NZ real estate franchise set to expand to Australia

Kiwi firm Bayleys is set to expand into Australia if a joint bid with Knight Frank for Sydney's McGrath real estate agency is approved. The business comprises a franchise arm, company-owned operations, project marketing and a mortgage broking business, Oxygen Home Loans.

Knight Frank is one of the largest residential specialist agencies in Europe but less so in Australia, while the New Zealand-based Bayleys is keen to expand into the east coast of Australia. Bayleys managing director Mike Bayley told the Brisbane Times that he views the partnership with McGrath and Knight Frank as a 'collaboration of leading real estate companies servicing markets on both sides of the Tasman whilst providing unprecedented global reach.'