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We’ve been helping people buy, sell, or rent property since 1996
Established before Google, realestate.co.nz is New Zealand’s longest-standing property website and the official website of the real estate industry.
Dedicated only to property, our mission is to empower people with a property search tool they can use to find the life they want to live.
As for our team, we’re a tech company that lives and breathes property. We’re always looking for new ways to make the journey of buying, renting or leasing property easier and more enjoyable.
On the flip side, if you have a house, rural property, commercial building or business to sell or rent, we have every real estate brand in New Zealand on our site. So, rest easy – you’re in safe hands, and there are lots of eyeballs coming your way, with more than 1.2 million property seekers on our site every month.
Our vision is for New Zealanders to always have a valuable place where they can buy and sell properties online.
Our story
Back in early 1995, there was a forward-thinking lady named Leonie Freeman who was consulting for the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ). Leonie became frustrated that the only way to market a property for sale was via the local newspaper – which was expensive, time-consuming, and made it difficult to browse listings outside of your local area.
As the internet became more popular, Leonie had a vision for the property industry to create its own ‘online newspaper’ of property listings. She was met with great resistance from the industry – ‘No,’ ‘that's a silly idea,’ ‘no one will ever look at real estate in that way.'.
Disheartened but determined, Leonie visited an influential person in the industry, previous REINZ President, Peter Cook, to discuss her idea. At the time, the Internet was continuing to grow, and President Bill Clinton was busy promising to provide Internet access to every classroom in America. With that in mind, Peter decided to support Leonie to give this 'internet thing a go.'
The next twelve months were spent developing and sharing the idea and in August 1996 (two years before Google launched), www.RealENZ.co.nz was live.
The site was originally a 50/50 joint venture between REINZ and the Auckland Multiple Listed Bureau. In 2005, PPL (Property Page Limited) made up of real estate agencies Bayleys, Barfoot & Thompson, Ray White, Harcourts, and LJ Hooker joined the shareholding. The company was changed to realestate.co.nz, the name we know and love today.
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