House prices

11 Dec 18, 11:16am

David Hargreaves says the Government needs to regroup over the holiday period and come back with a more clearly articulated plan for its flagship housing policy
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Barfoot & Thompson's auction numbers down but sales rate stable in first week of December

11 Dec 18, 10:08am

Greg Ninness

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Auction numbers declining as the end of year wind down begins, but sales rates are steady
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Auction activity steady in November, sales rate almost unchanged year-on-year

10 Dec 18, 1:12pm

Greg Ninness

82 comments

Although buyers are being cautious, auction numbers and sales rates are steady and most of those that sell are fetching more than their rating valuations
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The $1.5 trillion households

10 Dec 18, 11:10am

admin

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Stats NZ says property assets owned by Kiwis increased in value by more than $300 billion over a 10-year period
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Sydney & Melbourne could be heading for their biggest ever house price fall

9 Dec 18, 7:02am

Greg Ninness

70 comments

ANZ's chief Australian economist says house prices in Sydney and Melbourne could fall 20% from their 2017 peak, but the big question is how this affects the wider Australian economy
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Is Goldilocks in the house?

6 Dec 18, 10:11am

David Hargreaves

107 comments

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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Barfoot & Thompson's November sales up 24% compared to November last year

5 Dec 18, 10:35am

Greg Ninness

56 comments

Barfoot & Thompson's November sales show a steady market, with sales firm and prices holding their own
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Australian housing - don't panic

5 Dec 18, 10:10am

Guest

33 comments

Rather than a sudden meltdown, high debt and falling house prices may result in a 'slow burn' adjustment, taking the edge off consumption and growth in Australia, says Nikko's Chris Rands
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QV says national house values still rising but market cooling with Auckland flat

5 Dec 18, 5:00am

Greg Ninness

122 comments

Still a few hotspots such as Invercargill, Dunedin, Whanganui, Palmerston North, Napier & Whangarei where house values show double digit annual growth, QV says
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Barfoot & Thompson's auction sales rate identical two weeks running

4 Dec 18, 4:15pm

Greg Ninness

35 comments

Overall sales clearance rate of 29% of Barfoot & Thompson's auctions last week on 180 residential properties marketed for sale
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Is there life left in the housing investor?

2 Dec 18, 7:02am

David Hargreaves

86 comments

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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Auction activity continues at a steady pace with sales on just over a third of properties

1 Dec 18, 9:46am

Greg Ninness

41 comments

Latest auction data suggests sales are being achieved on one in three properties taken to auction with around two thirds selling for more than their rating valuation
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Scaremongering about a housing correction

28 Nov 18, 3:15pm

Mieke Welvaert

150 comments

Infometrics' Mieke Welvaert tackles the claim NZ's heading for a house price crash. She explains why she sees a small dip in some places before an upward trend resumes
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Is the RBNZ going too fast?

28 Nov 18, 3:12pm

David Hargreaves

21 comments

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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Barfoot & Thompson's auction numbers and sales rates steadily improve

28 Nov 18, 9:37am

Greg Ninness

81 comments

Barfoot & Thompson had more properties on offer at its latest auctions and the sales rate was also up
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RBNZ eases housing lending restrictions

28 Nov 18, 9:08am

David Hargreaves

167 comments

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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Sales on almost two thirds of the properties at Bayleys' latest Auckland auctions

27 Nov 18, 10:47am

Greg Ninness

81 comments

Sales rate of 63% at Bayleys' latest Auckland auctions and 67% at the Tauranga auction - Hahei beach house sells for $4.05m
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Loosening the 'now-permanent' LVRs

26 Nov 18, 1:48pm

David Hargreaves

27 comments

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

57 comments

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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