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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 7]
House hunting completely transformed in a New Zealand first
Monday, 25 June 2018, 2:05 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
Barfoot & Thompson has opened the door to world-class interactive property marketing tools set to revolutionise the way Aucklanders buy and sell real estate. More >>
Confidence and life back to AK Residential Property market
Wednesday, 6 June 2018, 10:39 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland residential property market leapt into life in May with monthly sales numbers at 1027 lifting by more than 40 percent on those for the previous month and for only the third time in 20 months sales numbers in a month exceeding 1000. More >>
Quarterly rental update: Pace of Auckland rent rises easing
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 10:27 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The pace of Auckland rent rises has slowed according to the latest data insights from Barfoot & Thompson which lets and manages nearly 16,000 properties across the region. More >>
Signs Auckland’s Housing Hibernation Is Coming To An End
Thursday, 3 May 2018, 10:09 am | Barfoot and Thompson
In April the Auckland residential property market signaled that sales activity may have bottomed and is ready to emerge from its 12- month price and sales hibernation. More >>
Auckland House Prices And Sales Numbers Rebound In March
Thursday, 5 April 2018, 10:23 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland residential property market rebounded in March, with sales numbers in the month being their highest for 12 months and with the average and median prices edging higher. More >>
Auckland’s latest hot spot suburbs
Monday, 19 March 2018, 11:38 am | Barfoot and Thompson
New areas of Auckland are feeling the heat according to Barfoot & Thompson’s latest list of ‘hot spot’ suburbs, which has been released twice a year by the company since 2015. More >>
Growing Acceptance That Current House Prices Are Benchmark
Monday, 5 March 2018, 10:11 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Greater sales activity returned to the Auckland property market in February while prices eased back on those being achieved for the previous three months. More >>
Chief Executive Officer appointment
Friday, 23 February 2018, 11:16 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Barfoot & Thompson is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Dobbie to the role of Chief Executive Officer. Chris stepped into the role officially on Monday 19 February. First joining the company 24 years ago, Chris was previously the Chief ... More >>
Steady Start To Residential House Sales In January
Monday, 5 February 2018, 11:12 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The new year has not brought any great change to trading patterns in the Auckland residential housing market. More >>
Quarterly Auckland rental update – Quarter Four 2017
Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 1:48 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
The average cost of renting a home in Auckland during 2017 grew at a slightly lower rate year-on-year than in the past and was comparable quarter-on-quarter. Fourth quarter figures (October to December 2017) released today by Barfoot & Thompson ... More >>
Auckland Housing Prices Reined In But Still Rising
Monday, 8 January 2018, 10:17 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The average selling price of Auckland homes continued to rise in 2017 but prices also recorded their lowest price increase across a calendar year for five years. More >>
Auckland business wins world recognition
Friday, 15 December 2017, 10:07 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Auckland’s Barfoot & Thompson has won unprecedented world-wide recognition as ‘Best International Lettings Agency 2017-2018’ at the recent International Property Awards in London. In a first for any New Zealand agency, the ‘Best International’ ... More >>
Auckland Market Stirs With Higher Property Sales
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 10:08 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The Auckland property market stirred itself from a two-month hibernation in November with sales numbers for the month increasing by close to 20 percent and average and median sales prices remaining firm. More >>
Auckland Valuations Versus Actual July Sales
Friday, 24 November 2017, 12:36 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
Barfoot & Thompson data shows new Auckland Council valuations are largely in line with the expected price brackets when compared to actual July property sales More >>
Celebrating 10 years of publishing young authors
Thursday, 9 November 2017, 12:47 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
A group of young writers aged 9 to 13 have published a new book, joining a team of accomplished authors and illustrators who have helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Starship Foundation over the past decade. More >>
Auckland Housing Market Unfazed By Political Change
Friday, 3 November 2017, 10:55 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Despite the number of homes on the Auckland residential property market increasing to their highest number in more than five years in October, the average and median selling prices for the month remained firmly fixed. More >>
Quarterly Auckland rental update: Rent increased by 4.7% Q3
Monday, 30 October 2017, 4:14 pm | Barfoot and Thompson
• Rent increased by 4.7% in Q3 2017 compared with Q3 2016, with average weekly rent for a three-bedroom home now $542 • Average rent for properties in the Central Suburbs increased by 6.2% • Average rent for one-bedroom properties increased by ... More >>
Home buying ambitions high among Auckland renters
Tuesday, 10 October 2017, 9:14 am | Barfoot and Thompson
In a survey of Auckland renters living in properties managed by Barfoot & Thompson, a strong majority maintained their ambition to own a home of their own - with fifty-nine percent saying they intended to buy in the next two-to-five years. More >>
Landlords Encouraged to Insulate Now
Thursday, 5 October 2017, 9:50 am | Barfoot and Thompson
The insulation and property management industries are encouraging landlords to insulate their properties sooner rather than later to ensure they will comply with the installation standard NZS 4246 under the Residential Tenancies Act by the July 1, 2019 deadline. ... More >>
Auckland House Prices Rock Steady On Modest Sales Numbers
Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 10:11 am | Barfoot and Thompson
Auckland residential property prices remained rock solid in September even though sales numbers fell to levels not seen in the month of September for seven years. More >>
