interest rates (Page 5)

viral graph

Kiwis react to viral graph showing how much they need to earn to afford the average house

Boom or Doom: Inside the extraordinary Australian housing market | WATCH

private sale

RIPPED OFF? First home-buyer snaps up home below valuation in private sale

ASB

Higher costs and slower house prices growth ahead – ASB

Century 21

Price caps must be urgently lifted – failing first-home buyers

property prices

Flatlining House Prices – Are The Forecasts Right?

Mortgages

Mortgages in hardship up 5 percent

shoddy homes

More than half of Kiwis in recent survey say they have shoddy homes

More Australian home buyers using cryptocurrencies to save for a deposit

House prices now ‘unaffordable’ for many average Australians

Grant Robertson

Finance Minister Grant Robertson says past Governments ‘didn’t plan properly’, leading to housing crisis

Karana Downs

‘Shocks the hell out of me’: What $750K can get you in Brisbane compared to Auckland

National Housing Market Update | June 2021 (WATCH)

QV House Price Index

QV House Price Index, May 2021: Has the worm turned in the property market?

There has been a spike in snap auctions and it’s pushing property prices higher

Global Home Prices

A NATIONAL DISGRACE: NZ #2 in the world for house price growth

hot housing market

How the housing market got so cooked

Housing

Are Government Measures To Cool Housing Working?

Westpac

Downhill from here: Property price growth to drop from 2022

Australian residential property values rise by 2.2 per cent in May

CoreLogic Reports

National house price growth rate continues to slow; Wellington ticks over $1m dollar average property value

Reserve Bank

NZ’s strong economic position may mean Reserve Bank will normalise interest rates next year | WATCH

Property boom sees investors return to the market, adding to the pain of first-home buyers

house buying

‘As gloomy as it gets’ — One in five Kiwis think it’s a bad time to buy a house, new data suggests | WATCH

house prices

Most Kiwis still don’t think house prices will stop rising – Survey

RBNZ

Official Cash Rate (OCR) ON HOLD – 0.25%

Profit from residential property resales hit 25-year high; median gain of $313,000

Profit from residential property resales hit 25-year high; median gain of $313,000 | WATCH

Hurunui Community Development Trust

Trust wants to sell homes for half the national average

Sign that housing market is overheated

Nick Goodall

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

‘Bargain’ apartments for first home buyers

house prices

Predictions house prices will stop going up rapidly ‘UFO stuff’ – Bridges

David Nagel

Rising Debt And Interest Rates Risk Making A ‘Sharp Adjustment’ In House Prices Even Sharper

Budget 2021

Budget 2021 fails to make house buying easier for young Kiwis

Homes.co.nz

A Leg Up for First Home Buyers | homes.co.nz

Housing Minister

Govt urged to ‘pull every lever’ to address housing crisis

Trade Me Property

House prices continue record-breaking streak despite market activity cooling off | TRADE ME

Kelvin Davidson

CoreLogic First Home Buyer Report shows share of purchases declining | FULL REPORT

ASB

Bank announces sub 2 percent mortgage rate for new-build homes

NZ residential property market

New Zealand cools its housing market – Finance Report | WATCH

Australia’s top suburbs for homebuyers in 2021

First homebuyers are taking risky gamble

Housing construction costs on the rise

How first-home buyers can get a $10,000 tax break to buy property

Wendy Alexander

REINZ data shows highest number of properties sold in an April month in 5 years

Heartland Bank

Heartland drops home loan rates to 1.85% p.a. 1-year fixed, 1.95% p.a. floating

How The Budget will hit home buyers

lending to investors

ANZ starts clamp down on lending to investors ahead of Government’s controversial planned changes

financial hardship

Mortgages in financial hardship up 10 percent

House deposit

Aussies facing huge house price rise

Trade Me Property

Rental market shows signs of cooling off ahead of winter

National Housing Market Update | May 2021 (WATCH)

building industry

Record number of building consents | WATCH

QV House Price Index

QV House Price Index, April 2021: Tax changes yet to dampen red-hot housing market

Who will get huge budget cash boost

RBA reluctant to raise interest rates to ease soaring house prices because it could cost jobs

Government tax changes having ‘huge’ impact on investors – real estate agents

Australian housing market surpasses $8 trillion valuation

landlords

Housing crisis: No sign yet landlords are quitting housing market like they threatened

Reserve Bank

Why the Reserve Bank is concerned about New Zealand’s rising house prices

Auckland Housing Market

No Clear Signal As To Effect Government’s Actions Are Having On Housing

House Prices

No fall in house prices until interest rates go up – economist

Annoying problem facing homebuyers

Housing Crisis

Watch: The Housing Crisis – A Solution

House prices

House prices continued to climb in April despite housing announcement

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

Why record price rises haven’t stopped buyers

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

Why show up?’ Buyers’ frustration grows

Trade Me Property

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

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

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

Rents

Rents show biggest annual increase in over two years

MARCH WAS A THUMPING MONTH IN EVERY RESPECT | RAY WHITE GROUP

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

Auckland schools

New zones for Auckland schools: ‘There’ll be some pretty angry people’

Property Investors

Investors losing interest in property – survey

House prices to grow by 25% over 3 years

Century 21

Despite LVRs And Govt Measures, March Achieves Record Highs

house prices

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

‘Not affluent’: How 20yo bought first home

house price index

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

Wendy Alexander

SHOCK: Auckland’s median house price HITS $1.12 MILLION

official cash rate

Reserve Bank holds official cash rate at record low 0.25 percent

OCR

Low rates for longer creates once in a lifetime opportunity – C21FNZ

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 crash

The second-best option for first-home buyers in a hot market

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

David Seymour

New Website To Hear Housing Stories

house prices

The two factors that could halt Aussie house price boom

RBA warning on what could cause spiralling debt

capital gains tax

Examining The Housing Market Ahead Of Big Changes

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

OECD

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

Hamilton landlord

Terminally ill woman, WINZ families asked to vacate homes by Hamilton landlord after Government crackdown on property investors

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

Tony Alexander

REINZ & Tony Alexander Real Estate Survey | April 2021

NZ property bubble

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

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

MONSTER MORTGAGES

Housing crisis: First-home buyers with MONSTER MORTGAGES

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

Tiny home

Father and teen son who built tiny home together ready to sell | WATCH

251 Tinakori Road, Thorndon

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

Rents

House prices increase by $100,000 in 12 months

Kiwibank

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

rent increases

Jacinda Ardern cautious over possible rent increases due to housing investment rule changes | WATCH

Housing Boom

Supercharged housing market sees boom in real estate salespeople | WATCH

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

bright-line test

Change to bright-line test not deterring buyers – agent

Where are the next property hotspots on the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast?