Harcourts Manawatu franchise changes hands

Harcourts Manawatu franchise changes hands and gains high-profile independent

Successful Harcourts business owners Stuart Pescini and Eliot Falconer have purchased Harcourts’ Manawatu franchise and recently welcomed a high-profile former independent realtor to their Palmerston North team.

The pair, who are also shareholders in Harcourts’ Horowhenua, Mana, Kapiti Coast, Hutt Valley and Wellington franchises, bought the Harcourts Manawatu franchise recently from Wakelin Real Estate Ltd, which continues to operate Harcourts offices in Wanganui, Rotorua and Taupo.

Another significant development for Harcourts in the region is that successful local independent realtor Wendy Goss has joined the Harcourts Palmerston North office having closed her own business in order to become part of the team.

Mr Pescini, who is based in Horowhenua, says he and Mr Falconer are thrilled to have expanded their successful operation to the Manawatu and to welcome the Harcourts Palmerston North and Feilding teams to their group.

“The Manawatu has a varied, solidly performing property market and we’re excited to be getting involved in it and to able to use the skills, knowledge and resources we’ve built up elsewhere in the Lower North Island to help the strong existing team to build on their success in the region.”

Mr Pescini says that by achieving economies of scale and combining strengths and resources with the 15 other offices in their group both the Harcourts Manawatu team and their customers throughout the region will benefit

“For example, we’ve built a strong record of auction success in our group and will be increasing the auction focus in Manawatu. In addition, by combining forces we will be able to boost the focus and resources in the specialist areas of rural and commercial real estate – which is great for the sales consultants and clients in those sectors.”

Mr Pescini says having Mrs Goss join Harcourts Palmerston North is a real boost for the business.

“Wendy has been successfully operating as an independent realtor in the area for many years and has an established reputation and client base but she realised that to take her business to the next level she needed the support that comes with being part of a larger group, and she chose to merge with us which is great.”

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