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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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Migration & property: Kiwi demand likely to boost provinces

There’s no denying that border closures and the loss of non-citizen migration to NZ will dampen our population growth rate and the rise in housing demand. However, it’s also worth pointing out that the citizen/kiwi side of the migration ledger could remain well above previous levels (as arrivals tick over but...

Commercial Market Update - Christchurch Cityscope September 2020

The latest research from Christchurch Cityscope shows that commercial property sales’ value in Christchurch’s CBD has increased significantly in the past three months.

How’s Auckland’s property market travelling?

Despite the extra COVID challenges that Auckland has faced over the past month or two, its property market has continued to track steadily.

Property market enters spring on the up

According to the CoreLogic House Price Index (HPI) for September, nationwide property values are showing signs of growth once again, increasing 0.8% over the month, after generally stalling since May.

Mortgage lending shrugs off August’s move back up alert levels

Despite August being affected by the latest round of social restrictions, mortgage lending activity showed no clear effects. Indeed, lending flows last month were again significantly higher than a year earlier.

Low mortgage rates and no LVRs still benefitting investors

The share of property purchases made by mortgaged investors across July and August combined was 26%, continuing their rising trend of the past few years

The latest round of COVID-related events: what it might all mean for property

Even in normal years there’s never a dull moment when it comes to analysing the NZ housing market, and this year clearly isn’t normal.

NZ’s property market mapped: top performing suburbs

CoreLogic NZ’s latest ‘Mapping the Market’ (September 2020) report released today delivers location analytics and geospatial expertise.

Buyers are likely to continue to face limited choice

The most recent shift back up the alert levels in mid-August caused appraisals generated by real estate agents to drop again (albeit by much less than during April’s lockdown), with the flow of new weekly listings subsequently also staying muted.

New CoreLogic Housing Affordability Report Finds Boost from Falling Interest Rates

From a housing affordability perspective, New Zealand has entered the current recession on a more stable footing than the previous economic shock of the GFC, according to the inaugural New Zealand Housing Affordability Report from CoreLogic.

CoreLogic House Price Index finds property values stuck between a rock and a hard place

The CoreLogic House Price Index (HPI) for August has found property values are still feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, with values slightly down (-0.2%) over the month.

July may have been the peak for the mortgage lending rebound

After returning to parity in June, mortgage lending in July was higher than the same month last year, with advances to both owner-occupiers and investors showing annual growth.

COVID-19’s impact starting to show, with profit making resales down slightly in Q2 2020

The latest Pain & Gain report shows that the proportion of properties being resold for more than the original purchase price in Q2 2020 across New Zealand was 96.1%, down a touch from 97.0% in Q1.