For the fifth consecutive year, New Zealanders have voted Harcourts their Most Trusted real estate brand. Reader’s Digest has announced its most trusted brands for 2017, and Harcourts has come out on top in the real estate category. It is the fifth time real estate has been voted on, and the fifth time Harcourts has been voted Most Trusted.
For a quarter of a century the team at Harcourts Holmwood has been an integral part of the Christchurch community.
Harcourts Holmwood has cemented itself as one of Harcourts’ most successful franchise groups. The Fendalton office has been named Harcourts’ top Canterbury office several times over the years and many of the sales consultants across Holmwood’s five Christchurch offices are regularly featured among Harcourts’ top 100.
Holmwood CEO Tony Jenkins says he is extremely proud of the way the business has grown over 25 years to take its place among the best of the Christchurch real estate market.
“It’s a fantastic landmark for this business.”
Jenkins, who co-owns the business with Lynne MacDonald, says that success is down to many factors, such as a willingness to adopt and use new technologies, but crucially it’s down to the team of people who’ve worked hard to make the business a success.
“A lot of our sales consultants have been with Holmwood for their entire real estate career. That’s great for us, but it’s even better for our clients. It means those people have a huge level of local knowledge to share and they’ve seen some of our clients through several home sales and purchases through different stages of their lives.
“They really know their clients as well as the market,” he says.
Beyond the business of real estate Jenkins, who was inducted into Harcourts Hall of Fame in 2015, is also proud of the role Holmwood has always taken in the Christchurch community. The business has had a long-term relationship supporting Nurse Maude, and more recently is a major supporter of the Christchurch City Mission.
“That’s a huge part of who we are as a company. We really believe in giving back to the community which has helped us grow over the past 25 years,” he says.
Harcourts NZ CEO Chris Kennedy, who launched his own real estate career with Holmwood, says the franchise group sets the bar for the rest of the Harcourts team when it comes to outstanding performance and customer service.
“Led by Tony and Lynne, Harcourts Holmwood epitomise what it is be people-focused. At Holmwood I learnt people should always come first and nothing is more important than client experience.”
The 2017 Harcourts Holmwood House and Garden Tour was a chance for the public to visit some of the outstanding homes and gardens in Christchurch, while giving back t0 the community. All proceeds from the event went to the Fendalton Open Air School’s pool rebuild.
At Harcourts Holmwood we are honoured to be one of the sponsors behind the fundraising of the School’s pool rebuild. It’s a fantastic cause for us to be involved with and this summer we have been solemnly reminded of the importance of water safety.
“Harcourts Holmwood has been with us every kilometre of the way for more than nine years now, raising tens of thousands of dollars for Nurse Maude through its sponsorship of our Nurse Maude cars. We’re proud to take the Harcourts Holmwood name across Canterbury” – Sue Bramwell, Nurse Maude General Manager Marketing
This morning we were absolutely delighted to present a $10,000 cheque to Gray Crawford of the Christchurch City Mission! The City Mission does so much for the people of Christchurch and we are thrilled to be able to contribute!
Over the past 2 months we are been collecting donations for the Christchurch City Mission.
What a rewarding morning we had packing up and delivering them to the Mission. Great to see so many other Christchurch people out supporting the community as well – what a wonderful city we live in!
Early this afternoon Holmwood and the Harcourts Canterbury franchises sent a helicopter full of supplies up to the Kaikoura Plunket. The staff and families in need were brought to tears by the donations received. We are extremely delighted to be able to assist some of the many victims of the recent earthquake.
After 3 months of anticipation we drew the winners of the Harcourts Canterbury Travel Incentive and last night they found out their exciting destinations!! The Harcourts Canterbury offices are delighted with the outcome of the incentive and congratulate all 7 winners! We hope you have a fabulous time!!
Holmwood was lucky enough to have 3 winners and we couldn’t be happier for our vendors who will be heading off to Fiji, Paris and New York!
In accepting his induction Tony Jenkins, who is the majority shareholder in 12 Harcourts Holmwood offices in Christchurch, Gore and Invercargill, paid tribute to his committed and talented team of 106 sales consultants, 17 property management staff and 46 support staff.
“It is a huge honour to be inducted in to the Harcourts Hall of Fame and I’m grateful for the support I’ve had from my family and my sales teams and the wider Harcourts family.”
Tony has been in the real estate profession for 27 years, and with Harcourts for 24 of those. He is a former award-winning sales consultant who was consistently in Harcourts New Zealand’s top 10 during his selling career – an impressive achievement given the comparatively low average sale price in the Invercargill market where he commenced his real estate career. Tony’s best year saw him named the number two sales consultant in New Zealand and the top auction lister.
One of the founding partners of Harcourts Invercargill office, established in 1991, Tony also opened an office in Gore, and took over the Wanaka office before entering the Christchurch real estate market via the St Albans office. In 2009 Tony took over a controlling share of Holmwood Real Estate, which operates five real estate offices, one commercial office and four property management offices in Christchurch.
Harcourts New Zealand CEO Hayden Duncan says Tony’s proven business success and his level of industry knowledge are a major asset to Harcourts, as is his commitment to supporting his local community. “Add to that the fact he’s hugely passionate about what he does as well as keeping his businesses and his people engaged, committed and excited about what they do, and you can see why he has become such a valued member of the Harcourts family.”
Holmwood CEO Tony Jenkins is delighted to donate $1500 dollars to the worthy Halberg Trust. This great organisation aims to enhance the lives of physically disabled young people, their families and communities, by enabling them to participate in sport.
