New Zealand Property & Real Estate News (Page 29)

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.

Nicola Willis

Labour’s Housing Policy Looking Like KiwiBuild 2.0

Chlöe Swarbrick

Chlöe Swarbrick says landlords crying ‘crocodile tears’ after year of amazing capital gains

house prices

The shocking pay rise Kiwis need for current house prices to be ‘affordable’

homes.co.nz Monthly Property Update

homes.co.nz Monthly Property Update – March 2021

Reserve Bank

Mortgage lending shows NZ property market continues to run hot

housing package

Government trying to solve issues in supply, demand for houses | WATCH

NZ property

What kinds of homes qualify under the new First Home Loan and First Home Grant spending caps?

house prices

New map shows New Zealand suburbs with fastest rising house prices

soaring house prices

NZ government takes bold action to curb soaring house prices

bright-line test

Government removes blanket family home exemption for extended bright-line test

Housing Package

Labour’s housing package naive at best, plain dumb at worst

Kiwibuild Mark II

Judith Collins savages housing package, says Kiwis can’t trust what Government tells them | WATCH

NZ Property Investors' Federation

Unintended Consequences Of Today’s Housing Announcements

31 Taupahi Road, Turangi

Turangi property with direct river access goes on market

first-home buyers plan

Government announces first-home buyers plan

Trade Me Property

Regional rents on the rise while city rents remain stagnant | Trade Me Rental Price Index

3D printing

How 3D printing technology could fix New Zealand’s housing crisis

CoreLogic maps

CoreLogic maps the NZ property market, reveals top performing suburbs

Manawatu/Wanganui takes out top spot as highest performing region for residential investors, says REINZ

Housing Market Update

CoreLogic NZ Monthly Property & Economic Update – March 2021 | WATCH

Tenant from hell

Northland ‘tenant from Hell’ | WATCH

Renee Wright

TV presenter Renee Wright sells North Shore home

housing crisis

Kiwis think Govt not doing enough to address housing crisis as politicians quizzed on how many homes they own

Targeted Ads

How Targeted Ads Have Redefined Real Estate Marketing On Social Media

property developer

Best time to be a property developer in a generation

lifestyle blocks

Sales of lifestyle blocks ‘easing’ after post-COVID surge

Ihumātao

Ihumātao deal under scrutiny as Housing Minister Megan Woods accused of using KiwiBuild as ‘slush fund’

mortgaged investors

Tighter interest-only lending could bite investors pretty hard

Shelly Bay

Shelly Bay development one step closer after appeal for resource consent decision fails

Waterfront

FEATURE PROPERTY: 342 Tangiora Avenue, Whangapoua, Coromandel Peninsula | WATCH

student hostels

Committee warned of ‘harrowing’ situations in student hostels

First-home buyers

First-home buyers resort to extreme measures to get into property market

Interest rates

Are interest rates on the turn?

capital gains tax

Greens urge capital gains tax in plan to address housing crisis

The Pain and Gain Report

CoreLogic report shows property resale performance strongest in 15 years

NZ Housing Crisis

Record profits reaped by property owners and investors revealed

Property investors

Housing crisis: Economist says curbs on interest-only lending for investors could be partial solution to rocketing house prices

teaching farm

Ministry of Education accused of ‘stealing’ a Taihape teaching farm

Transmission Gully

Transmission Gully motorway – Update March 2021 | WATCH

New Zealand’s property prices

New Zealand’s property prices are so cooked, Kiwis want to move to Australia for cheap housing

Housing Crisis

Courage needed to solve the housing crisis, Reserve Bank Governor says

First home

Auckland couple says buying first home ‘feels surreal’ after boarding for two years to save money

house prices

By targeting house prices, New Zealand shows the way

ASB

Housing confidence at a 25-year high but buyer sentiment turns negative | ASB

Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr

Successive Governments’ inaction to blame for housing crisis, says Reserve Bank Governor

Auckland property

Standoff between police, protestors in long battle over clearing trees for houses | WATCH

capital gains tax

Housing affordability: IMF recommends capital gains tax

Toru Apartments

Progressive Home Ownership launched at Queenstown apartments

AppraiseMe

New Online Platform Set To Disrupt New Zealand’s Property Market

NZ Property

Rapid property price boom across New Zealand, nine out of 10 regions see spike in sales, volume – REINZ data

Trade Me Property

Trade Me takes one step closer towards rival’s acquisition

Bindi Norwell

Highest number of properties sold in a February month in 14 years

West Coast hotels

‘Exhausted all avenues’: Scenic Group closing four West Coast hotels

Kāpiti Coast

85% Of Kāpiti Oppose Closure Of Kāpiti Airport

Century 21 Fairdeal Realty

Century 21 opens new office in Manukau

home ownership

Women fall behind in home ownership in New Zealand

Property investors

Property investors need to prepare for inevitable interest rates hike – economist

Housing Crisis

Kiwis can’t travel so they’re pouring money into property, expert claims

Auckland property development

Could two Auckland developments serve as blueprints to solve NZ’s housing crisis? WATCH

Adrian Orr

Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr: ‘Absolutely a question mark over house prices’

Finance Minister Grant Robertson

Housing crisis: Financial Times swipes at Government for using Reserve Bank as ‘convenient scapegoat’

Pegasus

Should a brand new city be built in New Zealand to take pressure off housing market? | WATCH

Wellington librarians

Wellington librarians upset and angry over council decisions

tenancy agreements

Early exit from tenancy agreements see renters handed expensive bills

Internal Affairs warns Property Brokers

Tony Alexander

REINZ & TONY ALEXANDER REAL ESTATE SURVEY – March 2021

CoreLogic

New housing market data shows first signs of looming slowdown – Tauranga first to fall

3 Ventnor Street, Seatoun

HOUSE OF THE WEEK – 3 Ventnor Street, Seatoun | WATCH

For Sale Sign

LVR rules reinstated but industry skeptical it will cool housing market

‘Pointless’ — First Home grant increasingly out of touch with property market

‘Pointless’ — First Home grant increasingly out of touch with property market | WATCH

Ngāti Maru signs $30 million settlement with Crown

housing affordability

CoreLogic report shows continued decline in housing affordability

housing boom

RBNZ Governor outlines housing direction

Sydney

Have Australians fallen out of love with Sydney and Melbourne?

runaway housing prices

New Zealand’s Covid-19 success unleashes runaway housing prices | WATCH

CoreLogic

CoreLogic NZ Monthly Property & Economic Update – February 2021 | WATCH

Adrian Orr

Reserve Bank holds OCR at record low 0.25%

Australian owned banks

Bank profits shrink thanks to low interest rates, rising costs

Ageing population

Ageing population to become one of the biggest drivers of New Zealand’s housing crisis, report finds

NZ Housing Crisis

If You Think NZ Housing’s Bad – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet! | WATCH

Property Passion Persists | REINZ

Megan Woods

What it’ll take to halt New Zealand’s housing crisis? | SPECIAL REPORT

First home

First-home buyers fear missing out as mortgage backlog stalls applications before LVR restrictions return

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mortgage rates

“Fundamental factors” could slow housing market down – ANZ

Free Home

Couple giving away Lower Hutt home for free — but there’s a catch | WATCH

First-home buyers snapping up KiwiBuild homes in New Plymouth

Homes.co.nz

Trade Me Seeks Clearance To Acquire homes.co.nz

landlords

Quarter of renters who left homes forced out by landlords – study

Taranaki man

Taranaki man hoping to trade his way to home ownership, starting with a clay tomato | WATCH

Trade Me Property

Property prices see largest annual growth on record

ASB bank

Major bank revokes decision to clamp down on investor lending for new builds

CoreLogic

Investors seem to have been rushing to beat tighter LVRs | CoreLogic

Housing market

New Zealand’s housing market hottest it’s been in almost two decades

record median house prices

Four regions reach new record median house prices

House prices

House prices fall across New Zealand

REINZ CEO Bindi Norwell

NZ’s housing market continues apace despite summer holidays

Regional Property Insights

Regional Property Insights | Tony Alexander

2/363 Karaka Bay Road, Karaka Bays

FEATURE PROPERTY: 2/363 Karaka Bay Road, Karaka Bays – Wellington | WATCH

Auckland landlord

Auckland landlord criticises unbalanced punishments under new tenancy laws | WATCH

Rental law changes

Rental law changes: What is a ‘minor change’, and what does the law say?

13 Buckle Street, Mount Cook

FEATURE PROPERTY: Wellington police barracks for sale

emergency housing

Ministry of Social Development defends emergency housing charging double market rate

House prices

Property speculation is inflating the price of houses.

Wellington residents

Wellington residents could face 17 per cent rates increase | WATCH

RMA

RMA change will take years to boost housing supply – Parker

Former flight attendant

Former flight attendant facing fourth career change in a year | WATCH

CoreLogic

Lower value property still delivering the highest investment returns | CoreLogic

Trade Me Property

Wellington rents the first in NZ to pass $600

tenancy rules

New tenancy rules come into effect

New Zealand's inflated property market

Our market has become so inflated…I guess it just feels gross and greedy right now

LVRs

Reserve Bank to reimpose LVRs for first home buyers, property investors from 1 March

House prices

Stemming The New Zealand Home Price Nosebleed | WATCH

Landlords

Landlords getting rid of tenants before new rules set in – advocacy group

Nelson house prices

Confirmed: Real estate’s jets to be cooled this autumn

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Financial stability strengthened by firmer LVR restrictions | RBNZ

New Zealand mansion

Kishanell Tours A $6 Million Mansion in New Zealand | WATCH

property market

Sizzling property market continues in 2021 as house prices maintain their upward march

Auckland Art Gallery

Major makeover for 134-year-old Auckland Art Gallery building

The Oriental Bay band rotunda

Work to begin on Wellington’s band rotunda nine years after it closed

NZ housing

Proof that supply is the key driver of our housing crisis | WATCH

Jonah Lomu

Jonah Lomu’s former Wellington mansion sold

Auckland Council projects

Two major Auckland Council projects in employment tug-of-war

Housing crisis

NZ’s housing crisis to get ‘worse and worse’, senior economist warns

ASB

ASB further adjusts LVR restriction in support of first home buyers

Queenstown units

Applicants wanted for $200,000 Queenstown units