Harcourts International


Harcourts is an Australian real estate company.

History

John Bateman Harcourt established the Harcourts real estate company in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1888.

Expansion

Expanding from Wellington in 1985 under a franchising system with Collins Real Estate in Christchurch, Harcourts, its subsidiaries and/or divisions, and co-branded local real-estate companies now operate in Australia, Fiji, South Africa, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Canada, and the United States; initially focusing on California but have now expanded into Oregon. They formerly had operations in Zambia.
Harcourts has over 800 offices, 5500 sales consultants and 1500 support/administration staff.

Franchising

Harcourts operates a full-service real-estate franchise model which covers residential, commercial, rural, urban projects and property management. Harcourts also operates mortgage broking with the Mortgage Express business, across New Zealand and Australia.

Operations

Harcourts operates an international support and development team consisting of directors, finance, marketing, technology, training, franchise development, and value-added services. Each market where the brand operates has an on-the-ground support team to deliver these products, services, and assistance to Harcourts franchisees.

International presence

Awards

Management