We at Harcourts South Africa, together with our international offices, have taken positive steps towards dealing with the COVID-19 virus and the challenges it currently presents to its franchise network, clients, the industry, and the community as a whole.
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Somerset West, Cape Town native Steve Caradoc-Davies to lead global real estate franchise group
Global real estate franchise group, Harcourts International, today announced the appointment of Steve Caradoc-Davies as Chief Executive Officer to lead the 132-year-old company into the next era. Mr Caradoc-Davies will take over leadership of the 900-office network and approximately 10,000 team members in nine countries, from Mike Green, who takes on a new focus within the business. Both changes are effective 1 October 2019.
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Despite the industry experiencing a decline in year on year sales, March 2019 was Harcourts South Africa's best month since Harcourts started in South Africa in 2009. Boasting 10% growth on the same month last year. In addition, Harcourts South Africa's first quarter was up 11% on the same period in 2018.
Topics: Richard Gray, Harcourts International, Real Estate Agents, Harcourts Growth, Harcourts Real Estate
Harcourts International has named Rob Forde as Chief Operating Officer International. Mr Forde will be responsible for leading operations and driving growth in six Harcourts territories – USA, China, Hong Kong, Canada, South Africa and Indonesia – as well as taking responsibility for Harcourts’ financial services business, Mortgage Express.
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Harcourts South Africa has partnered with The Global Challenge, an international professional women’s golf team event – where nine players selected to represent the Northern Hemisphere will be teeing up against their counterparts from the Southern Hemisphere. The event is set to be hosted for the second time from 9-11 November in Hermanus, South Africa.
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Harcourts USA, an Australian based international real estate company, has seen tremendous recent growth in the US. They have acquired two new offices in Southern California, innovated their Harcourts Academy trainings, and continue to grow their non-distressed auction platform. Overall , agent numbers have drastically increased this past year as well.
Topics: Auctions, Harcourts International, News, Harcourts Academy, Growth, Harcourts USA
Todd Cassie, Harcourts International’s Head of Technology, has been featured by CIO magazine as a member of the CIO100 list. The list annually honours the most innovative technology leaders across all industries who are at the forefront of decision-making and strategic change.
Mr Cassie said that it was an honour to be included in the list and credited the recognition to the team members at Harcourts for their dedication to excellence and unrelenting focus on leading the way in the industry.
Topics: Technology, Harcourts South Africa, Harcourts International, CIO100 list, Innovative technology