Property Brokers: Our History

Our history
The original team!

1 June 1986	Property Brokers was formed when Tim Mordaunt and Don Brown purchased Michael Gray Real Estate at 236 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North. Property Brokers was open for business

1986	November 1986 - Property Brokers becomes part of United Realty

1987	February 1987 - Property Brokers Feilding opened in the United Bank building
	November 1987 - Property Brokers Dannevirke opened, also in a United Bank building

1988	'Property Brokers Livestock' was formed in Feilding and later sold to Williams and Kettle in 1997

1990	‘Property Brokers Insurance’, formed. It still trades today as ‘Property and Commercial Insurance Brokers’
	The Head Office building was built on the old site in Palmerston North, two new branches were opened on the The Square and Rangitikei Street

1992	The Masterton branch was purchased from the local United Realty World franchisee
	Property Brokers leaves the United Realty franchise, which now trades as Ray White

1994	‘Property Brokers Auctions’ was started, in Feilding for the purpose of selling farm machinery from beside the Feilding sale yards.

1995	Property Brokers in Carterton was opened
	50% of Pahiatua Realty was purchased forming Property Brokers Pahiatua Limited
	The NZ Realtors Network was created

1996	Opened Property Brokers Hastings and Greytown

1998	Opened Property Brokers Havelock North, Martinborough, Waipukurau and a new office was built for the Masterton branch

2000	Property Brokers Napier and Foxton opened

2001	Property Brokers Ashhurst was opened
	Tim Mordaunt awarded the Order of New Zealand for services to the community
	Property Brokers make a commitment to supporting Relay for Life and remain a major sponsor today

2004	A Property Brokers office was opened in Modena, Palmerston North and the Taihape branch came onboard

2005	February 2005 - Property Brokers Marton opened
	October 2005 - Property Brokers Taradale opened
	October 2005 - ‘Property Brokers Compliance and Electrical’ was established as its own company

2006	July 2006 - Property Brokers celebrates 20 years in business!
	July 2006 - Property Brokers Clive opened

2008	June 2008 - LJ Hooker Napier was purchased and integrated into the Napier branch
	August 2008 - Ray White Whanganui was purchased and re-branded as Property Brokers

2009	May 2009 - Sutton’s was purchased in Marton, Bulls, Foxton and Wanganui and amalgamated into Property Brokers branches
	July 2009 - The IT Help Desk was established and the Marketing Department was expanded

2010	Hastings McLeod Limited became a franchise of Property Brokers, expanding the brand into the South Island
	The Integra Property Management rent roll was purchased and the Levin branch was opened
	The first “Race to the Brewery” to raise money for Relay for Life, now a favourite annual event run by Property Brokers

2011	The franchise in Taihape became a company branch

2012	Property Brokers Matamata and Te Kuiti opened in the Waikato

2013	The Professional’s rent roll was purchased, meaning Whanganui PB Property Management had 400 properties under management

2014	July sees Property Brokers expand further into the Waikato opening the Te Aroha branch with a full suite of services including Residential, Lifestyle, Rural, Commercial and Property Management.

2015	February 2015 sees more expansion into the King Country/Waikato area, opening the Taumarunui branch, offering Residential Sales and Property Management.
	March 2015 Property Brokers opened a new branch in Wairoa, the northernmost town in the Hawke’s Bay region.

2016	Property Brokers expansion into the Waikato continues, opening a branch in Taupo.

2017	Property Brokers opened its new Head Office/Branch in Palmerston North, located next door to the original site of Property Brokers’ first office. Previously the Palmerston North teams worked out of four separate buildings. This modern, state-of-the-art building shows how far the company has come from its humble beginning.
	The Waikato is expanding again, with the opening of Tokoroa branch AND Morrinsville branch!

2018	Otaki branch became Branch 42 when it opened it's doors on 1 June 2018. Leeston branch became Branch 43 when it opened it's doors on 10 July 2018 July 2018 - Property Brokers purchased Realty List and Sell (previously trading as Ray White Taupo) doubling the size of the Taupo branch overnight. Property Brokers launched it's new branding on 1 August 2018

The Current Team!