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Rising property sales start to bite into NZ’s stock levels
Buyers are returning to the market with an increase in sales eating into the country’s listings levels, and expected to place a ...
OCR on hold for the first time since August 2021
Today’s decision from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) to leave the official cash rate (OCR) unchanged at 5.5% will have ...
NZ’s cost of residential construction eases as dwelling ...
The decline in dwelling consents has alleviated pressure on New Zealand's residential construction sector, leading to a ...
Trade-up premium falls creating opportunity for upsizers
The continued downturn in property values over the past year has seen the gap in median values between three and four-bedroom homes ...
Home sales record first annual increase in two years
Property transaction volumes have turned a corner, after consecutive interest rate hikes and tighter lending rules caused two years ...
NZ recession confirmed but what does it mean for the property ...
The country’s Q1 GDP figures confirmed what many suspected, NZ was in a recession at the start of the year. Kelvin Davidson ...
Property prices rise in more than one in 10 NZ suburbs
Despite soft market conditions persisting across most of Aotearoa New Zealand, dozens of suburbs have defied the downturn, ...
Yields or capital growth; which investor type are you?
There are two primary objectives for investors to weigh up when it comes to investing in real estate; yields or capital growth.
RBNZ stays the course, OCR up to 5.5%
Today’s 0.25% increase to the official cash rate (OCR) was fully in line with expectations, given inflation itself slowed in Q1 ...
House prices still falling, but at a slower rate
The downturn in New Zealand’s property market continued in April, with average values down by another 0.6%, CoreLogic’s monthly ...
What property investors need to know about NZ’s ...
Chief Property Economist Kelvin Davidson explains how incoming debt-to-income ratios could impact property investors.
Reserve Bank still taking a tough inflationary stance
Today’s 0.5% increase to the official cash rate (OCR) was larger than many commentators (myself included) had been anticipating, ...
CoreLogic House Price Index shows values weak ahead of OCR ...
The downturn in New Zealand’s property market continued in March, with average values down another 1.1%, according to the CoreLogic ...
Five things to know about the 'refinancing wave'
By CoreLogic NZ Chief Property Economist Kelvin DavidsonThe steady flow of existing mortgage borrowers across NZ who have had to ...
CoreLogic HPI shows housing downturn gathers steam again in ...
The downturn in New Zealand’s property market reaccelerated last month, with values falling 1% in February, according to the ...