The Colliers Rural & Agribusiness team have strengthened its broad base of expertise with a collection of new Rural Sales Advisors joining the organisation recently.
With the arrival of the new team members, Colliers now has a 72-strong Rural & Agribusiness team across New Zealand.
In the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions, Grant Pedersen has begun as a Rural Sales Advisor based out of Matamata and Don Skidmore has joined as a Rural & Agribusiness Sales Advisor in the Tauranga office.
In Hawke’s Bay, Tracy Mason and Jeremy Klingender have joined as Rural Sales Advisors, alongside Darren van Deventer, the new General Manager of Commercial & Rural.
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Heading to the South Island, Ross Robertson (North Otago) and Shane Spiers (South Canterbury) have begun as Rural and Lifestyle Sales Advisors.
Mark Wilson has joined the team in the deep south and will be based out of Gore, marking a new area where Colliers will now have a presence.
James Nilsson, National Director of Rural & Agribusiness at Colliers, says the new team members will bring valuable experience to their local markets.
“Our new Rural Sales Advisors all have dedicated expertise and strong connections to where they are based that have been forged across many years,” Nilsson says.
“These are people who are deeply committed to providing the best possible advice to their clients and we welcome their collective knowledge and expertise to Colliers.”
Since being formed in 2014, the Colliers Rural & Agribusiness team have continued to grow and now service a majority of markets across the country covering all aspects of the rural, agribusiness, and lifestyle sectors.
Recently, the team gathered in Christchurch for their National Rural Conference where the theme was ‘Regeneration – looking forward and beyond’ and included insights from a number of industry experts.
While the rural sector has faced challenges during the past 18 months due to the long tail of the Covid-19 pandemic and extreme weather events that hit the country at the start of 2023, there is optimism for the future.
A cut to the Official Cash Rate from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand this week should provide confidence to the sector.
“Looking at the improvement in sentiment from heartland New Zealand, the markets, inflation, and interest rates starting to come down we’re starting to see signs of more activity in volumes of properties coming to market,” Nilsson says.
“Once sentiment starts changing for the better, we’ll see more confidence going into spring and this is when we typically see the larger volumes of sales occurring.”
Despite the backdrop of a challenging market over the past 18 months, deals have still been taking place and Nilsson points to some recent examples of transactions brokered by Colliers as to what is catching the eye of buyers.
Recent deals include a significant 36.5ha horticultural property in Hawke’s Bay that was sold by Rural Sales Advisor Louise Wake, while there was also a three-bedroom lifestyle property in Teal Valley in the Tasman region that is set on a 32.68ha landholding that was sold by Nelson-based team members Scott Healey and Geoff Faulkner.
“Quality listings are still drawing interest among buyers and that has not changed. Strategic purchasers have made some savvy acquisitions in recent months,” Nilsson says.
- Supplied by Colliers
