First home buyers

Housing costs outstripped income rises in past 10 years

19 Oct 17, 11:29am

Statistics New Zealand says housing costs increased 50.5% in the past decade, while household income rose just 42%
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Delays a concern for housing market

18 Oct 17, 2:37pm

David Hargreaves

23 comments

With no current Government and no permanent Reserve Bank Governor, there's potential for important decisions regarding housing to be left late
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Housing investors' meth problems

16 Oct 17, 11:40am

David Hargreaves

13 comments

Latest ANZ residential property survey finds sharp spike in concern over meth contamination and over LVR restrictions
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Who's getting on the offset mortgage bandwagon?

11 Oct 17, 9:38am

Jenée Tibshraeny

24 comments

BNZ borrowers save $480m in interest over 10 years through offset mortgages; Mortgage brokers say first home buyers with wealthy parents generally not among these
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Council floats possibility of Unitary Plan change to tackle housing affordability

10 Oct 17, 3:28pm

Gareth Vaughan

52 comments

Auckland Council eyes using property development arm Panuku Development Auckland to help establish more affordable housing
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How slow is slow enough?

4 Oct 17, 12:50pm

David Hargreaves

14 comments

As the rate of mortgage borrowing growth continues to slow sharply, David Hargreaves ponders on what level of growth the RBNZ would be content with
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Four years of LVRs

27 Sep 17, 3:47pm

David Hargreaves

7 comments

The Reserve Bank's loan to value lending restrictions are about to 'celebrate' their fourth birthday. But with the wind changing in the Government and a new RBNZ Governor to appoint, will there be a fifth?
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Housing investors remain sidelined

27 Sep 17, 11:33am

David Hargreaves

19 comments

New Reserve Bank figures show borrowing by investors for house purchases last month made up just 22% of the total, compared with about 35% in the months before tighter LVR rules were applied
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All I want for Christmas is a Housing Minister

25 Sep 17, 3:47pm

David Hargreaves

95 comments

Assuming National does lead the next Government, it needs to urgently address the dog's breakfast it had created with the housing portfolio
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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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Coping with the weight on its shoulders

19 Sep 17, 12:01pm

David Hargreaves

83 comments

The housing market is bearing up surprisingly well; the real question now is whether it will be 'left alone' or not after the election
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New Government a test for the housing market

11 Sep 17, 4:20pm

David Hargreaves

110 comments

After years of hands-off tactics from central government, whatever hue of administration takes over after September 23 is likely to be more interventionist in the housing market
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Peters attacks Labour, English defends deposit subsidies

11 Sep 17, 9:42am

Alex Tarrant

181 comments

English defends move to increase first home buyer deposit subsidies, says we need to sustain current building levels for 5 years; Peters takes aim squarely at Labour over tax policy with Kingmaker status on the line
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Household debt pile helped by low interest rates

6 Sep 17, 4:12pm

David Hargreaves

78 comments

Kiwis' debt continues to dwarf household disposable income, but courtesy of the low interest rates this debt is still being comfortably serviced
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What about a land tax?

5 Sep 17, 2:46pm

Gareth Vaughan

136 comments

Auckland University's Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy extols the virtues of a land tax & how one would hit both landbankers and wealthy foreigners buying NZ land
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Incoming Government faces fresh Auckland housing headache

4 Sep 17, 4:28pm

David Hargreaves

23 comments

Latest figures suggest that the Auckland house building market is going to need a whole lot more than words and political posturing
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National pledges new urban planning laws

4 Sep 17, 12:35pm

David Hargreaves

60 comments

National says new 'fit for purpose' urban planning laws separate from RMA would encourage more responsive planning and faster development
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'Tightness in Auckland market to get worse before it gets better'

4 Sep 17, 10:49am

David Hargreaves

29 comments

Westpac economists point to recent softening in Auckland house building activity; dwelling consents numbers have 'flat-lined' at levels well short of those needed to keep up with population growth
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Household borrowing increase at three year low

31 Aug 17, 3:39pm

David Hargreaves

3 comments

New RBNZ figures show the total amount of mortgage borrowing grew by the smallest amount in dollar terms for three years last month
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The human right to adequate housing

31 Aug 17, 9:22am

Guest

52 comments

Chief Human Rights Commissioner David Rutherford says we need to work together to ensure everyone in New Zealand has an adequate home to live in. 'We must leave nobody behind'
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