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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.

13 Apr 2021

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.

8 Apr 2021

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Housing construction costs rose 0.4% over the December quarter

The December quarter CHIP report showed that construction costs rose by 0.4%, down slightly from 0.6% in Q3 and also the smallest quarterly rise since Q2 2016 (0.3%).

CoreLogic joins Investor Group on Climate Change

CoreLogic today announced it has joined Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) Australia/New Zealand.

Investors seem to have been rushing to beat tighter LVRs

The CoreLogic Buyer Classification figures for January are in and they show that the Reserve Bank was on firm ground in raising deposit requirements for investors.

Lower value property still delivering the highest investment returns

Property prices rose strongly in the second half of 2020 and now rents have started to accelerate too – especially at the lower end of the market, where growth was about 9% last year.

Christchurch’s property market is heating up

On the back of a favourable starting point for housing affordability, property value growth has recently accelerated across Christchurch as well as Waimakariri and Selwyn.

What could emerging climate risks mean for the property industry?

New Zealand property powers on through summer break

The New Zealand residential property market has continued to grow in the first month of 2021, though at a reduced rate relative to last month.

2021 the year of property politics as investors surge to 27% market share

Our Property Market & Economic Update for the December 2020 quarter cements evidence from a number of market indicators that investor demand has surged back to 2016 levels, prompting speculation that further intervention by government and regulators might be needed to rebalance buyer activity.

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Queenstown’s property market has reversed its lockdown losses

Queenstown was the only main part of the country to really see any noticeable drop in property values after lockdown, but those falls have now been reversed.

Record summer in store for scorching hot NZ property market

The NZ property market has shown no signs of letting up through the final month of the year, with near-record growth registered across the country, according to the most complete and robust measure of property value change, the CoreLogic House Price Index (HPI).

The balance of evidence suggests ‘more of the same’ into 2021 for the already-rising housing market

Given that property listings are likely to remain tight into 2021, and that low interest rates are both encouraging borrowing and reducing the incentive to hold cash in the bank, the direction of travel for the housing market will probably remain upwards for at least the first half of next year (assuming no...

Best of the Best Report shows 2020 in review and reveals what 2021 might herald for the property market

New Zealand is in the middle of an unexpected, unpredicted property boom – so who is getting the biggest Christmas present in the form of equity increases?

New affordability measures show why property has got political so fast

Once aspiring homeowners have raised their deposit and actually made a purchase, servicing the average mortgage is cheaper than it has been in the past. The problem, of course, is getting that deposit together in the first place – currently taking 8.6 years of saving, versus the average of 7.5.