Monthly Musings.

Thoughts on the Real Estate market and beyond.

Market Activity & Update February

Mar 01 2015

The South Auckland industrial property market continues to be extremely dynamic – with Expedio seeing our share of the action. As at the last week in February we have 5 sales contracts under Due Diligence – off market transactions with agents who had specific client requirements they came to us with.

Market Activity January

Feb 03 2015

Whilst there has seemed to be reasonable levels of enquiry over the first month of the new year, we see a part of this being due to the lack of available stock. We are seeing numerous potential tenants viewing multiple properties with multiple agents. With East Tamaki vacancies being exceptionally…


Industrial unit management fees

Feb 03 2015

It is generally accepted that tenants in industrial units which are part of a body corporate will pay management fees. Dependent  on the organisation running the body corporate, and how much or how little of a service they provide, those fees will range between very little (very seldom) and around…


Are crowds right?

Feb 01 2015

Over the last few years there has evolved a new business funding tool called crowdfunding. In the past new and small businesses that could not access bank and/or finance company funding would turn to what are commonly called the three F’s: family, friends and fools. But with crowdfunding, which has…


December Transactions

Jan 13 2015

The last few weeks have been busy at Expedio with transactions. Our website is up to date with available stock – but what it doesn’t show is upcoming availability where there are new acquisitions coming available, or tenant’s leases are expiring and not yet confirmed renewals. Call us for details…


January 2015 - Upcoming properties

Jan 13 2015

Coming up soon are 3 interesting properties, for different reasons.

154 Harris Rd, East Tamaki is a street frontage warehouse/showroom/office property which is ideal for a business wanting prime exposure. Our website lists the building as 454 m2 warehouse and 395 m2 office…


Why don't clients do what they say they will do?

Dec 31 2014

It’s a refrain we hear often from agents, and it goes something along the lines of “they told me they wanted to lease 1000 m2. So I showed them about 20 properties available for lease around 1000 m2. And they ended up buying 600 m2 with another agent”
You can substitute different numbers in different…


Little Red Riding Hood et al.

Nov 29 2014

Back in the days PPS ( pre play station) many parents would amuse, or perhaps pacify, their children by reading to them.
Often there was also an element of education in the stories they told. Stories,or fables,or rhymes, were handed down from generation to generation, and contained a message.…


November Transactions

Nov 29 2014

To Mike Marinkovich of Bayleys East Tamaki for his assistance with the purchase of a stand alone tilt slab warehouse in McLaughlins Rd, Wiri.

To Damon Wyllie of Knight Frank for his assistance in leasing a small warehouse unit in Plunket Ave, Manukau.


The broken record plays again (qualifying the client)

Nov 29 2014

One of the first lessons I was taught in sales school was “qualify the client”. Therefore it is always an amazement to me when salespeople do not. The old adage “time is money” is used over and over. And it is especially true for those of us who spend a significant amount of time on Auckland’s clogged…


2014 in review - and preview 2015

Nov 29 2014

The team at Expedio would like to take this opportunity to wish all our clients, agents and suppliers an enjoyable and safe festive season. We will be variously on the water, at the beach, and in the bush, recharging our energy for the year ahead. We hope you get a chance to do the same.

Holiday Arrangements 2014

Nov 29 2014

The Expedio office will close on Friday 19th December and re-open on Monday 12 January. But should we be needed, the email and the cell phones will still be turned on.