House prices

March migration gain smallest in four years

24 Apr 18, 11:05am

Immigration is continuing to drop from very high levels spurred by rising numbers of departing non-New Zealanders; over 3000 non-Kiwis left in March - a record for a March month
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An 'exodus' of landlords

24 Apr 18, 10:10am

David Hargreaves

234 comments

Property Institute warns the Government's moves to 'ring fence' property tax losses will have a 'disastrous impact' on the market and significantly worsen the already existing rental accommodation shortage
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What is the problem with housing in New Zealand?

23 Apr 18, 5:18pm

Guest

53 comments

Tex Edwards cooks up a multi course recipe to improve housing affordability in New Zealand. With market failure more government involvement is required, he argues
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'Luxury houses' to be exempt from foreign buyer rules?

23 Apr 18, 10:42am

David Hargreaves

79 comments

The Government's coming under pressure to make changes and exemptions in its legislation barring offshore buyers from owning existing New Zealand houses
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Building a house 'more attractive than buying one'

18 Apr 18, 4:24pm

David Hargreaves

23 comments

ANZ economists say the cost of building a new house has become more attractive relative to the cost of buying an existing one
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Harcourts' sales a bit softer in March - prices mixed

18 Apr 18, 1:43pm

Greg Ninness

42 comments

Harcourts' March sales volumes down 7.5% year-on-year as the summer selling season ended on a quieter note
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Westpac warns of looming housing market slowdown

17 Apr 18, 11:39am

Greg Ninness

105 comments

Westpac report says the good times in the residential property market will "end very soon"
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Housing sales volumes well down on last year in most major centres - REINZ

17 Apr 18, 9:39am

Greg Ninness

130 comments

Auckland housing sales the lowest for the month of March since 2010
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What would a 'normal' housing market look like?

16 Apr 18, 5:03pm

David Hargreaves

53 comments

As the new Government puts various supply and demand policies into place aimed at the housing market, David Hargreaves wonders if it has a clear plan of how it would like to see the market looking and behaving
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Sales rate of 48% at Bayleys' latest auctions

16 Apr 18, 2:10pm

Greg Ninness

17 comments

Bayleys auction rooms were busier last week as things returned to normal after a couple of short weeks
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The revival of the first home buyer

11 Apr 18, 2:10pm

David Hargreaves

71 comments

David Hargreaves wonders whether the Reserve Bank would be best served by leaving tough deposit restrictions in place on housing investors for the time being
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Overall sales rate of 36% at Barfoot & Thompson's latest auctions

10 Apr 18, 9:48am

Greg Ninness

25 comments

Sales rates at Barfoot & Thompson's auctions range from 14% in Manukau to 60% in Pukekohe
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House prices and debt rein in consumer spending

9 Apr 18, 1:55pm

David Hargreaves

49 comments

ANZ economists say high house prices and associated high debt levels have seen consumer spending remain more subdued than might have been expected with the economy buoyant
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Barfoot & Thompson's sales rate 32% at latest auctions

4 Apr 18, 5:02am

Greg Ninness

25 comments

The sales rates ranged from 28% to 34% at Barfoot & Thompson's most recent main auctions
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Bayleys' auction sales rate nudges 50% in week before Easter

3 Apr 18, 11:03am

Greg Ninness

29 comments

Bayleys' auction rooms were more buoyant in the lead up to Easter
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Beware the 'good idea'

29 Mar 18, 4:46pm

David Hargreaves

65 comments

David Hargreaves says while the move to ring-fence' investors' losses on rental properties for tax purposes appears logical we must be cautious about assuming that all the consequences will be good ones
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Growth in mortgage borrowing stabilises

29 Mar 18, 3:34pm

David Hargreaves

4 comments

The sharp decline in the growth rates of mortgage borrowing seen in the past year has ended; the recent fast rise in consumer borrowing has slowed
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Govt pushes harder on property speculation

29 Mar 18, 11:31am

David Hargreaves

189 comments

IRD releases 'ring-fencing' paper; Revenue Minister encourages feedback on proposal to ensure investors can't offset losses on property investments against other income
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