Nexus Search is your home screen and the starting point for almost everything you do in Nexus — from researching a single property to building a CMA or prospecting a whole suburb. This guide covers all four ways to search, how to filter and refine your results, and how to view, sort, and export what you find.
In this article:
- All Categories (Universal) search
- Address search
- Owner name search
- Title & legal description search
- Search results and filters
- Sorting and exporting results
- Map display of results
All Categories (Universal) search
When you land on Property Search, you'll see one search bar and four tabs: All categories, Address, Owner, and Title & legal description.
All categories is the universal search - it's the fastest option when you're not sure which type of result you need, because it searches address, owner, and title/legal description data at the same time.
To search:
- Click into the search bar. If you've searched recently, your recent searches will appear immediately - these stay available for your current session.
- Start typing an address, owner name, or legal description (for example, "LOT 1 DP 535987").
- Suggestions will appear as you type - keep typing until your result appears, then select it.
Recent and saved searches
Recent searches only last for your session. If you want to keep a search available longer, run it again and click Save Search. You'll be asked to give it a name - we suggest something that will help you identify it later, such as the suburb or filter combination used. Saved searches appear on your Property Search home screen along with the filters applied and the date it was last run, and can be deleted at any time.
Address search
The Address tab is a dedicated search for anything location-based - properties, streets, suburbs, postcodes, or Territorial Authorities (e.g. Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Tauranga, or any other NZ Territorial Authority).
What you can search by:
- Full address - e.g. "5 Parry Road, Mount Wellington, Auckland" takes you straight to the property page
- Street name
- Suburb - e.g. "Remuera, Auckland"
- Postcode
- Territorial Authority
Autocomplete suggestions
As you type, suggestions appear labelled by type - Address, Street, Suburb, Postcode, or Territorial Authority - so it's clear what each result represents. The search also supports fuzzy matching, so partial or slightly misspelled input (e.g. "meadow" surfacing "Meadowbank") will still return relevant suggestions. The most relevant matches appear at the top, and you can keep scrolling to see more - the dropdown loads additional results automatically.
Searching for all units at one address
If you're after every unit at a property, type just the primary address (e.g. "71 Buffalo Beach Road"). A Multi-Address (All) option will appear at the top of the suggestions - select it to bring back every unit associated with that address in one search. A few individual units may also appear below as examples, but these are just a sample, not the full list.
Searching multiple locations at once
You can add more than one suburb, postcode, street, or Territorial Authority to the same search. Each one appears as a removable "chip" above the search bar. Once you've selected your first chip, the suggestions will narrow to the same type - for example, if you start with a suburb, you'll only be offered other suburbs next. If you add several, extras are summarised (e.g. "+2 more") to keep the search bar tidy.
Owner name search
The Owner tab is a dedicated search for finding properties by ownership - useful when you have a name but not an address, or you're prospecting a specific owner or entity.
To search:
- Select the Owner tab.
- Type a full or partial owner name — this also works for trust and company names.
- Select the correct match from the live suggestions.
How results are ranked
Suggestions are ranked to surface the most useful matches first:
- Exact word matches
- Close partial letter/word matches
- Fuzzy matches (similar spellings or incomplete names)
Each suggestion shows the owner's main address, and the number of properties linked to that owner if there's more than one — so you can tell at a glance whether you're about to open a single result or a portfolio.
Where a selection takes you
- If the owner has more than one property, you'll land on a List View showing everything associated with them.
- If the owner has only one property, you'll go straight to that Property Summary page.
Recent searches
The Owner tab keeps its own recent search history (up to 10), separate from All Categories and Address — so your owner lookups don't get mixed in with property or street searches.
Title & legal description search
The Title & legal description tab lets you search directly using a property's legal description — handy when you're working from a title, a solicitor's request, or council records rather than a street address.
To search:
- Select the Title & legal description tab.
- Start typing the legal description — for example, "LOT DP" will bring up results like LOT DP 11111 UNIT I UP 22222.
- Select the correct result to go to that property, or choose the labelled Legal Description option shown alongside the address.
This is particularly useful for unit title and cross-lease properties, where the legal description is often the clearest way to confirm you have the exact interest you're after.
Search results and filters
Once you run a search that returns multiple results (a street, suburb, owner, or filtered search), you'll land on the Search Results page, showing the total number of properties found.
All Filters
Click All Filters to refine your results. This modal — previously called Advanced Filters — is organised into three tabs:
- Location — add or remove streets, suburbs, postcodes, or Territorial Authorities
- Radius — search within a set distance (or the same suburb) of a specific address
- Zones — search within a custom-drawn area (see Creating and using Zones below)
Below that, you can refine by:
| Filter | Notes |
|---|---|
| Property type | Quick-select button only — not available inside the All Filters modal |
| Last sale price / date | Min–max range |
| Capital value | Min–max range |
| Decade/year built | Earliest–latest |
| Bedrooms / Bathrooms / Car spaces | Min–max, with quick-select range options for fast input |
| Land area | Min–max, toggle between m² and hectares |
| Floor area | Min–max, in m² |
| House number | Filter by odd/even (parity) |
| Wall construction / Roof construction | Dropdown selection |
A live results counter in the bottom-left of the modal updates as you adjust filters, so you can see your result set shrink or grow before applying. Click Apply to run the filtered search, Clear Filters to reset, or close the modal with the ✕ icon or by clicking outside it. On mobile, the Clear Filters button sits at the bottom of the modal for easier reach.
Creating and using Zones
Zones let you draw and save a custom area on the map to search within - useful for prospecting areas that don't align neatly with suburb boundaries.
- From Property Search, open the map and select Draw a polygon from the left-hand toolbar.
- Click to place your starting point, then continue clicking to add as many points as you need - you don't need to drag between points.
- Click your original starting marker to close the shape. You'll be prompted to name the Zone, or you can cancel and redraw it.
- Running a search on a Zone returns all properties within that boundary on the Search Results page.
Saved Zones can be reused at any time from the Zones tab inside All Filters, so you can re-run the same custom area as a filter on future searches.
Sorting and exporting results
Changing your view
By default, results display in Card view, sorted by sale date (newest first). Use View by to switch how results are displayed - your filters and sort order stay applied no matter which view you choose, and switching views doesn't re-run the search, it just changes how the same results are presented:
- Card (default) - image-led tiles showing key stats: sale date, sale price, land area, floor area, bedrooms and bathrooms, car spaces, and land use. Best for visually scanning properties or comparing them at a glance.
- Summary - the same information in a more condensed, thumbnail-led row — a cleaner, more compact list while still showing an image for each property.
- List - a table layout so you can compare data side-by-side across columns such as address, suburb, sale date, sale price, bedrooms, land area, and floor area. In List view you can sort by clicking a column header.
- Map - plots every result geographically (see Map display of results below).
Sorting
Use Sort by to reorder your results - for example, by sale date (most recent first) - without needing to re-run the search. View and sort preferences work together: whichever sort order you choose carries through no matter which view you're in, and into your export.
Exporting
Click Export Results to download your current result set to CSV. Exports are limited to the top 350 results and reflect your current filters and sort order, so it's worth sorting and filtering first if you're after a specific subset of a larger result set. For PDF export the limit is 30.
Paging through results
Use the pagination controls in the bottom-right of the results page to move between pages, or change how many records are shown per page - 12, 24, or 100 per page. The default is 12 results per page.
Map display of search results
Switching to Map view plots every result from your search as a pin on an interactive map — a fast way to spot patterns geographically rather than scrolling a list.
Working with the map
- Click a pin to bring up a summary of that property without leaving the map.
- Use the layers icon (top-left) to switch to satellite view and add property boundary overlays.
- Drawing tools in the top-left let you measure distance between points or calculate the area within a boundary - useful for quick site or land-size checks in the field.
Map Layers
Selecting the Map Layers tab overlays additional data directly on the map:
- Property info
- Properties Sold
- Area Research
- Flooding Data (Auckland only for now)
- Services (Auckland only for now)
Each layer can be toggled on or off independently, so you can build the exact picture you need — for example, showing recent sales in an area without cluttering the map with every property record.
