Housing market

The houses have it
22 Dec 18, 7:16am
David Hargreaves
31 comments
David Hargreaves says the interlinked issues of KiwiBuild, immigration and the overall housing market performance in 2019 will together be the key determinant of who forms a Government in 2020
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Residential property sales up 4.2% in 11 months to November versus same period last year
21 Dec 18, 10:52am
Greg Ninness
55 comments
REINZ says sales volumes rose in 2018 compared to 2017, although price trends were mixed - expects 2019 to be a good year for the industry
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The decline of the housing investor
20 Dec 18, 3:30pm
David Hargreaves
47 comments
Latest Reserve Bank monthly figures show the share of borrowing by the housing investor is continuing to drop sharply to new lows
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First home buyers battling rising house prices & higher interest rates
19 Dec 18, 5:00am
Greg Ninness
52 comments
First home buyers being squeezed between rising lower quartile housing prices & higher mortgage interest rates, putting a dampener on their home ownership hopes
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Calculating the risks
18 Dec 18, 12:15pm
Christian Hawkesby
14 comments
Harbour Asset Management pinpoints 10 key risks to look out for in the New Year
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Harcourts' average Auckland selling price down 8.9% compared to November 2017
15 Dec 18, 7:07am
Greg Ninness
82 comments
Harcourts' November sales volumes were down compared to November last year, but prices were up everywhere except Auckland
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REINZ median price hit new highs in six regions, but not in Auckland
14 Dec 18, 9:47am
Greg Ninness
143 comments
REINZ data shows the housing market remained steady in November with sales volumes up slightly compared to a year ago
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RBNZ to study climate change impact on NZ house prices
13 Dec 18, 11:13am
David Hargreaves
31 comments
The Reserve Bank has released its climate change strategy, which will include studying the extent to which climate change is factored into the country's current house prices
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KiwiBuild clarity needed
11 Dec 18, 11:16am
David Hargreaves
52 comments
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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The RBNZ will let the economy run hotter for longer & keep lending rates lower for longer
7 Dec 18, 11:17am
Jarrod Kerr
49 comments
Hood the hawks: The outlook is strong but uncertain. The RBNZ has released the doves, Kiwibank's Jarrod Kerr & Jeremy Couchman say in their latest economic outlook
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Is Goldilocks in the house?
6 Dec 18, 10:11am
David Hargreaves
110 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 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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Property listings and stock levels on Realestate.co.nz declined in November
3 Dec 18, 9:48am
Greg Ninness
156 comments
Fears of a glut of unsold properties eased in November but Auckland remains a buyer's market
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Is there life left in the housing investor?
2 Dec 18, 7:02am
David Hargreaves
87 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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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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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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Loosening the 'now-permanent' LVRs
26 Nov 18, 1:48pm
David Hargreaves
28 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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Sales on just over a third of properties going to auction
23 Nov 18, 2:54pm
Greg Ninness
62 comments
The auction sales rate is slightly lower for properties in Auckland than the rest of the country
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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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20 Nov 18, 11:02am
Houses sizzle in the regions while Auckland chills
79
19 Nov 18, 1:11pm
Harcourts' sales and average selling prices up compared to last year
65
15 Nov 18, 9:44am
Westpac report says house prices will rise over summer, begin to fall in 2020
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14 Nov 18, 11:45am
Housing conditions 'right for further LVR loosening'
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14 Nov 18, 10:03am
Buoyant start to summer housing market with volumes up and prices steady
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13 Nov 18, 10:32am
Twyford lauds 'innovative' financing of infrastructure
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13 Nov 18, 7:50am
Lighting the housing market's fire?
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8 Nov 18, 9:05am
RBNZ says interest rates still on hold till 2020
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6 Nov 18, 11:51am
Westpac boss sees bank mortgage competition hotting up
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1 Nov 18, 5:02am
Auckland now a buyers' market as new listings surge and asking prices ease
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31 Oct 18, 3:32pm
Borrowing growth slowing on all fronts
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31 Oct 18, 11:49am
New dwelling consents down 7.6% in September compared to a year ago
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31 Oct 18, 5:00am
Barfoot's auction sales rate unaffected by start of foreign buyer restrictions
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30 Oct 18, 12:09pm
Overseas buyers account for almost 10% of residential property sales in central Auckland
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30 Oct 18, 11:34am
ANZ tips further LVR rule loosening
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26 Oct 18, 11:04am
Auckland first home buyers better off by $87 a week compared to 18 months ago
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24 Oct 18, 9:37am
Barfoot & Thompson's auction rooms go into overdrive
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20 Oct 18, 9:59am
Real estate industry commission revenue up 8.9% in third quarter
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16 Oct 18, 12:25pm
Harcourts' sales steady compared to last year - average prices pick up
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16 Oct 18, 10:59am
Inflation surges
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16 Oct 18, 10:00am
Barfoot's auction numbers hit 200 last week with sales on a third
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15 Oct 18, 11:44am
Pumping it up
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11 Oct 18, 1:47pm
Will they or won't they?
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11 Oct 18, 9:45am
September housing sales volumes plummet but prices holding up - REINZ
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9 Oct 18, 11:16am
Stagflation anyone?
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