Author Archives: Tommys Real Estate

Community , Newsroom

  An Online Affair | 2021 Onesie Day  When the recent COVID19 restrictions hit, Wellington Free Ambulance had to move this year’s annual Onesie Day appeal to a completely digital format. They still had the ambitious goal of fundraising $250,000 for their first ever Onesie Day emergency ambulance. 

Real Estate Insights

Almost daily we are reading of record sale prices for residential dwellings throughout New Zealand with few locational exceptions to this trend. Most areas of New Zealand have recorded exceptional capital gains for those fortunate enough to be homeowners in this era. In the latest press release from the Real Estate Institute of NZ (REINZ) [...]

Lifestyle

Setting aside time each year to deep clean your home is important to keep your home healthy, organised and happy. Through spring cleaning, you can remove dust, mold and mildew before it becomes an issue. This is key! I always like to start with tasks that apply to all rooms of the home, then hit [...]

Community

Tommy’s Real Estate is proud to announce our new partnership with Life Education Trust. Operating within the heart of New Zealand education, Life Education Trust educates our youth on how to ‘reach their potential’ through ‘embracing positive choices for a healthy body and mind’. 1988 saw the beginning of the Life Education Trust program in [...]

Customer Success Stories

Bex and Anthony had been on the hunt for their first home for over a year. The process was quickly losing its appeal; the endless weekend open home circuit and the stress of due diligence only to have their offer declined was making them lose hope. With no one in Anthony’s family having ever owned [...]

Lifestyle

A perk of living in a coastal city such as Wellington is the variety of beaches and bays that are accessible to us. Whether it’s for swimming, surfing, or going for a walk to take in the view, there are plenty of beaches to enjoy on those unbeatable Wellington days.

Real Estate Insights

The tight housing supply in Wellington will continue because stock was depleted during lockdown, although more home-owners are looking to sell. “We have noticed a strong increase in the amount of owners wanting to come to the market, which is good as the stock levels are so low,” Tommy’s Real Estate Sales Director  Nicki Cruickshank [...]

Newsroom

There is no doubt that life has become somewhat easier under Covid level 2, and this progression towards normality will continue as and when we move to level 1. Irrespective of when these changes occur though, it is very apparent that the threat of Covid is not going to go away in the short term [...]

Real Estate Insights

It is difficult to pinpoint anything good that has come from the Covid pandemic but perhaps we should thank the Reserve Bank for maintaining the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 0.25% at the monthly review on 18th August 2021. Despite all the early warning signs that the OCR was likely to start an upward movement [...]

Real Estate Insights

It has been well documented that the capital city’s available housing stocks have been at record low levels over recent months. The hyperactive real estate market has left prospective home buyers with a limited selection of available homes to consider, and severe competition when they do find a property that meets their needs. That is [...]

Newsroom

Your safety matters Tommy’s Real Estate meets the Government’s criteria to safely operate in limited capacity once we move to Alert Level-3, currently planned for 1st September 2021. As this is an ever changing situation, please refer to  covid19.govt.nz for up to date information.

Newsroom , Real Estate Insights

Despite the restrictions imposed on the real estate industry during the level 4 lockdown, we continue to hear reports of real estate transactions taking place. Tommy’s Real Estate have continued to meet the needs of some buyers and sellers during this time albeit at a lower level than normal. Today’s technology makes this possible with [...]