Covid-19 (Page 12)

Property listings

‘Buyer’s market’: Property listings up 19.7 percent in June – report

The REINZ May confidence report

Property prices ‘volatile’ as market tries to find ‘new price point’ – report

Airbnb

Airbnb properties see bookings return after lockdown

house prices

I secretly hoped house prices would tank. Now I’m wracked with guilt

CoreLogic reveals where the biggest property price falls have been since the onset of COVID-19

Winners revealed for REB Real Estate Agent Awards 2020

RBNZ

A huge fall in residential mortgage approvals: May 2020 | Reserve Bank

Trade Me Property

Rental market finds its rhythm again | Trade Me

Immigration

Why we shouldn’t completely ignore migration as a continued support for property

Rotorua's Ibis Hotel

Rotorua’s Ibis hotel in lockdown

Sydney and Melbourne landlords lose $60 million a month due to international student drought

AMI stores

IAG propose to shut AMI stores

Australian Banks

3 months ago, Australia’s big banks started freezing $176 billion worth of mortgages. Now they’ve begun to thaw.

SMEs

$404m loaned to construction and accommodation SMEs

Transmission Gully

Transmission Gully delays, Covid-19 leave market uncertain for house sellers | WATCH

Shopping centres

Shopping centres plummet in value

Banking system

House prices to fall | ANZ

Property prices

How low will prices actually fall?

First-home buyers get another chance

Auckland's Stamford Plaza Hotel

Auckland hotel residents concerned over reports of returned New Zealanders arriving for quarantine

Cash Rate Cut

RBNZ Survey: Negative Cash Rate Is Imminent, Say Experts

Tony Alexander

New Zealand’s recession will ‘technically’ be over in two weeks, not a ‘great depression scenario’ – economist

Reserve Bank considered asking private firms to hide data about slumping property prices

CoreLogic NZ

CoreLogic NZ Monthly Property & Economic Update – June | WATCH

Australian property market

Aussie house prices to go down under this year, no respite in sight – Reuters

Angela Bowers

Not all ‘doom and gloom’

Grand Mercure

Wellington hotel Grand Mercure closes indefinitely

rental property evictions

From next week, notice can be given to tenants as normal

GDP

New Zealand records largest GDP plummet in 29 years

Trade Me Property

Buyer demand skyrockets in New Zealand’s property market

Mortgage slump points to falling property prices

The number of properties sold in May across New Zealand decreased by 46.6% | REINZ

REINZ CEO Bindi Norwell

The number of properties sold in May across New Zealand decreased by 46.6% | REINZ

Queenstown rental properties

Rentals sit empty in Queenstown

Inside Liz Hurley’s uber cool isolation home that the supermodel bought with Shane Warne

property markets

Coronavirus may have huge impact on property markets

eviction freeze

Time to end rent, eviction freeze, Real Estate Institute says

Aussie dollar comeback could turn off foreign buyers

Property buying and selling paused in Australia during COVID-19

Westpac

Property buying and selling paused in Australia during COVID-19

Kiwibank

Kiwibank cuts interest rates

Does my house qualify for HomeBuilder?

Tony Alexander

REINZ & TONY ALEXANDER REAL ESTATE SURVEY June 2020

AMP Wealth Management

The start of a trend? AMP Wealth moves out of the city

Real estate agents

Real estate agents having to adapt as they grapple with the impact of Covid-19

New Zealand house prices

New Zealand house prices could ‘potentially’ drop worse than 9% – Reserve Bank

Women’s fashion brand Max to close 17 stores across New Zealand

Investor Confidence Falls To Four-year Low | ASB

Australian Housing Market & Economy – June 2020 Update | WATCH

Australian property

Why Australian property won’t have a COVID crash

‘Burbs first homebuyers can afford again

Shamubeel Eaqub

The cost of coronavirus to the world economy

National Housing Market Update | June 2020 (WATCH)

mortgage holidays

Why mortgage holidays are a windfall for banks, who could net up to $100m

QV data

Property prices ‘on the brink of a material decline’ as growth rate declines in 14 New Zealand cities

Housing market bouncing back after COVID-19, but growing unemployment could see prices plunge – REINZ

Coronavirus recession

Coronavirus recession leaves 1.4m Australians in mortgage stress, almost 100,000 could default after JobKeeper ends

Tall Poppy

Australia’s Property Market Could Light The Way For NZ

Covid-19 wage subsidy

More property listings expected when Covid-19 wage subsidy runs out – QV

Barfoots

Auckland House Prices Show Resilience In Post Covid Trading | Barfoot & Thompson

QV House Price Index

Property market ‘on the brink’

QV data

Property prices ‘on the brink of a material decline’ as growth rate declines in 14 New Zealand cities

New Zealand’s property market

QV delivers stark warning about future of NZ property market

house prices

House prices edge lower in May but ‘real test’ will come after September, analysts say | AUSTRALIA

Vanessa Williams

ASKING PRICE RECORD HIGHS IN SEVEN REGIONS AND DEMAND FOR PROPERTY REMAINS STRONG | realestate.co.nz

Coronavirus impact on property market uncertain, according to industry experts

Australian property market

Coronavirus impact on property market uncertain, according to industry experts

Queenstown real estate

Queenstown real estate slump

The new developments hitting the market across Australia

CoreLogic

Lockdown drives mortgage slump in April

Adrian Orr

Banks well-positioned to withstand COVID-19 hit as loan defaults expected to rise – Reserve Bank

Kiwi lifestyle

Covid-19 impact on home priorities

Housing confidence

Housing confidence falls to near eight-year low as COVID-19 impacts hit – survey

Spring housing boom predicted

Unemployment could rise to 18 per cent, house prices could halve | NEW ZEALAND

house prices

Unemployment could rise to 18 per cent, house prices could halve | RESERVE BANK NZ

ASB survey

Fewer Kiwis expect house prices to rise, ASB survey shows

Waitomo Caves

‘If the caves go, we all go’

Remote working

Remote working can result in higher cost savings and productivity for businesses – experts

Century 21

Winter will be ripe for first-home buyers

The Property Market In 2020: What Lies Ahead?

property market

The State of the New Zealand Property Market | WATCH

‘Nothing can stop it’: Australia is ‘on the brink’ of a Great Depression-style economic catastrophe

renters

Covid will hit renters first | Here’s why Covid-19 will hit rents, not house prices

fixed interest rate

Record new low: Bank slashes home loan fixed interest rate to 2.69 percent

mortgage rates

With mortgage rates at a record low should borrowers lock-in or wait?

Fletcher Building

Staff gutted over job cuts | Fletcher Building

NZ Property

The mortgage rate rush

recession

Coronavirus: ‘All we’ve seen is the disruption, the real recession starts now’ – economist

Wellington's commercial property

Wellington’s commercial property market expected to weather crisis well

Trade Me Property

Rent freeze set to change NZ rental market

First-home buyers

First-home buyers distraught

property markets

Report reveals most vulnerable property markets post lockdown

housing deal

New $40m housing deal between Government and Māori

New Zealand house sales

New Zealand house sales nosedive 78% during April

Aussie property listings are being discounted on a mass scale because of COVID-19

Property Markets

Which Property Markets Will Be Hit Hardest By COVID-19?

REINZ CEO Bindi Norwell

REINZ Chief says eight-week extension of wage subsidy scheme will help support housing market

Fewer homes

Open home numbers limited in level 2

House price crash

More interest in housing market from younger potential buyers

Queenstown Lakes

Queenstown property listing views surge in April – Trade Me

Ashley Church

Housing market will be ‘relatively stable’ despite Covid-19 upheaval

All reforms are on the table post-coronavirus crisis, so what of negative gearing?

Barfoot & Thompson

Auckland property listings drop 75 percent in April

REA GROUP

REA Group sees residential listings dip 33 per cent in April – AUSTRALIA

Buying and selling a home is trickier right now. Here’s what you need to know

COVID-19 spurring real estate myth

Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart to be hardest hit by downturn, house prices to fall up to 15 per cent: banks

Open Home

Level 2: Open homes are go

REINZ welcomes L2 guidance; a step towards getting NZ businesses moving

Bindi Norwell

How salespeople market properties changing in Covid-19 world.

Overseas property market stalls as buyers refuse to purchase until the borders open

Real Estate CEO makes $1.6M off volatile stock market during pandemic, gives it all to employees | WATCH

Poverty

COVID-19 will cause ‘new wave of immense poverty’ in NZ – Auckland City Mission

Auckland houses prices

Six days of lockdown, 1100 fewer sales

Economist Benje Patterson

Queenstown property market flooded with rentals, big drop in values likely

Grant Robertson

Business owner pockets $150,000 from Government wage subsidy, and he’s not paying it back

Forbes

Forbes: WORLD’S BILLIONAIRES LIST 2020

UK property

China property power grab: Beijing to exploit crumbling UK economy

real estate agents

Tight rules for real estate agents

Queenstown Lakes district

Queenstown’s fall from grace

Rod Drury

Open NZ land ‘to global riches’

Waiheke Island

Inside Waiheke, the ‘Hamptons of New Zealand,’ where billionaires are hunkering down in their mega-mansions during the pandemic