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Property values plunge in more than 80% of New Zealand suburbs
CoreLogic NZ’s interactive Mapping the Market tool, updated quarterly, provides insight into how the value of property varies ...
Conditions are starting to shift in favour of ‘trading up’
In areas such as Auckland City, Waitakere, Manukau, Wellington City and Dunedin, the gap in median values between three- and ...
Latest OCR rise may not hit mortgage rates
As expected the Reserve Bank (RBNZ) delivered another 0.5% increase in the official cash rate (OCR) today, taking it to 3% – the ...
First home buyers: get in now or wait?
A question we’ve been asked many times recently is: as a first home buyer (FHB), should I purchase now, or wait and see if I
High inflation and full employment mean inevitable cash rate hike
The Reserve Bank duly delivered another 0.5% rise in the official cash rate (OCR) today, as had been widely expected, taking it to 2.5%
A temporary respite for low deposit borrowers?
The latest Reserve Bank mortgage lending data shows that overall activity remains subdued, with interest-only lending drifting ...
Equity is a rising factor for property buyers
CoreLogic's Buyer Classification data for May shows some fairly stable patterns for first home buyers (FHBs) and mortgaged ...
New Zealand property values up by almost 300% since 2003
Since December 2003 (i.e. almost 20 years ago), the national average property value has risen from $263,562 to $1,027,121 – an ...
Current investor landscape: a focus on high yields?
Over the next few years, capital gains may well be harder to come by for property investors, which means the ‘nuts and bolts’ are ...
Has there been a clear effect on property values from ...
When it comes to major new infrastructure projects there is always a lot of discussion about the potential spillover benefits for ...
Higher OCR will keep the pressure on the housing market
After the knife-edge decision in April about whether to raise the official cash rate (OCR) by 0.25% or 0.5%, today’s decision was ...
A Short Look Back At Past Property Cycles
Some of the main centres have seen small falls in property values over the past few months, but there's no reason to think that ...
Record high dwelling consents add further strain to rising ...
A surge in new building consents is piling extra pressure on New Zealand's construction industry, which is already under ...
Reserve Bank goes big and mortgage rates have further to rise
There was never any doubt that the official cash rate (OCR) would be increased today. The only uncertainty was how big the rise ...
Market Pulse: Debt-backed buyers are really starting to struggle
Our latest Buyer Classification figures highlight what you might call a ‘debt vs equity' split in the market, with mortgaged ...