First home buyers
Barfoot & Thompson median price dropped 2.9% to $738,000 in February; down $62,000 since December; 698 houses sold - down 17.2% on same month a year ago
3rd Mar 16, 10:42am
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Barfoot & Thompson median price dropped 2.9% to $738,000 in February; down $62,000 since December; 698 houses sold - down 17.2% on same month a year ago
Bernard Hickey describes how a few hundred Auckland home-owners were able to knee-cap the aspirations of generations of renters and strangle New Zealand's economic growth potential in a couple of meetings
28th Feb 16, 5:02am
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Bernard Hickey describes how a few hundred Auckland home-owners were able to knee-cap the aspirations of generations of renters and strangle New Zealand's economic growth potential in a couple of meetings
Auckland's housing market could be developing a split personality as the market eases at the top and price pressures increase at the bottom
24th Feb 16, 11:08am
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Auckland's housing market could be developing a split personality as the market eases at the top and price pressures increase at the bottom
Elizabeth Kerr says ‘playing house’ can be a trap for hopeful homeowners
Regardless of the effectiveness of short-term measures to slow the Auckland housing market, upward pressures are likely to remain long-term
18th Feb 16, 8:35am
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Regardless of the effectiveness of short-term measures to slow the Auckland housing market, upward pressures are likely to remain long-term
The Big Short reminds us all what hubris about over-valued housing looks like. Bernard Hickey looks at whether Auckland's property perma-bulls are as guilty now as the US ones were in 2005-06
31st Jan 16, 5:02am
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The Big Short reminds us all what hubris about over-valued housing looks like. Bernard Hickey looks at whether Auckland's property perma-bulls are as guilty now as the US ones were in 2005-06
Tighter borrowing rules don't seem to be stopping investors finding a way to buy houses
28th Jan 16, 4:07pm
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Tighter borrowing rules don't seem to be stopping investors finding a way to buy houses
First home buyers have been getting squeezed out of the Auckland market for more than two years
27th Jan 16, 12:02pm
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First home buyers have been getting squeezed out of the Auckland market for more than two years
Getting harder to buy a first home in Auckland as rising property prices offset falling interest rates and incomes stay largely flat
22nd Dec 15, 2:28pm
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Getting harder to buy a first home in Auckland as rising property prices offset falling interest rates and incomes stay largely flat
Bernard Hickey picks out the five most important numbers for the New Zealand economy in 2015 that explain the dairy slump, the housing boom and an amazing jump in tourism
20th Dec 15, 5:02am
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Bernard Hickey picks out the five most important numbers for the New Zealand economy in 2015 that explain the dairy slump, the housing boom and an amazing jump in tourism
Squirrel Mortgages' John Bolton says a clamp down on money flowing out of China has slowed Auckland's housing market but the lull probably won't last much longer
9th Dec 15, 10:15am
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Squirrel Mortgages' John Bolton says a clamp down on money flowing out of China has slowed Auckland's housing market but the lull probably won't last much longer
A drop in lower quartile house prices and lower mortgage costs have improved housing affordability but first home buyers will still struggle in Auckland
27th Nov 15, 9:02am
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A drop in lower quartile house prices and lower mortgage costs have improved housing affordability but first home buyers will still struggle in Auckland
As a city Auckland will have to embrace philosophical and structural change if it is to overcome its current growing pains
26th Nov 15, 10:41am
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As a city Auckland will have to embrace philosophical and structural change if it is to overcome its current growing pains
Housing investors borrowed over half a billion dollars less in October than in the previous month
25th Nov 15, 3:54pm
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Housing investors borrowed over half a billion dollars less in October than in the previous month
First NZ analysts see 'increased risk of sharp correction'; suggest prices may fall by about 11% in next two-and-a-half years
23rd Nov 15, 3:16pm
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First NZ analysts see 'increased risk of sharp correction'; suggest prices may fall by about 11% in next two-and-a-half years
A green light for US interest rate rises means a red light for any more RBNZ rate cuts here - for now
9th Nov 15, 1:58pm
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A green light for US interest rate rises means a red light for any more RBNZ rate cuts here - for now
Bernard Hickey argues the Reserve Bank should have given the unemployed and exporters the benefit of the doubt on inflation by cutting for a fourth time on October 29
1st Nov 15, 5:02am
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Bernard Hickey argues the Reserve Bank should have given the unemployed and exporters the benefit of the doubt on inflation by cutting for a fourth time on October 29
David Hargreaves thinks the Reserve Bank is unnecessarily gambling everything on a December rise in US interest rates
29th Oct 15, 11:54am
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David Hargreaves thinks the Reserve Bank is unnecessarily gambling everything on a December rise in US interest rates
Latest month shows a further sharp rise in the proportion of investors buying houses ahead of new rules targeting them
27th Oct 15, 3:57pm
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Latest month shows a further sharp rise in the proportion of investors buying houses ahead of new rules targeting them
Bernard Hickey challenges ministers and councillors to adopt the Productivity Commission's recipe for closing the credibility gap between Auckland's future land supply for housing and demand for housing
25th Oct 15, 5:02am
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Bernard Hickey challenges ministers and councillors to adopt the Productivity Commission's recipe for closing the credibility gap between Auckland's future land supply for housing and demand for housing
A big rise in the lower quartile selling price in Auckland pushes first home ownership further out of reach
23rd Oct 15, 1:47pm
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A big rise in the lower quartile selling price in Auckland pushes first home ownership further out of reach
David Hargreaves asks how much longer the Government can afford to wait before taking action on the country's surging immigration levels
22nd Oct 15, 5:01am
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David Hargreaves asks how much longer the Government can afford to wait before taking action on the country's surging immigration levels
Westpac economists stick to view that RBNZ will be forced to drop interest rates by more than it currently intends
19th Oct 15, 11:23am
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Westpac economists stick to view that RBNZ will be forced to drop interest rates by more than it currently intends
Bernard Hickey argues the policy responses to Auckland's housing market fire are now officially a Tui ad. He argues some blue sky thinking is required to douse the flames
18th Oct 15, 5:02am
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Bernard Hickey argues the policy responses to Auckland's housing market fire are now officially a Tui ad. He argues some blue sky thinking is required to douse the flames
David Hargreaves thinks the RBNZ Governor may have just given a historic speech - in a bad way
15th Oct 15, 11:42am
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David Hargreaves thinks the RBNZ Governor may have just given a historic speech - in a bad way