REINZ

'Outlook for Auckland house prices remains highly uncertain'

14 Oct 17, 7:18am

September saw Auckland record the second lowest volume of house sales in a September month - after 2008 - during the past 25 years
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Soggy spring for housing market with September's sales at lowest level in 6 years

12 Oct 17, 9:49am

Greg Ninness

176 comments

REINZ's national median selling price down in September as sales volumes slump to lowest level in six years
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Why hasn't housing affordability been a bigger focus of this election campaign?

22 Sep 17, 12:16pm

Gareth Vaughan

99 comments

I thought this was going to be the housing election but housing affordability has struggled for airtime. Gareth Vaughan is very disappointed about this
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First home buyers benefiting as house prices drop in Auckland

21 Sep 17, 10:23am

Greg Ninness

60 comments

Falling house prices shave $50.97 a week off mortgage payments for first home buyers in Auckland: Home Loan Affordability Report
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Median house prices rose slightly in August, sales volumes well down- REINZ

15 Sep 17, 9:38am

Greg Ninness

135 comments

Housing market continues its roller coaster ride with prices up and sales volumes down
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Home loan affordability still a major problem in Auckland

24 Aug 17, 5:02am

Greg Ninness

118 comments

House prices have risen at nearly 10 times the pace of wages for typical first home buyers in Auckland over the last four years
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Removing LVR restrictions for 1st home buyers 'would make little difference'

18 Aug 17, 9:26am

Gareth Vaughan

119 comments

BNZ's Tony Alexander says first home buyers are buying fewer homes because house prices are 'too high' and the loans they would need are 'too frighteningly big'
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Lifestyle blocks following residential property market down

16 Aug 17, 4:52pm

Greg Ninness

5 comments

Latest REINZ figures show lifestyle block sales slumped 19.2% in 12 months to July and prices are below where they were 12 months ago in Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury
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Fewer farms being sold but prices are up: REINZ

16 Aug 17, 10:41am

Greg Ninness

Overall farm prices are up 9% compared to 12 months ago but dairy farm prices are flat. Air of relief in rural property market: REINZ
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Veiled political LVR threats ahead of election

15 Aug 17, 12:10pm

Alex Tarrant

153 comments

English and Ardern raise concerns with RBNZ's loan-to-value ratio limits, and debt-to-income ratio work, while 'respecting' RBNZ independence
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House prices down sharply in Auckland, Wellington & Canterbury: REINZ

11 Aug 17, 10:00am

Greg Ninness

443 comments

House prices are tumbling in the main centres. Westpac says market will remain "very soft" for next two years
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Pukekohe and Franklin the only affordable parts of Auckland

28 Jul 17, 9:42am

Greg Ninness

124 comments

Falling house prices around NZ bring home ownership a step closer for first homes buyers, but they'd still struggle to get on the property ladder in Auckland or Queenstown
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Life's not getting any easier for property investors

26 Jul 17, 9:17am

Greg Ninness

102 comments

Strong headwinds and dangerous cross currents make it increasingly difficult for investors to plot a straight course in our volatile housing market
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House price 'headwinds' for NZ economy

17 Jul 17, 1:25pm

David Hargreaves

188 comments

Westpac economists see higher mortgage rates and continued easing of house prices as being an 'important headwind' for economic activity over the year ahead
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Farm sales steady, lifestyle and horticultural block sales take a dive: REINZ

17 Jul 17, 12:20pm

Greg Ninness

Farm sales and prices steady overall, dairy farm prices up, but big drops in sales of horticultural and lifestyle blocks, REINZ says
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Auckland house prices below where they were 12 months ago - REINZ House Price Index

13 Jul 17, 9:35am

Greg Ninness

335 comments

Winter's icy grip takes hold of housing market as prices and volumes fall
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'Prospect of reasonable correction in prices grows by the day'

10 Jul 17, 2:33pm

David Hargreaves

189 comments

BNZ economists say recent media coverage of declining Auckland house prices could prove self-fulfilling
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'Each extra hour of sunlight per day adds 2.4% to a house price'

6 Jul 17, 5:02am

Gareth Vaughan

78 comments

Motu working paper argues high rise apartment developers could be forced to pay for blocking neighbouring homes' sunlight
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All around the houses

22 Jun 17, 8:04am

David Hargreaves

21 comments

David Hargreaves wonders, given the national obsession for housing, whether there could be better 'official' information available on market trends
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Typical Auckland 1st home buyers need more than 7 years to save a deposit

20 Jun 17, 2:23pm

Greg Ninness

114 comments

Saving a 20% deposit for a lower-priced home in Auckland would take from 6.3 years to 8.7 years for typical first home buyers on median incomes
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