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 its new branding on 1 August 2018 |
|
|
|
2019
|
Quay Real Estate in Gisborne joins the family, going live on 8 August. |
Property Brokers Ltd purchases the real estate business of Hastings McLeod Ltd as well as its subsidiaries Buller Real Estate in Westport and E V Arthur in Greymouth and Hokitika. Property Brokers becomes one of the largest privately held real estate businesses in New Zealand. |
|
Property Brokers enters a strategic partnership with Farmlands Cooperative. This moves Property Brokers to over 65 locations with over 700 staff from Kaitaia to Invercargill. |
|
2020 |
Te Awamutu joins the PB family when the former Pastoral Realty becomes Property Brokers on 6 January 2020 |
|
Whakatane becomes the newest branch, changing to Property Brokers on 28 February 2020 |
The acquisition of Southern Wide Otago expands the Oamaru and Dunedin PB branches while adding in Alexandra. |
|
The Current Team! |