Living overseas and working in a high profile corporate job, our client is time poor when it comes to searching for good investment property opportunities in New Zealand. So they decided to enlist the help of a buyers’ agent. We started working with this client in 2012. The first thing we did was identify their…

After already building a successful portfolio of investment properties in Auckland we suggested our client to diversify their portfolio. Queenstown is another city with good capital growth potential, and it was here that we started looking for opportunities. We came across a land and build package that ticked all the boxes – 4 bedrooms, 2…

In September 2011 we purchased a property for a client in West Auckland for $435,000.  In October 2013 our client had the property re-valued by an independent registered valuer for $660K, based on other sales in the area. That’s a $225K capital gain in 2 years – 24.8% capital growth per annum, compared with the…

This client wanted a property that had good strong capital growth potential over the short term and beyond. We agreed on particular suburbs that have shown through our research to be drivers of long-term sustainable price growth, and searching was focused in these areas.  We are currently working in a rapidly moving market. It took…

  There are still areas that have a solid capital growth record in West Auckland, and this was what our client was looking for when we found this property. Ready to rent straight away this property was a full site, in a sought after area. There are still little gems like this if you know…

The market is particularly “hot” in many areas and for some types of property – e.g. 1960’s weatherboard properties on full sites around the $500k mark. Hot can be defined as multiple offers, 6–11, being presented with the accepted offer often being unconditional and at a price that would set a new precedent for the…

We were recently engaged by a Kiwi couple living in London who wanted to secure a property in Northcote, Auckland. They had identified two properties. We attended the first auction on their behalf. While we were bidding in the middle of the day they were sipping hot chocolate before bed. We were the underbidder on…

Client Brief: Wanted to start portfolio and had good purchasing power. Took our recommendation as to where and what to buy. Purchase date: Dec 2009RV: $565k Purchase Price: $545k – inclusive of our fee Equity on purchase: $20k Land: 1,153m2 – coastal Dwelling: 3 bed, 90 s/m do up, plus large garaging/ office Rent: $360 p/w…