House prices

Foreign buyers ban 'neither wise nor useful'

15 Aug 18, 6:58pm

Top Chinese property website says if anyone has been driving up house prices, 'it’s your rich dad and uncle, not rich Chinese'
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Foreign buyers ban bill clears last hurdle

15 Aug 18, 6:25pm

Jason Walls

173 comments

The controversial Overseas Investment Amendment Bill has passed its third reading with 65 votes for and 57 against and will become law in a matter of weeks
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Twyford says KiwiBuild homes ‘least affected’ by adverse housing market moves

15 Aug 18, 3:52pm

Jason Walls

7 comments

Housing Minister Phil Twyford says 'affordable' KiwiBuild home prices less likely to be affected by fluctuating market than higher valued homes
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'Vigorous' first quarter of 2019 seen for house prices

15 Aug 18, 11:51am

David Hargreaves

75 comments

Westpac's chief economist abruptly changes tack and now forecasts a house price rally early next year, with prices to climb 1.5% in the first quarter; RBNZ was the 'game changer'
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42% overall sales rate at Barfoot & Thompson's latest auctions

14 Aug 18, 10:41am

Greg Ninness

96 comments

Prices ranged from $665,000 for a three bedroom house at Otahuhu to $2.775m for a villa in St Mary's Bay at Barfoot's latest Auckland auctions
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KiwiBuild LVR poser

14 Aug 18, 9:32am

David Hargreaves

15 comments

The fact borrowing on the 100,000 KiwiBuild houses will mostly fall outside the LVR restrictions may force a rethink on macro-prudential policies
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What would Simon do?

14 Aug 18, 5:00am

Jenée Tibshraeny

32 comments

Simon Bridges on how he would take up John Key's challenge to identify new economic drivers to replace strong migration and house price growth if he was in government
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Auckland mid-winter auction activity about the same as last year

11 Aug 18, 9:00am

Greg Ninness

77 comments

There was a slight improvement in the number of homes sold at auction in July compared to a year ago
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More than 50% sold at Barfoot & Thompson's latest auctions

7 Aug 18, 9:57am

Greg Ninness

83 comments

Fewer properties on offer but sales rates were up at Barfoot & Thompson's latest Auckland auctions with prices starting at $480,000
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'Meaningful lift in house prices into the mid-2020s'

6 Aug 18, 2:56pm

David Hargreaves

100 comments

Kiwibank economists estimate a national shortfall of over 100,000 homes so see no chance of 'oversupply' fuelling a correction; don't believe the RBNZ will be easing LVRs any time soon
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Apartments were the hottest sellers at the latest property auctions

4 Aug 18, 9:31am

Greg Ninness

46 comments

100% sold at Ray White's Auckland apartment auction; Bayleys sold almost two thirds overall at its latest Auckland auctions
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Fewer $1 million-plus homes being sold in Auckland, more in the rest of NZ

2 Aug 18, 11:46am

Greg Ninness

57 comments

REINZ report says sales of million dollar-plus properties have declined in Auckland but risen in most other parts of the country
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QV's national average housing valuation drops for third month in a row

1 Aug 18, 5:00am

Greg Ninness

108 comments

Average residential property values move sideways over winter as the market hunkers down with Auckland experiencing a return to 'normal' market conditions
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Overall sales rate passes 40% at Barfoot & Thompson's latest auctions

31 Jul 18, 9:43am

Greg Ninness

61 comments

Sales rates ranged from 25% to 71% at Barfoot & Thompson's latest auctions
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Almost 40% sold at Bayleys and Eves auctions in upper North Island

30 Jul 18, 2:07pm

Greg Ninness

31 comments

Prices started at $615,000 at Bayleys' latest Auckland auctions, plus auction results from Waikato, Tauranga, Rotorua
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Number of properties being auctioned down by a third but sales ratio unchanged

28 Jul 18, 10:02am

Greg Ninness

18 comments

The sales rate at the latest auctions was 38%, exactly the same as it was three months ago
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Wait and see for first home buyers?

27 Jul 18, 7:43am

David Hargreaves

147 comments

David Hargreaves mulls whether the sudden sharp drop-off in first home buyers taking up mortgages is just a glitch or shows that people are waiting for KiwiBuild
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First home buyers back off again

25 Jul 18, 3:44pm

David Hargreaves

43 comments

Total monthly mortgage borrowing figures dropped sharply in June, while the first home buyers had their smallest share of new mortgage lending so far this year
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