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What does low business confidence mean when buying a house?

Confidence is key in a number of areas, both personal and economic. Business confidence can be a key measure of how the wider economy is performing and as a part of that, it can also offer insight into what the property market has in store. For example, weak business confidence could see a reductiocontinue reading
How is the cash rate impacting NZ real estate?

The official cash rate announcements from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) are more or less a cut and paste affair, with most commentary from Governor Graeme Wheeler similar to the months that came before it. However, it's the slight discrepancies that are the important things to keep an eye ocontinue reading
How many people are borrowing for property investment?

What's trending in home loans? Whether you are a house hunter, mortgage broker or real estate agent, understanding the level of lending across the country is crucial. It helps you to be fully informed when buying and selling property, not to mention offers a view to future trends in the property marcontinue reading
Who's going to pay more tax when investing in property?

Death and taxes; the classic duo that will last until the end of time. The taxation of people selling property appears to be a new trick up the government's sleeve to counteract heavy growth in property investment, and the latest new rule came into force at the beginning of October. Thiscontinue reading
Watching the market change

Jonno Ingerson, Director of Research, CoreLogic NZ Ltd. It’s an absolutely fascinating time to be watching the housing market. It feels like we are right on the verge of the market changing shape, and in fact it already is. After several years of telling the same story about Auckland values increacontinue reading
Does Broadband impact property prices?

Market variables are a fickle set to keep track of. Population growth, historic price trends and more can paint a good picture of what real estate is worth across the country, but what about internet capabilities? The New Zealand government recently announced that 724,000 homes, schools and places ocontinue reading
We asked New Zealanders what they really thought about property

Property has become a major national pastime in New Zealand, with most of us buying, renovating or selling at least one property in our lifetime. Property and Real Estate is an important part of the average Kiwis life, in today’s market more than ever. So we went directly to our QV.co.nz customercontinue reading
Market already busy before spring starts

Jonno Ingerson, Director of Research, Corelogic NZ Ltd Auckland values continue to surge ahead but now so too is Hamilton according to the latest QV house price index. We are now well used to talking about the increase in Auckland values and this month is no exception. Values in the Supercity are continue reading
Value increases spread beyond Auckland, but not far

Jonno Ingerson, Director of Research, CoreLogic NZ Ltd The latest monthly QV House Price Index results are out and they continue to show the strength of the Auckland market. Across the Auckland Region values are up 18.8% annually and 5.7% over the past three months. The average current value of thcontinue reading
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