Seasons Greetings Thank you for your support this year, we continue to grow and are pleased to have helped thousands of kiwis into and out of homes. The market has been softer this year than previous years, due to the tightening of LVR lending restrictions and a change in government. However, although properties are taking slightly longer to sell, we continue to experience strong listings and sales volumes, especially over the last couple of months. And, we believe that the outlook for next year is very positive.
Zealand beauty and landscapes and 3 seconds of us at the end - I love what we compiled and I hope you like it too. I am also very proud that the Mike Pero Foundation has raised and/or donated more than $100,000 to those people in our local communities that are most at need! From helping to buy an airline ticket, to providing support for community elders, the foundation has made a huge difference to many people’s lives. Your continued support helps us to do these wonderful things.
We are also pleased to have been able to support the Careers Coach and AVIVA to name a few, who are all doing amazing work.
The highlight for me this year was the launch of our new marketing campaign ‘Our People, Your Places’ in which I rode a Triumph sports tourer motorcycle through the countryside, from Auckland to the Deep South. The TV commercial touches on my history with motorcycles, and is about ‘our people’ busy helping people into and out of homes, across New Zealand. It’s 57 seconds of New
All of us at Mike Pero Real Estate work really hard to provide the best service that we possibly can, and a cost-effective fee structure that can save our customers thousands. We love what we do, and I hope that we can help you in 2018! Have a very happy and safe Christmas, see you in the New Year.
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Mike Pero Foundation Through the Mike Pero Foundation we are so pleased to have been able to donate more than $100,000 towards helping those people in our communities who are most at need. Donations were made all over New Zealand and included the following: •
Three defibrillators
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A Community Van
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A donation to ‘The Believe Foundation’ of $25,000 which supports the rehabilitation of young criminals
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School Equipment - a friendship seat, playground equipment, help with a new field, a bbq Financial assistance to help a young women with digestive tract paralysis, a man with terminal cancer, fit out of a bathroom for
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a 5yr old with cerebral palsy, a man with rickets who required numerous operations on his spine to walk, a women with stage 4 melanoma to help with an unfunded drug
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Funding to help a young boy with congenital muscular dystrophy to compete in the NY Marathon
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A contribution towards an assistance dog for a young women with autism
Funding to help a 14yr old boy with cerebral Palsy get to the Halberg Games;
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Donations to Aviva and the City Mission
Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
We were proud to launch the Mike Pero ‘Entrepreneur of the Year Awards’ in 2017. The awards are designed to support and encourage up and coming entrepreneurs and are open to Year 13 students in High Schools all around New Zealand.. If you would like more information please contact us.
We love Christmas at Mike Pero’s, and we want to give away a Christmas Pack every day for 7 days until Christmas. Simply email us a Festive Christmas Photo of you and your family. We will select one winner every day for 7 days, the winning photo will be posted to our Facebook Page each day. Send your photo to competition@mikepero.com T’s & C’s apply
Mike Pero Careers Coach
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra With Christmas right around the corner, why not give your friends and family the gift of music or just treat yourself?
Mike Pero are proud to sponsor the ‘Careers Coach’ which is a world-first, state-of-the-art mobile careers expo. Inside, the coach is kitted out with high-tech interactive touch screens, or kiosks, which provides inspirational material for all ages with the opportunity to make informed and practical decisions on their career options.
This year more than 100,000 students visited the ‘Careers Coach! We are so proud to be able to present so many kiwi kids with the opportunity to make more informed choices about their career pathway and to positively influence their lives.
In 2018, the CSO will be performing a plethora of diverse and exciting concerts, from Mozart to Moana and they’re bringing back the popular PwC Opera at Pegasus Bay concert. By booking with the CSO before the 1st February, you can take advantage of the various discounts and packages. To find out more about their performances, please visit them at www.cso.co.nz. Proudly supported by
For more information call 0800 500 123 or visit www.mikepero.com
Aviva Christmas Appeal
Mike is an ambassador for, and we are proud to support Aviva, previously known as Womans Refuge. Like us, you may want to make a difference and help make the homes of children safer this holiday season. When you are thinking of gifts to give, perhaps you could also help some of the people who need Aviva. This year you can spread the happiness
of helping by purchasing an Aviva gift certificate to give to a loved one, showing how you’ve made someone else’s life safer on their behalf.
• $100 can provide resources and food (children’s favourite part of group!) for our Tamariki education programmes
Options include:
• $150 to ‘Keep a Family at Home this Christmas’ – that’s all it takes to help a family stay safely in their own home this Christmas by providing a home security check and a personal alarm.
• $25 to ‘Ease a Child’s Fear’ – this buys Worry Dolls and other resources to support children attending an education group • $40 to ‘Keep a Family Safe and Connected’ - buys an emergency mobile phone for a client at high risk of repeat family violence • $60 to ‘Answer the Call for Help’ - this ensures our 24-hour support line is answered during the night
Of course, you can also make a donation to Aviva to go towards any of their services. To make a donation or find out more about purchasing gift certificates, visit www.avivafamilies.org.nz.
• $100 to ‘Make the Children Smile’
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Easing LVR rules in 2018 will benefit buyers and sellers at all stages involving less than a 20% deposit, we can expect to see the opportunities to purchase open up for first-time buyers. Next step on the ladder for existing property owners
Summer is always a busy time for us here at Mike Pero Real Estate, but we’re even more excited going into 2018 with the knowledge that the easing RBNZ rules will make it easier for people to get into the market, and for existing property owners to trade up or down-size and get the best possible price for their existing property. First-time buyers capitalise on the opportunity to get on the ladder Statistics from the past year show that first-time buyers are still holding their own, in terms of market share, but the changes will certainly help those entering the market. The hardest part is often getting the deposit together, with many looking to relatives to gift deposits and guarantee loans, or buy with friends and tap into KiwiSaver to make that all-important jump into property ownership. Easing of the LVR, along with low interest rates and value growth likely to stay steady, means now is a good time to be planning to get into the market – especially if you have an income that will support repayments but not quite the full deposit. With new lending rules allowing the banks to accept a further 5% of loans
As more new entrants become able to enter the market, expect to see demand for your property grow and opportunities open up for your next move, as the whole market moves. New LVR rules will also mean that your own existing lending is subject to those new rules, and you now might have enough equity in your property to pursue a new home option. Baby boomers – time to upgrade, downsize or invest
Hamilton Lakes It’s official! Our Hamilton Lakes offices is now open for business. Congratulations to Kylie Hooker and Buddy Annals owners of the Hamilton branch of Mike Pero Real Estate.
With the surge of buyers bound to hit the market in the New Year, due to home loans being more accessible, you can probably expect demand for your property to grow. Or you may be able to use the LVR changes to your advantage, by investing in a property that will pay you dividends in your retirement. Mike’s market forecast for 2018
Newshub Late Sponsorship We are pleased to announce that we have taken on the Sponsorship of Newshub Late, look out for our new Mike Pero intro’s and outro’s which have just launched to air.
Although the market has softened, and some properties are taking a little longer to sell, we are still seeing values maintained, and there has been a surge of new listings over the Nov/Dec period. As a company, we’re looking forward to further growth ourselves in terms of our network of offices, regions and sales.
The Cafe Every Friday morning just after 9am on TV3 Allaine Burkett from our management team presents a range of colourful properties.