News Archive
Target Achieved - We Did It
10 May 2010
With the loss of Sally Paterson to Glioma Multiforme - an aggressive form of brain cancer, last August, Just Paterson has been doing something special. Following our “Blue September” promotion last year, we have been donating a portion of our professional fee to help raise much needed funds for the Malaghan Institute. The Malaghan Institute is... read news item »
Award Winning Team
22 February 2010
Each year, the team at Just Paterson attend ‘KickStart’ – the Australasian Real Estate Results (RER) Conference. Earlier this month the team travelled to Sydney to attend the event. It was a great opportunity to meet up with members of the network and attend the annual RER Achievement Awards held at the Sydney Opera House. The prestigious ceremony saw Just Paterson receive the S... read news item »
April 2009
24 April 2009
The first quarter of the year is now with us and what a change from last year over the same period. 70% of our sales have all had multiple offers and whilst the other 30% only had one, in all instances our owners have been delighted with the results. AUCTIONS Two of our recent auctions have had an incredible result for our clients. 33 Duthie Street, Karori , had been in one family ... read news item »
FEBRUARY 2009
09 February 2009
Over the last 20 years I have always said the market in Wellington really gets active after our Wellington Anniversary weekend. This year has been no exception to that rule with huge numbers inspecting properties at our first weekend of open homes. Prior to this period sales activity in the $350,000-$700,000 range has been quite active, but following Anniversary weekend, inspections in... read news item »
January 2009
23 January 2009
Wellington Anniversary weekend has been and gone and people are back at work following the holiday and festive season. We have noticed the "lower end" of the real estate market to be quite active in January and the "upper end" to be a bit more subdued. What do we mean when we talk about the lower end? We tend to band the lower end up to $500,000-$550,000, the middl... read news item »
Christmas 2008
22 December 2008
All the team at Just Paterson would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas and give a very special thank you to all our valued clients for their continued support throughout 2008. Our office is closed for the holiday break until Monday 5th January, however our team are available on their mobiles during this time. For any urgent real estate enquiries the following peo... read news item »
November 2008
04 November 2008
The beginning of November sees a lot of "one off" events that seem to be taking people's minds away from the property market. Presidential elections in the USA, volatile currency fluctuations, a sharemarket which is being battered by Wall St events, our own general elections, all seem to distract both buyers and sellers. What we do know is that houses realistically priced and... read news item »
September 2008
20 September 2008
Our new website has been live now for just over a week and we are extremely excited and proud of it! Like all technology we have had a couple of teething problems but they are getting ironed out as you read this. This is the third website we have built and whilst our "old" one still looked good the technology behind the site was getting very old and "clunky". The... read news item »
Sales volume in the Wellington market
31 August 2008
Ian Paterson, our Principal, comments sales volumes in the Wellington market place in the February/March/April period are reportedly down by approximately 50%. There is no question that the many media commentators portraying gloom and doom in the housing market are having an effect on confidence. “What we find interesting is that the majority of these headlines and articles are writte... read news item »