Canterbury real estate partners open fourth office with Ray White Amberley

With more than 38 years of real estate experience between them, and a decade as Ray White business owners, Stuart and Claire Morris have expanded to open Ray White Amberley. 

Stuart started his real estate career in 2007 as a salesperson, while Claire started her career in sales in 2000 and later moved into a branch management position with a North Canterbury real estate business. 

They opened their first business, Ray White Rangiora, in 2014, just one year after their daughter was born, with Ray White Pegasus Ray White Kaiapoi following soon after. 

“Claire and I are both career real estate professionals,” Stuart said. 

“Once upon a time we would have said we love real estate because we’re competitive, love winning, and love working for ourselves, but now we would say it’s because we love people and helping them reach beyond what they thought was possible.” 

It’s exactly this reason that Stuart and Claire decided to open Ray White Amberley, supporting Fiona McDonald, an agent in their business, to grow the business in the area even further. 

“We wanted to expand our service to Amberley, and we have a wonderful sales person in our team who was passionate about having a greater footprint in the location,” Stuart said. 

“We believe very strongly that the North Canterbury community supports its local people, and its local people support the community. So it made a lot of sense to make this happen with Fiona.

“We have since employed another local Amberley resident Mel Tawera as Fiona’s admin support.” 

Stuart said their property management team already services the Amberley area. 

Over the next 12 months, Stuart said he and Claire hoped to support Fiona in establishing Ray White Amberley and growing the business.

“We want to continue to build an already impressive presence in Amberley, and recruit another stable mate for Fiona and push towards market leaders in the town,” Stuart said. 

“What drives us is being recognised for our unrivalled, internationally awarded customer service – we want to be known simply as good people doing an amazing job.” 

Ray White New Zealand chief executive Daniel Coulson congratulated Stuart and Claire on their new office.

“Stuart and Claire Morris are highly respected members of the real estate industry in Canterbury, and their passion and expertise are assets to Ray White New Zealand,” he said. 

“We are proud to support Stuart and Claire, alongside Fiona McDonald, as they continue to grow their business, reputation, and offering to the North Canterbury communities in which they operate.”