The Ray White Whanganui team take time during their Real Estate of Origin match for a photo. Photo / Paul Brooks
The Ray White Whanganui team take time during their Real Estate of Origin match for a photo. Photo / Paul Brooks
The idea originated in the Australian offices of Ray White to have a real estate State of Origin series involving all the offices in Australia and New Zealand. Of course, they called it Real Estate of Origin.
The goal? To book as many appraisals as possible within a fixed period.
Last Thursday afternoon Ray White Whanganui took up the challenge, hooked themselves into the computer link and at 1pm went for it.
"We've got a live leader board and at the moment we're holding our own," said Whanganui manager Philippa Ivory just after 2pm, by which time her team had booked 26 appraisals.
"That's 26 people have asked us to come and value their property.