Find your home before it goes to market.
Set your criteria once. Get matched to off-market properties before they are publicly advertised. Free to get started.
The Problem With Traditional Property Searching
New Zealand buyers are playing a rigged game.
Listings go to other buyers before they are ever advertised.
By the time a property appears on TradeMe or realestate.co.nz, a private network of buyers has already had first access. You are always starting from behind.
Open homes are crowded with unqualified competition.
You spend your weekends at inspections alongside dozens of people who are browsing, not buying. It is exhausting and it does not move you closer to an offer.
Agents do not know who the serious buyers are.
Without a clear signal of finance readiness, serious buyers get lost in the noise. Agents follow up with everyone equally, which means they follow up with no one effectively.
Yelsa gives you the inside track before the property goes public.
3.6+
matched buyers per listing
48hrs
average time to first viewing invitation
$0
to get started
Up and running in 3 steps
Create Your Buyer Profile
Enter your criteria: location, property type, price range. Takes minutes. Free to get started.
Activate Your Profile
Invite your mortgage broker to verify you for free, or activate directly for $259. Once active, you unlock full property details and exclusive open home invitations.
Find Your Home First
Get matched to properties before they go public. Receive invitations automatically. Deal directly with licensed agents.
How Activation Works
Three ways to unlock your full profile
Signing up and browsing is always free. Activating your profile unlocks full property details, direct agent contact, and exclusive open home invitations.
Invite your mortgage broker
Enter your broker's details in the app. They receive an invitation to verify your finance status. Once verified, your profile activates at no cost. Agents can see you are finance-ready, putting you ahead of every unverified buyer.
Activate directly
No broker? No problem. Activate your profile directly through the app for a one-time fee. You get the same full access to property details, agent contact, and open home invitations straight away.
Activate free before 1 July
For a strictly limited time, unlock your full buyer profile at absolutely no cost — no mortgage broker required. Get instant access to off-market listings, direct agent contact, and exclusive invitation-only open homes. Once July arrives, this offer is gone for good.
- ✓ Full property details unlocked
- ✓ Direct agent contact
- ✓ Exclusive open home invitations
- ✓ No broker needed
Built for buyers who want first access
Every feature on Yelsa is designed to put serious buyers in front of the right property, faster.
Your profile does the searching
Set your criteria once. Location, property type, price range. Our matching engine connects you to every listing that fits, including off-market properties not yet publicly advertised.
All your conversations, in one place
Messages with agents are grouped by property so you can track every conversation without the chaos. Your watchlist, your history, your next home.
Never miss an open home
When a matched property schedules an open home, you receive an automatic invitation. Accept, decline, or save to calendar right from the app.
Walk in with your QR code
At every Yelsa open home, skip the paper sign-in sheet. Show your QR code and you are instantly added as a direct contact and kept updated on the property.
Request a private viewing
Cannot make the open home? Send a viewing request directly through the app. The agent sees it immediately alongside all other buyer interest.
Three match tiers, zero irrelevant listings
Perfect Match, Close Match, Direct Contact. Three tiers so you always know how well a property fits your criteria. No noise, no wasted viewings.
What Buyers Say
We didn't realise how much we were missing out with off-market properties
We'd been searching for our first home for ages but we just kept missing out. So we posted our wish list on Yelsa and quickly got two invitations to view properties we matched with. We viewed the properties and within 24 hours had a contract on our first home!
— First-home buyers, Auckland
Questions buyers ask us most
How do most buyers activate their profile?
Most buyers connect with one of our mortgage brokers to verify their profile for free. It's the standard path — faster, costs nothing, and makes you more competitive with agents.
Do I need to pay $259?
No — most buyers never pay. The easiest way to unlock everything is by connecting with one of our mortgage brokers, who can verify you for free.
I'm already pre-approved — do I still need this?
Yes — but it's quick. Even if you're already approved by a bank, you'll need a broker to verify your status in our system so agents can see you're finance-ready. This doesn't affect your approval and takes very little effort.
Do I have to use your mortgage brokers?
No. This is just a verification step — you're not locked into anything and can continue working with whoever you choose.
Why is this free?
Our brokers are paid by lenders when you settle a loan, not by you. That's why they can verify your profile at no cost.
Will this affect my credit score?
No. Verification does not impact your credit score.
Why does being verified matter?
Agents take verified buyers more seriously. It shows you're ready to move — which means more responses from agents, access to better opportunities, and a stronger position when making offers.
What's the downside of not verifying?
Without verification you won't see full property details, can't contact agents directly, and miss exclusive opportunities that only show to verified buyers.
Your next home is already waiting on Yelsa.
Get matched to off-market properties before they are advertised anywhere. Free to get started.