New Zealand (Page 19)

Low-interest rates

ECONOMY ‘It’s almost free to borrow’: Low-interest rates driving house prices up – economist

Auckland’s CBD

Auckland’s CBD holding up well

Judith Collins

National Out To Stop The Wealth Tax

Ray White Matakana

Community ties underpin Ray White Matakana office opening

wage subsidies

Emergency accommodation providers claim thousands in wage subsidies

Sofitel Auckland

Inside Sofitel Auckland Viaduct Harbour’s ‘French luxury’ makeover

REINZ CAPITAL GAINS AND RENTAL YIELD REPORT Q2 2020

housing shortage

Government no longer placing figure on housing shortage

Earthquake-prone Wellington

Earthquake-prone Wellington apartment owner says Government’s loan scheme is not enough

WorkSafe NZ

Two Men Sentenced After Power Pole Comes Down In Wellington

wage subsidy

Housing is hot – so why aren’t realtors repaying the wage subsidy?

Westpac

Drop in migration could lead to changes in housing market – Westpac

Reserve Bank

Reserve Bank considers lowering cost of borrowing

house prices

Reserve Bank says house prices falling would be ‘worst-case scenario’ for NZ’s economy

Real Estate Agents

Who is the largest residential real estate company in New Zealand?

KiwiBuild

Keen interest in Marfell KiwiBuild homes, but locals remain sceptical

Why You Don’t Need to a Six-Figure Income to Invest in Property | WATCH

property investors

NZ Election 2020: TOP’s plan to hit the property investors

Mount Crawford

Too sacred for housing? Challenge to plans for Mount Crawford development

Deputy Leader ACT

ACT deputy leader Brooke van Velden details struggle to get into housing market as young Kiwi | WATCH

FOMO

‘Buyers are fretting’: FOMO hits property market amid rising prices – survey

Century 21

More listings needed to avoid buyers exiting the market

Tony Alexander

REINZ & TONY ALEXANDER REAL ESTATE SURVEY | OCTOBER 2020

expensive house

Kiwis baffled by interior design of Wellington’s most expensive house listing

National promises rent-to-own scheme for state house tenants | WATCH

Most expensive home ever listed – Wellington NEW ZEALAND | WATCH

46 Hobson Street

Most expensive home ever listed – Wellington | WATCH

Eden Park

ASB Bank to gift weeklong naming rights for Eden Park

Feilding

House listed for 13 years still not sold, so owner bumps up the price

trust laws

New Zealand’s new trust laws set to surprise beneficiaries – lawyer

Kiwi houses

Kiwi houses selling as fast as 2016 boom

Chinese farms

Fonterra sells Chinese farms for half a billion dollars

Bindi Norwell

Me and My Money: Bindi Norwell

CoreLogic House Price Index

Property market enters spring on the up

Auckland property market

How’s Auckland’s property market travelling?

hydro houses

Turangi ‘hydro houses’ experience huge price lift

Healthy Homes

Labour promises to expand Healthy Homes to all DHBs to help fight rheumatic fever | WATCH

first-home buyers

COVID-19: No exemption for first-home buyers

Auckland property company

Auckland property company CEO apologises after ‘cringey’, ‘aggressive’ job listing ridiculed online

REINZ Welcomes Labour’s Announcement Around Property Management Code Of Conduct

Auckland Housing Market

Auckland Properties Sales Numbers Rise Significantly, But Price Rises Slow

home ownership

House prices and home ownership – has Labour delivered on its promises?

property investment

Kiwis have ‘perverse incentives’ around property investment – Chlöe Swarbrick | WATCH

Australia

Australian house prices fall for fifth straight month

Northland housing market

Northland housing market under pressure as Kiwis flock home | WATCH

Lifestyle property

Lifestyle property on 25 acres for less than a city villa

Realestate - Reports September 2020 - Map Three

AUCKLAND AVERAGE ASKING PRICE HITS A $1 MILLION RECORD WHILE NATIONAL STOCK REMAINS AT A RECORD LOW | realestate.co.nz

Google Search

Surge of interest in ‘move to NZ’ searches from US during fiery Trump, Biden debate

Bayleys

Bayleys Taranaki to take over TSB Real Estate

Judith Collins

‘We’ve got to build more houses’ – Judith Collins | WATCH

Megan Woods

Labour promised big on housing – has it delivered?

Reserve Bank

Mortgage Commitments Record – RBNZ

Mortgage Rates

Funding for Lending – how it pushes down your mortgage and term deposit rates

house prices

ECONOMY Economist explains why the pandemic hasn’t hit house prices

Welcome

Welcome to propertynoise.co.nz

Grand Designs

Grand Designs New Zealand – Island Hideaway | WATCH

KiwiBuild scheme

‘Stopped more houses being built at Ihumātao than they’ve built’ – National’s Simeon Brown targets Labour’s housing record | WATCH

property prices

Top 5 reasons why property prices haven’t crashed… yet

first-time renters guide

REINZ launches new first-time renters guide

Kiwi Campground

Buyers Set To Show Their ‘in-tent’ As Classic Kiwi Campground Is Placed On The Market For Sale

NZ housing market

What recession? Our unstoppable housing market marches on

millennials

More millennials moving back in with mum and dad

Bindi Norwell

The region ranked last for property investment

Mortgage lending

Mortgage lending shrugs off August’s move back up alert levels

Fringe towns

Fringe towns will soon become ‘Zoom towns’ – property analyst

Rent freeze

Rent freeze, intended to protect tenants during Covid-19 lockdown, ends today | WATCH

QV House Price Index

Property Prices Going From Boom To “Zoom”

Tall Poppy

Fast-moving Housing Market Tough For First Home Buyers

Official Cash Rate

‘No change’: Reserve Bank holds Official Cash Rate, but economists expect it to go negative

housing

New Zealanders more concerned about housing than unemployment – survey

Historic Church Building

Historic Church Building For Sale Is Ripe For Conversion By Residential Developers

trademe-property

Wellington rents stall for the first time in five years

kiwibank

Kiwibank Economics Update – September 2020 | WATCH

CoreLogic

CoreLogic NZ Monthly Property & Economic Update – September | WATCH

Zombie towns

Zombie towns or paradise? Regional centres defy predictions

Auckland landlord

Good Sorts: Auckland landlord waits two months for tenant whose son has rare health condition | WATCH

NZ house prices

Experts, home buyers not convinced New Zealand house prices will fall | WATCH

Grand Designs New Zealand

Grand Designs New Zealand | Medieval Castle – WATCH

recession

How New Zealand’s recession compares to the rest of the world

Trade Me Property

Demand soars for property in Wellington

waterfall house

Inside Wellington’s $5.5m waterfall house

Salvation Army Report

Unemployment, mental health and expensive housing: Report outlines the biggest issues Kiwis face ahead of the election

167 Devon St West New Plymouth

Accommodation Redevelopments Mooted As Two Large City Office Blocks Go Up For Sale

Southern Wide Real Estate Otago

Provincial focus prompts real estate firm purchase

Jacinda Ardern

Jacinda Ardern’s message to landlords considering increasing rents

Grand Designs New Zealand

Grand Designs New Zealand – Brighton Beach House | WATCH

Slice of paradise – southern station for sale

Resimac

Record loan settlements over six months

Actress Willow Smith

Willow Smith buys first house for $4.3m

House Price Inflation

The Disturbing Truth About House Price Inflation

Otago landlords

Concern as Otago landlords advised to get rid of ‘problem’ tenants before law change

Bindi Norwell

Record median house prices for half of NZ according to REINZ August data

price-fixing

Hamilton real estate companies fined $4m for price-fixing

regional airport

Revealed: The regional airport voted New Zealand’s best

New Zealand earns top 20 ranking in the world for house price growth, despite coronavirus crisis

commercial real estate

Coronavirus: Commercial tenants negotiate lower rents as ‘very challenging’ effects of lockdown hit

NZ Prime Minister – Jacinda Ardern’s childhood Morrinsville home up for sale | New Zealand

Jacinda Ardern

Jacinda Ardern’s childhood Morrinsville home up for sale

Australian Banks

Time’s up: Banks begin contacting deferred mortgage holders | AUSTRALIA

Tony Alexander

REINZ & Tony Alexander Survey for September: Market Strength Increases

18-32 Haining Street, Wellington

Mid-Century Apartment Conversion Opportunity In Inner City

Ray White Awards

Ray White New Zealand celebrates its 2020 winners

house buyers

Surge of homes being sold without buyers seeing the property | WATCH

Negative interest rates

Negative interest rates tipped for April 2021

NZ Property Market

COVID-19’s impact starting to show, with profit making resales down

REINZ CEO Bindi Norwell

Gisborne house prices selling for 71% higher than CV – highest in NZ | REINZ

Human remains

Human remains found in concrete at Mt Eden villa identified as missing property owner

recession

Is The Property Market Headed For A Recession?

Auckland Housing Market

August 2020 Housing Market Update | Barfoot & Thompson

Paula Bennett

Paula Bennett, soon to be a real estate agent

house prices

Queenstown house prices plunge, rest of NZ holds up | WATCH

Auctioneer

A Milestone Three Decades In The Making

realestate.co.nz

LOWEST STOCK NATIONALLY SINCE RECORDS BEGAN 13-YEARS AGO | realestate.co.nz

CoreLogic House Price Index

CoreLogic House Price Index finds property values stuck between a rock and a hard place

home loan

10 tips to maximise your chances of getting approved for a home loan during COVID-19 | WATCH

Kendra Wilkinson

If in doubt – become a real estate agent

lifestyle blocks

More Kiwis moving to lifestyle blocks in wake of COVID-19

ASB

Seeing light at the end of the tunnel

Bindi Norwell

What COVID? Auckland’s sales volumes surpass 2019’s & rest of NZ quickly catching up, says REINZ

Mortgage Lending

New residential mortgage lending up 11.4% | RBNZ

US Home Prices

Rich Americans lead pack in foreign investors seeking safe haven in NZ

OfficeMax

OfficeMax to close all its retail stores amid COVID-19 pandemic

Rawdon Christie

Former TVNZ Breakfast star now flipping houses for a living

mortgage payments

Thousands default on mortgage payments, others rush to get home finance

Barry Crump

Barry Crump’s former CBD bolt hole for sale

The Art of War

The Art of War – for property investors