First home buyers

QV sees 'busy' property market in the early stages of 2019

16 Jan 19, 5:00am

Nationwide housing values grew at their slowest rate since 2012 in the December year, but QV expects 'busy' start to 2019 thanks to the RBNZ loosening LVR restrictions
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The houses have it

22 Dec 18, 7:16am

David Hargreaves

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David Hargreaves says the interlinked issues of KiwiBuild, immigration and the overall housing market performance in 2019 will together be the key determinant of who forms a Government in 2020
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The decline of the housing investor

20 Dec 18, 3:30pm

David Hargreaves

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Latest Reserve Bank monthly figures show the share of borrowing by the housing investor is continuing to drop sharply to new lows
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First home buyers battling rising house prices & higher interest rates

19 Dec 18, 5:00am

Greg Ninness

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First home buyers being squeezed between rising lower quartile housing prices & higher mortgage interest rates, putting a dampener on their home ownership hopes
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Housing NZ loans and grants available for more pricey regional new builds

18 Dec 18, 11:46am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Around 230 more first home buyers expected to qualify for Housing New Zealand grants a year, and 10 for Welcome Home Loans under scheme tweaks
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Fletcher sells Formica for $1.2b

18 Dec 18, 9:04am

David Hargreaves

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Fletcher Building says Formica sale completes sell-off of non-core businesses; will now reinstate dividends for shareholders
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Is Goldilocks in the house?

6 Dec 18, 10:11am

David Hargreaves

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David Hargreaves wonders whether perhaps we really can achieve a subdued, but not falling, house market - 'neither too hot, nor too cold'
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Is there life left in the housing investor?

2 Dec 18, 7:02am

David Hargreaves

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David Hargreaves looks at some of the past impacts of the RBNZ's 'LVR speed limit' home loan restrictions and ponders how the latest changes to the LVRs might affect the housing landscape
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This week's guest Top 10

30 Nov 18, 10:00am

Ryan Greenaway-...

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Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy on the Top Ten resolved and unresolved issues on the Tax Working Group’s proposed capital gains tax
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Is the RBNZ going too fast?

28 Nov 18, 3:12pm

David Hargreaves

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David Hargreaves admits to reservations about the Reserve Bank move to lift the 'speed limit' for high loan to value house lending - and particularly the move to free up some of the shackles on investors
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RBNZ eases housing lending restrictions

28 Nov 18, 9:08am

David Hargreaves

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The Reserve Bank is loosening the 'speed limits' on high loan to value ratio lending and says further relaxation of the rules is likely in future
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Loosening the 'now-permanent' LVRs

26 Nov 18, 1:48pm

David Hargreaves

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Kiwibank economists think the LVR 'speed limit' will be raised to 20% of new bank lending this week - but would like to see it at 25%; say the 'temporary' LVRs are set to be with us for good
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A summer full of answers for the housing market

23 Nov 18, 9:26am

David Hargreaves

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David Hargreaves says the first half of next year should give us a much clearer idea of which way the housing market will go
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Rising prices have pushed home ownership further out of reach for first home buyers

21 Nov 18, 11:46am

Greg Ninness

182 comments

Rising house prices have more than offset falling interest rates in 11 of 12 regions over the last six months - Home loan Affordability Reports
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Houses sizzle in the regions while Auckland chills

20 Nov 18, 11:02am

David Hargreaves

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ANZ economists see continued strength in the regional housing markets with further 'catch-up' on Auckland prices
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Fletcher sees slight 'pull back' in Auckland residential building

20 Nov 18, 9:32am

David Hargreaves

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Fletcher Building CEO says residential building in Auckland 'plateauing', though activity levels remain 'robust'; sharp contraction in residential consents in Australia
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Housing conditions 'right for further LVR loosening'

14 Nov 18, 11:45am

David Hargreaves

47 comments

Kiwibank economists say latest house sales figures show a 'well behaved' market and so there is 'every possibility' of the RBNZ further relaxing lending limits
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Too early to say if KiwiBuild can deliver substantial benefits for first home buyers

13 Nov 18, 12:03pm

Greg Ninness

69 comments

KiwiBuild homes are on the margins of affordability for first buyers but that could change significantly next year, writes Greg Ninness
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Lighting the housing market's fire?

13 Nov 18, 7:50am

David Hargreaves

61 comments

David Hargreaves says the new wave of competition between banks for mortgage business may prove to be short lived but it should certainly provide some life for the housing market leading up to Christmas
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