market. The market segments with the highest quarterly year-on-year increases include two and three-bedroom ... More >>
Auckland Property regains momentum, prices remain stable
Wednesday, 3 April 2019, 10:22 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland property market regained some momentum in March with sales numbers nearly doubling on those for February while sales prices remained stable. More >>
Auckland’s Buyers’ Market Hardens With Low Sales Numbers
Monday, 4 March 2019, 12:42 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland property market has made its slowest start to a year in more than a decade as the market hardens towards being a buyers’ market. More >>
Auckland January House Sales See Higher Sales, Lower Prices
Tuesday, 5 February 2019, 10:09 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland housing market made its traditional modest start to the year in January with relatively high sales numbers and lower sales prices. “From a price perspective, the market has started the year at the same point it was in January 2018,” said ... More >>
Auckland rental prices move slowly towards a New Year
Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 11:27 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Auckland has experienced the slowest rate of rent increases in years, according to quarterly data from Barfoot & Thompson which manages more than 16,500 rental properties in the region. More >>
Auckland Property Market Edges Towards Price Decline
Monday, 7 January 2019, 10:19 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland property market ended the year edging towards its first decline in prices for ten years. More >>
