Two established Auckland companies join Harcourts

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Two established Auckland real estate companies join Harcourts group

20 July 2009 – Two established Auckland real estate companies have bought Harcourts franchises and officially joined New Zealand’s largest real estate group.

V & B Realty Ltd and Shelter Realty Ltd, both formerly part of another international real estate group, have rebranded their offices in Mt Roskill and New Lynn respectively to Harcourts and are now introducing the group’s comprehensive range of world-class business, marketing and technology systems and products.

VK Verma and Brendon Sy, the shareholders in V & B Realty Ltd, say they are delighted their company and its 11-strong team have become part of the Harcourts group.

“Being in the biggest real estate group in the country, with all of the resources and support that brings, offers huge benefits to our team and in addition Harcourts has a great company culture which we look forward to experiencing and contributing to,” the pair say.

Bobby Sapra and Vijay Kumar, the shareholders in Shelter Realty Ltd, says the strength of the Harcourts’brand in New Zealand, its cutting-edge technology systems and industry-leading training capabilities are also exciting advantages of being part of the Harcourts group.

“Harcourts’ technology systems and products are very impressive and along with the excellent suite of Harcourts marketing material I’m confident it will positively impact on the results our team can achieve.

“In addition I look forward to being able to access top-quality training via the Harcourts Academy and that fact that it has approval to provide salesperson certification courses in association with the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand Industry Training Organisation ITO and to facilitate on-the-job training sessions for Harcourts sales consultants who are working towards their National Certificate in Real Estate is definitely going to be beneficial from a recruitment and retention perspective,” the duo say.

Harcourts New Zealand CEO Bryan Thomson says he is thrilled the two companies have chosen to join the Harcourts group.

“It’s great to welcome two new teams to the group, both of which boast sales and property
management staff, to share with them the Harcourts’ advantages and to be working with them to grow our presence and market share in Auckland.”

As he explains, the new Harcourts Mt Roskill office is located in a prime position on the corner of Dominion and Richardson roads, in the heart of the Mt Roskill South shops, which the new Harcourts New Lynn office is well-located at 1/3 Delta Ave, close to the New Lynn shopping centre.

The multi-cultural teams in both offices, which each include 10 sales people and one property manager, are predominantly made up of local residents who between them speak more than 10 languages.

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