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Wellington Free Ambulance’s Onesie Day annual appeal is back and Tommy’s Real Estate are excited to don their green onesies, this time from their homes! Tommy’s are steadfast supporters of Wellington Free Ambulance and say they are proud to support a local and worthwhile organisation to continue to save lives.

Newsroom

Your safety matters In light of the current lockdown, we are committed to prioritising and putting the safety of our team and clients at the forefront of our planning around COVID-19.

Real Estate Insights

Will spring herald a much-needed resurgence in the number of houses for sale in Wellington? “Yes, I do believe stock levels will grow in the spring, they always do,” Tommy’s Real Estate Sales Director Nicki Cruickshank says. “If they do remain low it will simply keep the prices high, with demand higher than supply.” The [...]

Real Estate Insights

As we all know, the rampant market of the last year or two has been kind to homeowners, many of whom have accrued considerable financial gains simply because they happened to own a property during these unprecedented times.

Real Estate Insights

We doubt that anyone could have predicted the huge increase in residential property prices that we have witnessed in the last two years or so. Neither our learned economists nor real estate market commentators nor those of us employed in the industry

Home Feature

An architecturally designed, exceptionally specified urbane showcase, with sunny indoor-outdoor living, offers a rare chance to buy a new three-bedroom home in city-end North-land.

Real Estate Insights

The soon-to-open Transmission Gully is driving up the value of Kapiti Coast properties. The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand reports the median price of a house in the district jumped 39 percent year-on-year, from $647,500 in May 2020 to $900,000 – which was just shy of April’s recording-breaking $930,000.

Home Feature

One of New Zealand’s most successful developers has teamed with award-winning architects to create a versatile townhouse showcase in the heart of Paraparaumu. FourKapiti, at 4 Kapiti Rd, will comprise 78 freehold townhouses within easy reach of everything that makes the Kapiti Coast community such a sought after place to live. Due for completion in [...]

Real Estate Insights

They say that all publicity is good publicity but is that correct? Sadly, real estate agents do not always receive the accolades that go hand in hand with good service, yet any industry indiscretions are seized upon as being newsworthy by the media. From our perspective, media coverage is not always balanced, and the reality [...]

Real Estate Insights

The last 12 months or so has been unique in the world of New Zealand real estate. A time when we have witnessed changes that most of us could not have foreseen. Record prices have been recorded in every town, city and province, the time taken to sell has reduced from months to days, or [...]

Real Estate Insights

The low number of houses for sale in Wellington is keeping prices high as temperatures drop. “The Wellington market is heading into the seasonal ‘slow down’ we always get in winter but there is still high demand,” Tommy’s Real Estate sales director Nicki Cruickshank says.

Real Estate Insights

Most people working in a management or a supervisory role or in human resources will agree that recognising and acknowledging outstanding performance in the workplace is of the utmost importance. Some may say that workers are adequately rewarded on pay day but there is ample evidence to say that top performers will make an even [...]