Sarah Deighton

  • Licensee Salesperson

Sarah is currently the Top 2 salesperson at Ray White Tauranga for 24/25 and was awarded as an "Executive Performer" in the same year. She also won the "Marketing of the Year Award" for 24/25 for Distinction Realty (Ray White Tauranga and Bayfair).  She is someone whom you can trust 100% whether buying or selling, as she places people at the forefront of her business and delivers exceptional results every time.   

Sarah has had an impressive career and graduated with a Masters degree and was a Director at Waipuna Hospice (Allied Health).  After reaching the pinnacle of her career which including PhD research, she decided to start her own real estate business with the goal of providing exemplary customer service.   

Sarah is a hard working and highly professional real estate expert, who works from a strong ethical framework. She works transparently with both sellers and buyers and her communication is simply exceptional. 

Sarah has always been invested in her community and for this reason she is a member of Rotary (Te Papa) and has been a Board Member for a national organisation that works to support the wellbeing of children and their families. 

Sarah understands that buying and selling property can be stressful and for this reason she works hard at alleviating this for her clients, by inspiring confidence in the process from her years of successful campaigns, strategic planning and implementation, together with her knowledge of the current market.        

As a previous business owner she brings a strong business acumen, analytical and professional customer focussed approach to her work. As a previous property investor and keen renovator, Sarah is also able to guide buyers and investors in their decision making, in terms of understanding the market, rental yield, and capital gain opportunities. 

In April 2025 her husband Lester joined her team who has 20 years experience in senior management roles with international companies in sales, and 12 years of business ownership. Together, they are a power house of expertise in sales, marketing, negotiation and pride themselves in creating bespoke marketing strategies for each property that they sell. 

"Our greatest achievements at the end of the day are the results that we obtain for our vendors and buyers, and when you list with us you get us every step of the way".

Awards: 

Top 2 Salesperson for Tauranga Ray White 24/25. 

Awarded "Executive Performer" 24/25 (Ray White New Zealand)

2025 "Marketing Campaign of the Year" (Distinction Realty)

"Top Lister" Q4 July 2025 - (Distinction Realty)

"Values Award" Q4 July 2024 - (Distinction Realty)

"Top Auction Lister" Q1 March 2024 - (Distinction Realty) 

Awards

  • 2024/2025 - Executive Performer

Ray White Tauranga

Distinction Realty Limited Licensed (REAA 2008)

Three locations,  heaps of local experts, years of combined experience. We are a growing business with two Ray White real estate offices across the Bay of Plenty. Ray White Tauranga Ray White Bayfair We service all of the Bay of Plenty region, not bound to certain areas.  We like to think we do things a little differently around here. We are enthusiastic and ambitious, we are humble but quietly achieve some pretty awesome results. We are headed up by Rodney Fong and our teams consist of both fresh faced and well known agents. We have a robust admin team to make sure boxes are ticked and we pride ourselves on years of doing business with inte…
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