Rebecca Cooke

Twiss-Keir Realty bought fellow Harcourts franchise Four Seasons in November 2017, incorporating offices in Rolleston and Hornby into a long-running operation that now has eight branches Rangiora, Kaiapoi, Hanmer Springs, Belfast, The Palms, Hornby, Rolleston and Lincoln. It is the largest and busiest real estate team in Canterbury, with 100 salespeople, 40 office support staff and 12 in the property management division. Harcourts Four Seasons co-owner James Twiss says the expansion was designed to help the business better weather periodic slowdowns in the market, with the Harcourts model providing strength in numbers by letting salespeople show or sell any property listed with the company. This emphasis on networking gives sellers the greatest possible reach and lets home buyers access a vast market through a single point of contact.