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Mid-Year Best of the Best review reveals the 2021 property market upswing is happening nationwide, not just in main centres

Following the activity and heightened interest in and around the national housing market, CoreLogic NZ has – for the first time – created a mid-year Best of the Best review. This halfway-point analysis takes a detailed look at suburb-level property data, and reveals the market upswing has not been Auckland or main centre-focused; rather, the data shows it has been broad-based right across the country.

16 Jun 2021

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Property market momentum remains but pace of growth slowed in May

According to the CoreLogic House Price Index (HPI), nationwide values increased by a further 2.2% over May. This is a slight reduction on the 3.1% growth rate witnessed over April.

1 Jun 2021

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Mid-Year Best of the Best review reveals the 2021 property market upswing is happening nationwide, not just in main centres

Following the activity and heightened interest in and around the national housing market, CoreLogic NZ has – for the first time – created a mid-year Best of the Best review. This halfway-point analysis takes a detailed look at suburb-level property data, and reveals the market upswing has not been Auckland or...

It hasn’t got any easier to trade-up post-COVID

Across the main centres, the trade-up premium (gap in value between three and four bedroom properties) is at least $150,000 or so, and more than $400,000 in central Auckland.

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Property market momentum remains but pace of growth slowed in May

According to the CoreLogic House Price Index (HPI), nationwide values increased by a further 2.2% over May. This is a slight reduction on the 3.1% growth rate witnessed over April.

NZ properties resold for a profit at highest level on record

CoreLogic’s Pain and Gain Report for Q1 2021 found profit-making residential property resales between January and March 2021 increased to 98.9%; the highest reading in the 25-year history of the data series.

CoreLogic First Home Buyer Report shows share of purchases declining in Q1

Our latest First Home Buyer Report indicates that Government intervention with tax policy changes to cool the residential investor market likely came at the right moment for first home buyers* (FHBs).

Housing construction costs on the rise; up 1.3% over March quarter

Housing construction costs surged 1.3% over Q1 2021, according to CoreLogic’s Cordell Housing Index Price (CHIP).

Latest CoreLogic data shows demand for property lingers, but slowdown looms

According to the CoreLogic House Price Index (HPI), which is the most complete and robust measure of property value change in the market, nationwide values increased by a further 3.1% over April.

Higher investor deposit requirements already having a strong effect

March was another bumper month for mortgage lending activity, but the tighter loan to value ratio rules from 1st March (and effectively prior to that because of banks’ own actions) have already significantly curtailed the low-deposit investor flows, as would be expected. On top of that, the Government has of...

CoreLogic report says property market game has changed; all eyes now on future market measures

The CoreLogic Property Market & Economic Report for Q1 2021 reinforced the heated market conditions which led to the Government’s recent housing policy announcement.

‘Fatigued’ first home buyers likely to increase focus on existing properties

Up to Q3 2020 first home buyers (FHBs) had actually had a strong property market share. But the rapid rise in values since then has caused them some ‘fatigue’, in terms of keeping up with deposit requirements – hence their share of purchases has dropped from 25% to 21%.

Mortgaged investors strong again in March, but the game has changed

March was the third month in a row that mortgaged investors had a market share of 29%, or in other words it has been a sustained ‘record’ peak for their property purchasing activity.

Housing policy changes – what are the facts?

With the dust now settling a bit on the new policy measures aimed at investors, the evidence suggests that the effects on the market may not be as significant as initially thought.

Government announcement dominates market discussion, latest index results justify why

Last week’s announcement from the Government aimed at tipping the market balance in favour of first home buyers has dominated media coverage of the property market, and with the latest data showing continued value growth, it would appear the heightened attention is justified.