House prices

Westpac chief economist says brief housing market resurgence is over

21 Jun 18, 11:42am

Westpac's chief economist says it's no surprise that the housing market is slowing; predicts Auckland and Queenstown will be most affected by foreign buyer restrictions
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DTI limits to make borrowing for the median home even more challenging

21 Jun 18, 10:52am

Gareth Vaughan

UBS points out APRA's focus on debt-to-income levels may significantly reduce the borrowing capacity of many would-be Aussie home buyers
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Falling house prices improve home loan affordability in most regions

21 Jun 18, 9:56am

Greg Ninness

68 comments

Lower quartile house prices dropped in most regions in May, but increased in Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Taranaki
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Here's hoping the foreign buyer ban works

21 Jun 18, 8:19am

David Hargreaves

44 comments

David Hargreaves says Parliament's Finance and Expenditure Committee appears to have done a good job 'fixing' Labour's foreign buyer ban but reckons we don't need a repeat of such hastily drawn up legislation
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Barfoot & Thompson sold just over a third at its latest auctions

19 Jun 18, 9:35am

Greg Ninness

178 comments

Latest auction results: 37% sold at Barfoot & Thompson's latest auctions
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Westpac: 10% capital gains tax would see house prices fall by 11%

19 Jun 18, 6:00am

Jenée Tibshraeny

124 comments

Westpac models how the different taxes being considered by the Tax Working Group would affect house prices
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'Small impact' on house price inflation from foreign buyer ban

18 Jun 18, 3:12pm

David Hargreaves

18 comments

ANZ economists say the Government's forthcoming ban on foreign buyers of New Zealand houses is not expected to have much impact on either house price inflation or housing affordability
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38% sold at Bayleys' latest auctions

18 Jun 18, 1:57pm

Greg Ninness

57 comments

Prices started at $470,000 - latest auction results from Bayleys in Auckland and BoP and Eves in Tauranga
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Record median price in May as housing market more buoyant - REINZ

14 Jun 18, 9:50am

Greg Ninness

254 comments

Residential property sales volumes rose strongly in May and prices were also firmer, REINZ says
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Sales on almost a third at Barfoot & Thompson's auctions

12 Jun 18, 9:28am

Greg Ninness

101 comments

About one in three properties found new owners at Barfoot & Thompson's latest auctions
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Bayleys sold a third of the properties at their latest auctions

11 Jun 18, 10:54am

Greg Ninness

76 comments

Latest auction results from Bayleys in Auckland, Waikato, Tauranga and Marlborough, plus Eves in Tauranga
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Government confirms foreign buyer ban on track to become law next month

8 Jun 18, 12:29pm

Greg Ninness

205 comments

Associate Finance Minister David Parker says the price of New Zealand homes should be set by buyers in this country, not those from overseas
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Nearly 20% of central Auckland properties being sold to overseas buyers

7 Jun 18, 11:39am

Greg Ninness

218 comments

Overseas house buyer activity is concentrated in places like Auckland and Queenstown
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One in three sell at Barfoot & Thompson's auctions

7 Jun 18, 9:55am

Greg Ninness

33 comments

Winter is taking its toll on the number of properties being auctioned
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Sales rate of 38% at latest Bayleys auctions, 35% at Eves in Tauranga

2 Jun 18, 9:11am

Greg Ninness

91 comments

Prices ranged from $570,000 to $4.418 million at Bayleys' latest auctions
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Mortgage borrowing growth rate rises

31 May 18, 3:25pm

David Hargreaves

7 comments

The annual growth rate in the amount of mortgage money outstanding rose a touch last month - for the first time since late 2016
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50% success rate at Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga auctions

26 May 18, 8:54am

Greg Ninness

154 comments

There wasn't a lot to choose from but just over half the properties sold at Bayleys' and Eves' latest residential property auctions
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First home buyers asserting themselves

24 May 18, 3:52pm

David Hargreaves

61 comments

New monthly mortgage borrowing figures show a strong continuation of the relative honeymoon period first home buyers are enjoying after the Reserve Bank clampdown on lending to investors
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Plenty of bidders but not many sales at the latest apartment auctions

24 May 18, 2:57pm

Greg Ninness

19 comments

Buyers were active but there were only a couple of sales at the latest Auckland apartment auctions
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Westpac boss wants flat house prices for 20-30 years

23 May 18, 1:57pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

213 comments

Westpac's David McLean says flat house prices for 20-30 years would gradually correct housing unaffordability without igniting the 'economic carnage' a big price drop would cause
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