About Us
Realestate.co.nz is the official website of the New Zealand real estate industry. The website is 100% NZ owned and operated and provides the most comprehensive selection of listing across all categories of real estate. At any one time over 110,000 listings are featured on the website representing over 93% of all listings currently marketed by real estate professionals. The website does not feature private sellers' properties.
Realestate.co.nz was launched in August 2006 and has consistently grown its traffic and market share to hold a very clear position as the most comprehensive website for real estate used by over 1,140 real estate offices to showcase their listings and viewed by over 360,000 unique visitors each month from within NZ and overseas.
Realestate.co.nz Ltd is a commercial company jointly owned by The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) and Property Page (NZ) Ltd (PPL).
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The realestate.co.nz team
CEO - Alistair Helm
Alistair joined realestate.co.nz in March of 2006 and has lead the development of the website through that time. Whilst new to the real estate industry, Alistair has a passion for property - mainly from the perspective of DIY, many a time Alistair will be found spending the weekend lovingly restoring the 100 year old villa he and his wife own in Auckland. Like all timber houses, the DIY work is never ending, but the pleasure it brings is immeasurable.
Alistair also writes the Unconditional blog the impartial voice of the real estate industry, a broad ranging and engaging view of real estate matters.
Customer Services Crystal Fell
Crystal is our most recent addition to the team joining in April 2008. Her prior experience included working with the NZ Customs as well as administration roles at a number of real estate office in the Auckland area, which certainly aides her understanding of the everyday issues involved in real estate industry.
Crystal has a passion for contemporary design with a minimalist look, she is certainly a city creatures and prefers the city life to a rural retreat - well at this stage of her life anyway!
Customer Services - Katherine Jariel
Katherine joined us in July 2007 and has brought great skills and a lovely bright personality to the role; she loves the dynamic interaction with customers and enquirers.
Reflecting on her dream house, she would want one that is spacious, luxurious and above all comfortable. I believe the vital ingredient in creating an inspiring home is the architecture, the interior, the furniture and the landscape. With state of the art technologies and contemporary furniture designs as well as an eclectic mix of art and antiques from all over the world. I would like each space to speak volume about its relationship between indoor and outdoor. I'm the type who likes to live with what is outside by bringing it into the living space.
Training guru Kerry Kissane
Kerry is responsible for the education and training support of anyone in real estate that wants to better understand and benefit from the website. Kerry joined the company in June 2006 and has thrived in the company developing a deep understanding of the operation of the websites and the tips and tricks needed by salespeople to optimise their listings on the website.
Kerry hosts the helping hand blog where she provides advice and support as well as observations of the real estate industry.
COO Phillip Dunn
Phillip's role is to steer the operational side of the business, bringing together the technical teams and operational processes so the expectations of both our customers (real estate offices) and the public are met. The site is a dynamic business that is serving enquiries every hour of every day meaning that Phillip is often in demand night and day!
The company works closely with the following 3 business partners:
Netconcepts : provide the competancy and professionalism of online design, strategy and search engine optimisation
Spitfire Creative : provide all creative and marketing support
DBS : provide the content management and portal integration systems to power the content of the site