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Monthly Property Update

homes.co.nz Monthly Property Update – July 2020

Yelsa

“Tinder of real estate” – Kiwi property app launches

residential mortgages

Demand for residential mortgages down

property buyers

Buyers are ‘doing whatever it takes’ to secure properties

Record number of home loans refinanced in May

There are two vacant properties for each homeless person in NSW

Real Estate Institute chief executive Bindi Norwell

National house prices continue to rise post-COVID, says REINZ

How bad is COVID for house prices compared to other great crashes of history?

Australian house prices

How bad is COVID for house prices compared to other great crashes of history? | AUSTRALIA

Chinese investors

Home lending worst on record, but PM says don’t panic | AUSTRALIA

Should agents fear the September cliff?

House prices

New Zealand Housing Market Defies Gravity as Kiwis Flock Home

Australian National Housing Market Update | July 2020 – WATCH

Auckland apartments

First home buyers see apartments as way in to Auckland market

housing market

Returning New Zealanders may hold key to house prices – QV

mortgage time bomb

Banks give borrowers more time to repay loans

Queenstown

House prices dip across country in June, with Queenstown leading falls

The Australian property market outlook for the rest of 2020

Heartland Bank

New challenges for retirees in post COVID New Zealand

Property Noise ENEWSLETTER

Property News Summary | NZ EDITION – Tuesday 7 July, 2020

housing market

Kiwis’ property love buffers housing market from Covid-19

Government cash splash lures homebuyers amid warnings some suburbs could plunge in price

home loan

Could you get a home loan?

mortgage holidays

Ticking timebomb of the Covid-19 mortgage ‘holidays’

home loan borrowers

Paid a subsidy? You might not get a loan

real estate agents

Auckland: June 2020 residential sales report | Barfoot & Thompson

Corelogic

Reality check coming on house prices, Corelogic warns

Report reveals grim sign for Australian house prices

Property listings

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

Catch Group co-founder Hezi Leibovich lists Brighton investment property for $10m

Airbnb

Airbnb properties see bookings return after lockdown

Real estate platform posts 55% growth year-on-year

house prices

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

First Home Grant

Govt’s First Home grant not enough for most first home buyers | WATCH

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

RBNZ

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

Where to find the cheapest towns for property across Australia

House deposit

Some Australians have been trying to use their early super withdrawals to get onto the property

Immigration

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

OCR

Reserve Bank holds official cash rate at 0.25%

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

Australian Banks

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

Banking system

House prices to fall | ANZ

Property prices

How low will prices actually fall?

First-home buyers get another chance

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

Will the recession smash house prices? REA Chief Economist | WATCH

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’

Trade Me Property

Buyer demand skyrockets in New Zealand’s property market

Century 21

KiwiSaver should be allowed for investment properties

Mortgage slump points to falling property prices

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

Mortgage advisers

Banks should step up: Brokers

‘Short lift’ of suburbs will benefit from HomeBuilder scheme | WATCH

KiwiBuild development

Government to spend $40m to underwrite delayed Wellington KiwiBuild development | WATCH

property markets

Coronavirus may have huge impact on property markets

Property buying and selling paused in Australia during COVID-19

Westpac

Property buying and selling paused in Australia during COVID-19

Kiwibank

‘Not a short-term promotion’: Bank takes lead in slashing floating home and business loan rates

Free Rent

First-home buyers get free rent

Kiwibank

Kiwibank cuts interest rates

CORE LOGIC

Property values showing loss of momentum | CORE LOGIC

Tony Alexander

REINZ & TONY ALEXANDER REAL ESTATE SURVEY June 2020

New Zealand house prices

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

residential development

$75m available for housing

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

bach

Is this a good time to buy a bach?

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

Scott Morrison urged to let workers use superannuation to buy property

REINZ CEO Bindi Norwell

Real estate market confidence shifts due to COVID-19 according to new REINZ report

Coronavirus recession

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

Covid-19 wage subsidy

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

HSBC cuts fixed rates to match lowest on market

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

First time buyers keen

First time buyers keen, despite downturn

Wairarapa

Living the lifestyle dream by remote

Historic Devonport Arts and Crafts landmark

Historic Devonport Arts and Crafts landmark sells for $3.3 million

Sydney

Australia House Prices Fall as Shutdowns Hit Property Market

House sellers

House sellers confident: Can it last?

Vanessa Williams

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

Queenstown real estate

Queenstown real estate slump

Kingsland property

Rundown villa gets nine offers

CoreLogic

Lockdown drives mortgage slump in April

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff

Auckland’s biggest test yet to come

Data v doomsayers: Who is right when it comes to property prices?

Jacinda Ardern

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is “pushing the NZ economy off a cliff”

Housing confidence

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

Spring housing boom predicted

Investor with 200-plus properties bags six more homes during COVID-19

house prices

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

Queensland’s most expensive houses: Gold Coast beachfront mansion sells for $25 million

ASB survey

Fewer Kiwis expect house prices to rise, ASB survey shows

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

Mortgage rates

How best to take advantage of the banks mortgage wars | WATCH

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

Australia’s property market

Australia’s property market is ‘slowly sinking’ | WATCH

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?

mortgage wars

Home loan rates are at record lows.

Rental freeze

Coronavirus: Rental freeze hits ‘Mum and Dad’ landlords hard

NZ Property

The mortgage rate rush

recession

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

Zillow

Zillow restarts home-buying business, showing confidence in real estate amid ongoing pandemic | USA

Reserve Bank deputy governor Geoff Bascand

No negative OCR this year

Trade Me Property

Rent freeze set to change NZ rental market

Sharon Zollner

What is a negative interest rate, anyway?

property markets

Report reveals most vulnerable property markets post lockdown

Family home lost

Family home lost to neighbour

Vicki Pomeroy

KiwiSaver should become mortgage repayment scheme for homeowners

Century 21

Reserve Bank helps real estate, now Govt needs policy review

New Zealand house sales

New Zealand house sales nosedive 78% during April