Harcourts Wanaka expands

It is exciting times for Wanaka’s real estate landscape with the announcement that Harcourts Wanaka’s has expanded to include the local office of Professionals. The joining of the two teams means Harcourts Wanaka is now the largest real estate business in town, with a further seven highly-regarded, local sales consultants taking the total agent force to 20. Add to that the property management and administration support team and the company is well positioned for Wanaka’s growing marketplace. Harcourts Wanaka, located right in the heart of town, is part of The Highland Real Estate Group, the largest real estate company in Otago with more than 100 staff across six offices in the region. Harcourts is also the largest real estate company in New Zealand. Highland Group managing director Kelvin Collins says merging with the Wanaka Professionals business was a clear cut decision. "Like our existing Wanaka team, our new members are incredibly committed to providing the best service to our clients," he says. "They have outstanding knowledge of the local area, and with the rest of Harcourts Highland Group as well as Harcourts NZ behind them, they will be in an even better position to get great results for those clients. "There is a very real and increasing demand from buyers in the Wanaka market and with this expansion we are better placed than ever to match those buyers with sellers and the perfect properties." Harcourts, recently voted New Zealand’s most trusted real estate brand for the third year in a row in the Reader’s Digest awards, prides itself on total commitment to customer service. To help deliver on that commitment each Harcourts client is given a copy of The Harcourts Promise, a signed agreement guaranteeing them a certain level of service, and an industry-leading client login, enabling 24/7 mobile access to all documentation and developments relating to their property sale or lease. Helen Henshall, current owner of the Professionals Wanaka office, says it was that kind of demonstrable commitment to clients that made Harcourts the clear choice when she was looking to change. "Harcourts is and will always be a very strong household brand throughout the country and have consistently been held in high regard in the Wanaka community, getting behind community events and providing a high class service to both sellers and buyers. "Going to Harcourts offers our team a unique opportunity. Grant Parker at Harcourts is a dedicated sales manager, and that combined with the resources and referral systems the Harcourts brand can provide is superior to any else out there in the market place," she says. "We’re looking forward to business as usual but in a much stronger ship." Harcourts NZ CEO Hayden Duncan says it is fantastic to see the Wanaka business going from strength to strength. "Wanaka is such a beautiful, desirable place to live, it will always generate a healthy demand for properties from motivated buyers and high expectations from sellers. "It is great to know that all of those people will now be served by a larger, and hugely experienced Harcourts team who have a sound amount of local knowledge and complete commitment to providing clients with the very best experience."