Anna Thompson-Ford brings a rare depth of experience to real estate: more than 15 years in the property industry, focused on the part of the business that gets homes noticed, wanted and sold. At Ray White Matakana, she draws on a career built where sharp strategic thinking meets genuine creative flair.
For six years Anna was National Commercial Marketing Manager for one of New Zealand's leading real estate brands, earning national awards along the way, including Pitch of the Year for the sale of the Matakana Pub. She went on to build the property marketing team for one of the country's largest retirement village operators from the ground up, and has overseen some of New Zealand's most extensive and successful property marketing teams.
Her approach is data-driven marketing that works. She reads the numbers to understand where buyers are, what motivates them and where marketing spend will work hardest, and pairs that with a highly creative eye for presenting a property at its very best. For vendors, that is a genuine point of difference: combined with Ray White's technology and her own fluency in AI and digital tools, Anna can plan the strongest, widest-reaching campaign for their property and connect it with a network of qualified buyers.
Her perspective is shaped by hands-on experience too. She project-managed the conversion of a commercial property into a residential home that went on to become a highly successful short-term rental, which is invaluable insight for anyone weighing a coastal property as a holiday home, an investment or both. Recent postgraduate business study, alongside courses in AI and financial technology through Michigan, Princeton and Duke, gives her a clear read on the macroeconomic forces that move property markets. She pairs that with deep local knowledge, built over a lifelong connection to the area and nearly five years living locally, giving clients both the big picture and the detail that shapes value.
Above all, Anna is warm, curious and invested in her community. She is raising her two children in Omaha, and is a familiar face at Matakana School, the football club and local events.
Focused on Matakana, Tawharanui Peninsula, Omaha and surrounds, Anna offers vendors a considered, creative and commercially astute partner, and buyers a genuine local guide to one of New Zealand's most special corners.
Whether you’d like an informed view of where your property sits in today’s market, or you’re thinking of moving to the area and would value an insider’s perspective from a local who loves it, get in touch with Anna.
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