Labour Government (Page 2)

Colleen and Brendan Ross

Couple reach settlement with Southern Response over quake damage

property investment

Property Investors Rotating Portfolios To Manage Tax Changes

REINZ

Lockdown curtails Auckland activity, the rest of New Zealand begins to see spring lift | REINZ

new listings

House price growth climbs as number of new listings plummet

house building boom

Building consent bottleneck slows residential construction

Trade Me Property

Average House Price In Wellington City Edges Closer To $1m

property market

What can NZ do to cool off its property market?

asking prices

Property NZ asking prices fall- realestate.co.nz

New Zealand housing market

Economists pick when the ‘turbo-charged’ New Zealand housing market will stall

state house

Family lose most of their possessions after repair blunder contaminates state house

first home

Over half of young Kiwis expect family money to help them buy a first home

Cash rate

Reserve Bank tightens LVR restrictions

property buyers

Mortgage brokers seeing fewer enquiries | Tony Alexander

hot property market

Unconsented work being overlooked in hot property market

Beehive

HOUSING CRISIS: NZ the second highest annual price growth in the WORLD

NZ house sales

NZ real estate sales down 27% in lockdown | REINZ REPORT

REINZ

When will the housing BOOM stop?: NZ homes increase by 25.5% | REINZ REPORT

Photo: 123RF

Pressure on construction work changing way houses are sold

Trade Me Property

Property prices increase by double New Zealand’s average salary

CoreLogic

FULL REPORT: Housing affordability goes from bad to worse | CoreLogic NZ

House

House price growth slows to average 3.3%

Building company

Building company says material costs are out of control

homeowners

Majority of homeowners couldn’t afford to buy their house

house prices

‘This time is different’: The outlook for house prices post COVID-19 restrictions

House prices

Property sellers make an average gain of $347k

Fewer homes

Fewer homes available to buy

Alert Level 3

How the property market works at Covid-19 alert level 3

NZ's housing market

Property market slowdown continues – but what effect will Level 4 lockdown have? | CoreLogic NZ

House prices

Is now the best time to buy? Trends for house prices in New Zealand

auction

Epic auction delivers happy result

Property manager

Renter given notice during lockdown as landlord ignores ‘be kind’ message | WATCH

real estate bubble

There is a risk of a new real estate bubble in New Zealand – NEW REPORT

home ownership

Most Kiwis fear young are being ‘locked out’ of home ownership – SURVEY

First home buyers

HOUSING CRISIS: First homebuyers paying $118k more – QV REPORT

Adern

Lockdown sees plenty of real estate activity

Cooling housing market

Is the cooling housing market just a winter lull?

Auckland Lockdown

Homeowner anxious to find lockdown buyer as new home settlement date draws closer

Real Estate Agents

Alert Level 4 Lockdown Rules for NZ real estate agents

Homeless

‘We are human too’: Homeless man’s emotional plea for compassion during lockdown

CoreLogic

NZ property market is slowing – CoreLogic (WATCH)

Nelson CBD land

Kāinga Ora eyeing chance to develop Nelson CBD land

housing crisis

Human right to financial speculation – how a switch in ideology led to the current housing crisis

Official Cash Rate

House prices above sustainable levels | RBNZ

First home buyers

First home buyers to pay thousands more when deposit rules change

ANZ Bank

Major NZ bank hikes interest rates ahead of OCR decision | WATCH

expensive real estate

The land of the long white cloud… and really expensive real estate

House Prices

House prices skyrocket 25 percent in a single year

housing market

The sad price of New Zealand’s soaring housing market

ENEWS

propertynoise.co.nz | NZ Property News Summary Wednesday 11 August, 2021

national average value

House price growth eases across all major regions

First-home buyers

WARNING: NZ mortgage rates to RISE and put massive pressure on new first home owners

home ownership

It’s time to move on from timber

average rent

New Zealand is ranked the 13th least-affordable country to rent in the world

REINZ

Number of million-dollar-plus property sales more than double in a year

OCR

Why this economist doubts the OCR will rise as quickly as some have predicted

First home

New Zealand has biggest house price increase in the WORLD

First Home Grant

‘Way too many hoops’: First Home Grant payouts fall short

New Zealand property market

New Zealand property market slowdown continues | CoreLogic NZ

Vanessa Williams

NZ Property Report: July 2021 | realestate.co.nz

Boulevard Motel

Data reveals hundreds living in transitional housing for months on end

Human Rights

Jacinda Ardern dodges questions on whether housing crisis is a human rights crisis

First-home buyers

First-home buyers get onto property ladder with second offer

average asking price

Low stock to blame as average asking price edges towards $900,000 – realestate.co.nz

cycle of poverty

Woman who grew up ‘hotel-hopping’ houses a new generation of homeless

Property News NZ

Property News NZ News Summary Thursday 29 July, 2021

QV's quartile index

House prices beginning to cool? QV figures show slow in growth

mortgage holidays

RBNZ releases latest data on borrowing activity

Property Industry

Property industry the biggest contributor to the economy | WATCH

economists' forecasts

The problem with economists’ forecasts

NZ Housing Crisis

Booming Property Industry Grows By $19.6 Billion In A Decade

Housing market

Housing market slows, but prices unlikely to drop

real estate agent

Real Estate Agents laughing all the way to the BANK – $1billion more in fees earned

First home

How to Buy Your First Home in New Zealand | WATCH

first home

‘Demoralising’ auctions affecting mental health – first home buyer | WATCH

Rental property WOFs

NZ Rental property WOFs

CoreLogic

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

renting

Here’s how much the cost of renting has increased since 1993

interest rate rises

What investors should be doing as strong inflation pressures set to trigger interest rate rises

NZ banks

More major NZ banks hike fixed mortgage rates | WATCH

Auckland

A decaying house in Auckland with no toilet just sold for $2.075 million

Cash rate

Cash rate rise will affect just about everyone – economist

Rental payments

NZ Renters spends 33.12% of monthly outgoings on rent – REPORT

Silverfern properties

Tenant calls now defunct Auckland emergency housing ‘not fit for a dog to live in’

runaway house prices

Sir John Key jokes about skyrocketing house prices

Official Cash Rate

Reserve Bank money printing programme to come to an end

ASB

ASB increases interest mortgage rates ahead of Reserve Bank OCR announcement

Tony Alexander

CRAZY: Housing market ‘stronger than a month ago

ENEWS

Property News NZ News Summary | Tuesday 13 July, 2021

new homes

Govt hopes $136 million investment in Porirua will see 2000 new homes built

REINZ

House prices continue to rise across the country, defying expectations | REINZ

market predictions

Sydney and Gold Coast favourites as Kiwi investors surge into AUSSIE market

housing policies

ACT launches suite of housing policies

Professor John Tookey

‘No silver bullet’ to solving building supply woes – expert | WATCH

apartments

Build-to-rent construction could dry up | WATCH

Official Cash Rate

The first Official Cash Rate (OCR) hike in seven years is expected | QV

low interest rates

Have we seen the end of low interest rates? | homes.co.nz

Australian house prices

Where Are Property Values Starting To Drop?

home ownership dream

Family realise home ownership dream

house prices

Treasury’s ‘professional judgement’ to predict house prices shocks Green, National and ACT MPs

Tauranga

Tauranga’s average house price breaks $1m mark

E-Newsletter

Property News NZ News Summary | Wednesday 7 July, 2021

Wellington’s property market

When will Wellington’s boom come to an end? | Values rise 123% in six years

mortgage expert

Interest rate shock: Bank picks OCR to go up within months

Tony Alexander

REINZ & Tony Alexander Real Estate Survey | July 2021

Duncan Garner

Duncan Garner: Jacinda, John, Jenny and Helen didn’t build enough state houses

housing boom

New Zealand’s housing boom – WATCH

state housing

National’s Nicola Willis heaps blame on Govt for ballooning state housing waitlist

Property News

Property News – NZ News Summary | Monday 5 July, 2021

Wellington housing

Here’s where 30,000 affordable houses could be built | WATCH

Chlöe Swarbrick

Greens, National and ACT enraged over Labour shooting down request for briefing on house price forecasting

Property Noise E-Newsletter

Property News NZ | News Summary Friday 2 July, 2021

apartment lending

ANZ changes apartment lending rules in bid to help first homebuyers

Average asking price

Average asking price swells 20 percent over year, 15 regions hit new highs

CoreLogic report

NZ Residential property surpasses $1.5 trillion for the first time

David Parker

Process starts for replacing Resource Management Act

affordable housing

Hope of affordable housing ‘lost’ for whole generation

Wellington renters

Wellington renter’s mould-filled flat highlights regulation needs | WATCH

Home-buyer

Home-buyer reveals the one thing that made her offer stand out above others

Property News NZ News Summary | Monday 28 June, 2021

First Home Grant caps

First Home Grant caps might soon be pegged to house price inflation

ENEWS

Property News NZ News Summary Friday 25 June, 2021

NZ’s housing market

NZ’s housing market is broken and we’ve got the maps to prove it

Trade Me

Good news for tenants as rents across NZ grind to a halt | TRADE ME PROPERTY

Property Investor

Sixty properties to 35 – NZ Property Investor takes a HUGE hit

mortgage stress

First Home Buyers And Investors Still Backing Off

housing package

Govt opens up $1b of housing package to speed up new builds