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According to the December CoreLogic QV House Price Index, property values in New Zealand grew by 1.2% over the last three months, a minor reduction on the rate of growth at the end of November. A slight drop (-0.2%) in the Auckland index for December took the annual rate for all of 2018 into the negatives...

This month we keep it nice and short, checking in on listings and sales volumes and musing possible LVR changes and the relevance of CVs.

The Best of the Best report covers suburb-level measures used by CoreLogic to determine property market performance across the year, ranging from property value growth to rental yields. In addition to the material provided here, detailed suburb-level data can also be accessed via an interactive geographic...

It’s been another fascinating year for NZ’s property market in 2018. With volumes low (but stable) and values generally showing consistent growth across the country (expect for Auckland and Christchurch), a lot of the market interest has focused on government policy and measures to stifle property...

Investors remained active in the residential property market in November, according to the latest CoreLogic Buyer Classification data, which shows that they are not yet deterred by government measures such as the looming ring-fencing for tax relief on rental property losses. The recent momentum also makes it...

As thoughts turn to the anticipated end-of-year break, we were curious as to how property has performed in some of NZ’s key holiday areas. Generally speaking, the areas we’ve looked at have been busy in terms of sales, with days to sell reasonably low. On top of that, value growth has also tended to be pretty...

The November CoreLogic QV House Price Index found that property values in New Zealand grew by 1.3% over the last three months. Auckland remains a key influence and while its quarterly growth hit the positives (0.1%) for the first time this spring, the long term trend of no effective growth in two years...

With house prices now falling significantly in Australia, the inevitable question is beginning to arise: “will the downturn spread across to NZ?” We’re not convinced that it will, for three main reasons.

We're excited to announce that CoreLogic has been awarded the Service Provider to the Insurance Industry award at the 2018 New Zealand Insurance Industry awards.

NZ’s latest Pain and Gain results are out, and once again we’ve seen large gross profits being made by resellers and minimal gross losses. Almost 96% of all NZ properties sold during 1 July 2018 - 30 September 2018 enjoyed a re-sale gross profit, for a total resale gain of $3Billion - a median gain of a very...

New lending data released this week highlights low non-performing loan ratios and a still-cautious approach by the banks. As expected, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand also announced a further softening of LVR rules. This may provide a kick-start to sales volumes provided more borrowers can secure loans, but...

The latest research from Wellington Cityscope shows that commercial property sales have increased slightly in total sales value in the last quarter. For the three months to October 2018, there were 23 sales at a total value of $271.2 million, compared to the 29 sales at a total value of $227.7 million for the...

Locations with the biggest house price increases over the past year have also generally had the strongest employment growth, with Otago/Dunedin being a prime example. At the other end of the spectrum, both employment growth and house prices have been softer in Canterbury and Christchurch.