Entries by Marketing

Kate Sheppard’s House For Sale

Kate Sheppard’s House For Sale 19 September 2018 is a very special day for women and the global democratic process. It marks the 125th anniversary of New Zealand becoming in 1893 the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote. In the UK it took a further 25 years for women […]

Christchurch Real Estate: August Update

Christchurch Real Estate Market Comment by Jim Davis, Harcourts South Island BDM The release of the REINZ market statistics for the month of July make for interesting and sobering reading…. if you read it in isolation. The actual statistics for Christchurch City read as 428 residential sales for July and a median sale price of […]

A Guide to Buying at Auction

Selling by auction is a common in the Christchurch real estate market so it pays to be familiar with the process. Buyers Meetings It is possible for buyers to meet with a member of the Holmwood management team. This is an opportunity for our manager or auctioneer to answer in an informal environment any questions […]

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Holmwood Spring Gala Auction

As the warmer weather approaches and flowers start to bloom we head into a busy selling season in Christchurch real estate. Holmwood have announced another Gala Auction on Thursday 20th September from 6pm at our auction rooms (Ground Floor, 397-399 Ilam Road). We have experienced fantastic clearance rates in our auction rooms over the Winter […]

Christchurch Property Market: July Update

Christchurch Property Market Comment by Jim Davis, Harcourts South Island BDM The just released REINZ sales statistics for the month of June for Christchurch Property Market have finally produced the result we have been expecting and predicting for a while now. The figures show that sales in the city have slowed in the last month […]

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Home Buyers Information Evening

Home Buyers Information Evening DATE: Tuesday 21st August TIME: 6pm -7:30pm LOCATION: Holmwood Auction Rooms, Ground Floor, 397-399 Ilam Road An informative evening where industry experts will talk about home buying. The evening will be facilitated by Harcourts Holmwood Auctioneer, Mark McGoldrick, and no doubt he will include some pearls of wisdom about buying through […]

Helpful Tips for First Home Buyers

Buying your first home takes careful planning and, for most people, serious budgeting! Here are a few tips for first home buyers which will help you plan for the total cost of buying a home, including your mortgage, insurance, legal fees and other costs. Saving for a Deposit The first step in saving for your […]

Win $100 Meal Voucher

You survived school holidays, how about a $100 Fiddlesticks voucher to celebrate?! We have one to giveaway to a lucky individual! Competition rules as follows: 1. LIKE OUR PAGE 2. TAG A FRIEND in the POST (as many as you like!) SHARE THE POST to increase your chance of winning! The winner will be announced […]

School Holiday Competition

It’s school holidays and we have a $50 HOYTS New Zealand movie voucher to giveaway!! Competition rules as follows: 1. LIKE OUR PAGE 2. TAG A FRIEND in the POST (as many as you like!) SHARE THE POST to increase your chance of winning! The winner will be announced on Monday 16th July at midday. […]

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Harcourts Cancer Society Ball Raises $167,000

Prime Minister and new mum Jacinda Ardern’s creative talents have helped raise much-need funds for cancer research. An artwork of hers was auctioned at Christchurch’s annual Cancer Society Ball, which on Saturday raised $167,000 for the charity – enough to fund one week of its services. The Cancer Society, which needs $5 million to deliver accommodation, research, and patient welfare services […]