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property investors

Over 30 percent of property investors recording annual losses

rent increases

Ardern: Govt ‘keeping an eye on’ rent increases, as median prices continue soaring | WATCH

Australia’s economy

Sydney house prices soar to record median of $1.3m

NZ property market

Housing market expected to cool

Property Noise

Property News Summary | Thursday 29 April, 2021

CoreLogic Reports

CoreLogic report says property market game has changed

Farmland

Housing vs vegetables: Productive New Zealand farmland ‘lost to lifestyle blocks’ | WATCH

Selling your house without an agent is doable but what exactly does it take?

Why show up?’ Buyers’ frustration grows

TikTok

Buying a house in Auckland? Hilarious TikTok sums up buyers frustrations | WATCH

NZ house prices

‘Ghost of Muldoon’ looms over housing market – expert

Trade Me Property

Average New Zealand house price hits $800k for the first time | TRADE ME

McGrath’s momentum continues with strong predicted earnings

Australian Housing Market Forecast & Predictions 2021 [Boom or Bubble?] | WATCH

first-home buyers

‘Stay on the sidelines’: Why first-home buyers don’t have to rush buying a house right now

Gold Coast tropical paradise lures Sydneysiders

Signs point to slowing house price growth from recent ‘unsustainable’ levels

Mansions sold for $32m three years ago return to market for $45m-plus

Jacinda Adern

Property Investing – Should I Invest After Jacinda’s Tax Changes? | WATCH

John Campbell

John Campbell takes a tour of emergency housing motel, which costs taxpayers thousands a week for one unit | WATCH

Homes.co.nz

homes.co.nz Monthly Property Update – April 2021

National Housing Market Update – March 2021 | WATCH

Nick Goodall

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

new mortgage product

New mortgage product caters for first-home buyers with low deposits

Trade Me Property

Kiwi houses selling like hotcakes | Trade Me Property

House prices

House prices continuing to soar – new QV Quarterly Index

CoreLogic Reports

‘Fatigued’ first home buyers likely to increase focus on existing properties

Property Investors

Investors losing interest in property – survey

Building materials

Shortage of building materials prompts warnings of another leaky home crisis | WATCH

House prices to grow by 25% over 3 years

UK and US showing a ‘huge surge’ of interest in Australian properties | WATCH

Century 21

Despite LVRs And Govt Measures, March Achieves Record Highs

wealth inequality

‘Explosion of wealth inequality’ as housing boom leaves many behind – economist

house prices

Housing: New Zealand house prices to fall – leading credit rating agency

house price index

House prices soar nationwide as sales rise to 14-year high

official cash rate

Reserve Bank holds official cash rate at record low 0.25 percent

House prices in Australia are soaring, but not because there aren’t enough homes

Judith Collins

National unveils plan to fund infrastructure, get houses built

Property Investors

New Zealand’s New Housing Policy Is Really Just A New Tax Package — And It’s A Shambles

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand

RBNZ Survey: 69% Of Experts Predict Rents Will Rise Under New Housing Policies

Jacinda Ardern

Jacinda Ardern hopeful Government’s moves will curb NZ’s ‘unsustainable’ housing market | WATCH

house prices

The two factors that could halt Aussie house price boom

Richest Celebrities

The 21 Richest Celebrities In The World 2021

capital gains tax

Examining The Housing Market Ahead Of Big Changes

Pat Cummins sells in Clovelly for huge price

Landlords

Landlords could face jail if they form rent cartels

Is It Time To Pour Cold Water On Australia’s Red Hot Property Market? | The Project – WATCH

Spotlight On The New Zealand Housing Conundrum

Spotlight On The New Zealand Housing Conundrum | WATCH

Landlords

Landlords’ threats to hike rents or sell are likely empty – expert

OECD

Even ‘dungers’ are too pricey in NZ property market | BBC

Barfoot & Thompsom

Auckland House Sales Strong Before New Investment Rules Announced | Barfoot & Thompson

New Zealand's housing market

Fewer people showing up to auctions, open homes

Femke Burger

It’s Beautiful and Virtually Covid-Free. Just Don’t Try to Buy a House in New Zealand

house prices

Fall in prices ‘possible’ – ASB

NZ property bubble

Bubble or boom? Why ultra-low interest rates mean house prices may never bust

Real estate CEO Sarah Wood

Asking prices up 16.9% nationally | realestate.co.nz

NZ house prices

New Zealand house prices have soared 16 per cent in past year, a 15-year record | WATCH

Housing boom in New Zealand threatened by loan, tax changes. Will Australia follow?

MONSTER MORTGAGES

Housing crisis: First-home buyers with MONSTER MORTGAGES

house price index

Latest house price index results justify Government’s housing announcement, shift favours first home buyers

Tony Alexander

Landlords: 74% plan on raising rents more than they were planning

Mortgage borrowers

Mortgage borrowers warned interest rate hikes likely in next couple of years

Push for an interest rate increase as panic-buying pushes house prices sky high | WATCH

holiday bookings

Kiwis leaving their holiday bookings till last-minute

251 Tinakori Road, Thorndon

FEATURE PROPERTY: 251 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington | WATCH

Rents

House prices increase by $100,000 in 12 months

NZ Crisis

You can’t pay your rent with Jacinda’s spin’: ACT, Collins tear down Ardern over rent increase fears

Kiwibank

We’re short 80,000 homes – KIWIBANK | WATCH

timber shortage

Builders warn customers to expect delays as timber shortage hits New Zealand

Housing Boom

Supercharged housing market sees boom in real estate salespeople | WATCH

landlord tax rules

What happened when the UK changed landlord tax rules

Wellington NZ

Can New Zealand Fix Its Housing Crisis?

Chinese buyers

Kiwis are behind New Zealand’s runaway house prices. Not buyers from China or Singapore

Sydney house hunters struggling to find a home for $500,000 or below

Housing Package

Explained: Labour’s controversial new housing package | WATCH

Grant Robertson

Finance Minister ‘can’t predict’ effect Government’s housing package will have on rents | WATCH

bright-line test

Change to bright-line test not deterring buyers – agent

Landlords

‘Appalling’: Landlords slammed for suggesting using violence, ‘rat poison’, the Mongrel Mob to evict squatters

New Zealand

Australia won’t follow NZ down housing tax path

House prices tipped to surge 17% in 2021: ANZ

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

Noosa the most expensive housing market in Queensland

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

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

CoreLogic maps

CoreLogic maps the NZ property market, reveals top performing suburbs

Housing Market Update

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

housing crisis

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

First-home buyers

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

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

‘Hopes up, hearts broken’: Tasmanian property market

New Zealand’s property prices

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

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

Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr

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

Fears of a mortgage debt disaster as house prices across Australia hit new records (WATCH)

capital gains tax

Housing affordability: IMF recommends capital gains tax

NZ Property

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

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

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe warns on house price boom

Economists warn interest rates are creeping higher

home ownership

Women fall behind in home ownership in New Zealand

Property investors

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

You’d be mad to miss the rare opportunity to own Max’s Beach House

First home buyers are racing to buy — but rising prices put home ownership ‘further out of reach’

Century 21

Auckland quieter but house buyers still abuzz under level 3

Auckland property development

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

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

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

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