New Zealand Property & Real Estate News (Page 26)

Keep informed with what is happening with property and real estate in New Zealand. We aggregate real estate news and property news so you have one place to visit for all your property news.

New builds

New builds ‘absolutely not’ recommended for first-home buyers

CoreLogic

FULL REPORT: Housing affordability goes from bad to worse | CoreLogic NZ

House

House price growth slows to average 3.3%

Building company

Building company says material costs are out of control

Building product manufacturers

Building product manufacturers to be prioritised as factories restart

New Zealand's housing market

Will house prices soar after lockdown like last year?

homeowners

Majority of homeowners couldn’t afford to buy their house

Malcolm Gillies

Seasoned real estate developer & Upper Hutt saviour Malcolm Gillies – is at it again

House builders

House builders deterred from offering fixed prices

Airbnb

New Zealand Airbnb 2021 Host Award winners revealed

average asking price

National average asking price hits $900,671 | realestate.co.nz

Wellington residents

Govt ‘exploring options’ over rental evictions during lockdown

building products

More building products run short

Pink Batts

BUILDING CRISIS: Pink Batts stocks exhausted

house prices

‘This time is different’: The outlook for house prices post COVID-19 restrictions

interest rate rises

Tighter LVRs proposed to reduce risky mortgage lending | RESERVE BANK

House prices

Property sellers make an average gain of $347k

Peter Thiel

Billionaire files plans to build luxury lodge

Fewer homes

Fewer homes available to buy

Mortgage lending

Kiwi’s favourite pastime: Borrowing for property – increases

Heart Foundation Lottery No. 131

Win a dream home in Marlborough | WATCH

Alert Level 3

How the property market works at Covid-19 alert level 3

Auckland's population growth

New Zealand house price slowdown may be disrupted by Lockdown

NZ's housing market

Property market slowdown continues – but what effect will Level 4 lockdown have? | CoreLogic NZ

Dawson Apartments

A touch of The Block NZ comes to New Plymouth

Bookabach

Auckland women ‘ripped off’ by Bookabach host

House prices

Is now the best time to buy? Trends for house prices in New Zealand

post-earthquake renovations

Christchurch family despair after post-earthquake renovations | WATCH

auction

Epic auction delivers happy result

Property manager

Renter given notice during lockdown as landlord ignores ‘be kind’ message | WATCH

Shane Cortese

Shane Cortese starts new auction role

real estate bubble

There is a risk of a new real estate bubble in New Zealand – NEW REPORT

home ownership

Most Kiwis fear young are being ‘locked out’ of home ownership – SURVEY

First home buyers

HOUSING CRISIS: First homebuyers paying $118k more – QV REPORT

Kevin Wong

Auckland buyer’s online Sydney auction win – sight unseen

Auckland carpenter

Auckland carpenter’s YouTube videos go global | WATCH

Adern

Lockdown sees plenty of real estate activity

Cooling housing market

Is the cooling housing market just a winter lull?

Bayleys Auctions

No lockdown slowdown for residential auctions

NZ Real Estate brand’s marketing campaign goes LIVE | WATCH

Construction

Construction staff and supply shortages: ‘Very challenging times’

Auckland Lockdown

Homeowner anxious to find lockdown buyer as new home settlement date draws closer

Rent

HOUSING CRISIS: Rents are going through the roof | Trade Me Report

former fire station

Residential complex tipped for former fire station site

CoreLogic

New Zealand property values have increased 24.8% in 12 months | CoreLogic NZ

Homeless

‘We are human too’: Homeless man’s emotional plea for compassion during lockdown

Lotto

Excited to be in a position to buy her first home – LOTTO WINNER

NZ property market

There can be no question now that the market is slowly cooling | QV

CoreLogic

NZ property market is slowing – CoreLogic (WATCH)

TikTok

NZ real estate agents. You need to be on TikTok | WATCH

Forbury Park

Forbury Park is set to be sold

Nelson CBD land

Kāinga Ora eyeing chance to develop Nelson CBD land

Residential development lender

Residential development lender offers up a further $150m

Fees

Real Estate Agent Fees: How are they fair?

House price crash

House prices could drop soon, Reserve Bank predicts | WATCH

Cinema

Will the Covid-19 coronavirus finally kill off movie theatres? | WATCH

KFC

50 years on : The first ever KFC in New Zealand | WATCH

mortgage

How to pay off your mortgage faster

Adrian Orr

OCR pause won’t send house prices skyrocketing again

housing crisis

Human right to financial speculation – how a switch in ideology led to the current housing crisis

land banking

New kiwi start-up making land banking possible from $100 | WATCH

eXp Realty

BEWARE: eXp Realty is coming to shake up the real estate industry in NZ

Why You Shouldn't Panic About Tighter Mortgage Lending Standards

Why you shouldn’t panic about tighter mortgage lending standards | WATCH

Official Cash Rate

House prices above sustainable levels | RBNZ

Trade Me Property

NZ HOUSING CRISIS: Property prices see largest increase on record

interest rate rises

Level 4 COVID restrictions forces the Official Cash Rate to hold at 0.25 percent | WATCH

Auckland property ladder

First-home buyers get on Auckland property ladder with pre-auction offer

OCR

‘Blind spot’: Official Cash Rate likely to go on hold due to lockdown

Monopoly

FOUR things a game of Monopoly taught this veteran property investor

OCR

WARNING FOR HOMEBUYERS: 67% of experts say an OCR increase will slow property growth

First home buyers

First home buyers to pay thousands more when deposit rules change

ANZ Bank

Major NZ bank hikes interest rates ahead of OCR decision | WATCH

Real estate chief Don Ha: ‘Nobody was interested in me

Banks

Bank makes prediction for when NZ house prices will start falling

OCR

Reserve Bank poised to increase OCR

Sothebys

Prominentreal estate duo joins New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty | WATCH

First home owner

TRAGIC NEWS for New Zealand’s first home buyers

new-build house contract

Warning after Kiwi couple caught out by clause in new-build house contract

Property Market

How The Property Market Is Destroying Our Social Fabric

housing

What New Zealanders really think about our housing

Dunedin

Home ownership a fading dream in Dunedin

Michael Boulgaris

Real estate agent in hospital after riding accident

Christchurch

‘We were conned’: Property management company | WATCH

mortgage stress

New Zealand house price falls predicted | REPORT

Rudy Giuliani

Auckland real estate agent buys personalised ad from Rudy Giuliani | WATCH

expensive real estate

The land of the long white cloud… and really expensive real estate

James Hardie

Homeowners fail to prove James Hardie cladding caused leaks and rot

Airbnb

Teen dead, two in hospital after stabbing at Christchurch Airbnb

Housing market forecast

Housing market forecast to peak, with fall in prices predicted

Cat

Housing development near Auckland imposes cat ban to protect wildlife | WATCH

Transmission Gully

Will they get there? Transmission Gully deadline: 27 September, 2021 | WATCH

House Prices

House prices skyrocket 25 percent in a single year

Taupo Ika Nui

END OF AN ERA: Ika Nui Timeshare – Taupō | SOLD

Don Ha

Don Ha | New Zealand’s very own Property Guru (EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – PODCAST)

housing market

The sad price of New Zealand’s soaring housing market

REINZ

New Zealand reaches new record median house price; rate of growth shows signs of easing | REINZ

Building industry

Building industry feeling pinch as material shortage woes continue

QV House Price Index

QV House Price Index, July 2021: House price growth eases for the third month running

Housing crisis

Housing crisis: Investors blamed for worsening housing affordability in small-town NZ

Kelvin Davidson

Kelvin Davidson – CoreLogic NZ | The Property Noise PODCAST

ENEWS

propertynoise.co.nz | NZ Property News Summary Wednesday 11 August, 2021

national average value

House price growth eases across all major regions

First-home buyers

WARNING: NZ mortgage rates to RISE and put massive pressure on new first home owners

New Zealand’s property prices

Auckland is among the top cities globally for house price growth – REPORT

The Block NZ

The Block NZ houses are NOW for sale

Mortgage Rates

Low interest rates have released the genie of irrational exuberance onto the housing market

house insurance policies

Avoid nasty shocks at claim time’: Kiwis urged to check house insurance policies

home ownership

It’s time to move on from timber

SBS Bank

SBS Bank Launches “FirstHome Combo” For First Home Buyers

container home

Failed building firm owner flees country, leaving clients in lurch

tornado

Papatoetoe residents struggle to get properties fixed after tornado | WATCH

Real Estate Agent

Top Auckland real estate agent – gets name suppression

Wellington

Cooling measures doing little to slow New Zealand’s housing boom

average rent

New Zealand is ranked the 13th least-affordable country to rent in the world

Homes.co.nz

Trade Me granted clearance to acquire Homes.co.nz

west Auckland properties

Predictions for the Auckland Housing Market | WATCH

REINZ

Number of million-dollar-plus property sales more than double in a year

OCR

Why this economist doubts the OCR will rise as quickly as some have predicted

Rental listing

‘Awful’: $400 Wellington property listing demands flatmate leave house six hours a day

Real estate boss reveals how he climbed the property ladder

James Hardie

James Hardie (Harditex) class action ends with no compensation for homeowners | WATCH

property buyers

Fear of missing out returns for property buyers

First home

New Zealand has biggest house price increase in the WORLD