This month, I thought it was well worth a specific look at housing patterns in Auckland. Values across the super-city have dropped by 6% from the ‘mini peak’...
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At the end of last year, we suggested that a big-picture theme for the property market in 2023 would be continued weakness for the first half of the year but a...
To provide a quick guide, sometimes analysts and commentators (me included) will run simple numbers that compare the average rent in an area to its average...
As we kick into another year, I thought it was worth a high-level assessment of where things currently stand in the property investment market and some key...
Whenever I talk or write about property, it’s typically unavoidable that I need to use averages or medians or other types of summary measures – these are often...
In recent months the volume of property sales has remained very low, and values have continued to fall, with Auckland amongst the softest markets in NZ...
Inflation is currently a critical concern in NZ and globally, which has knock-on effects on the housing market via a higher official cash rate (OCR) and...
Clearly, the housing market news, sentiment, and data are all moving pretty quickly at present, with commentary having turned sharply over the past few months...
Our Buyer Classification figures are always fascinating to track, showing how market shares for each different buyer group are changing through time. But...
Vendors appear to be buckling in quite a few parts of Auckland It’s a stylised fact that during property market upswings, the growth in values tends to be...
It’s an understatement to suggest that the content of the Government’s housing policy announcement on 23rd March was a surprise to most. In reality, it was a...
Thinking back to the start of 2020, nobody could have anticipated what was about to playout for the economy or the property market. But after a lot of...
COVID-19 hasn’t significantly undermined the property market so far In this fast-moving COVID environment it’s easy to lose track of everything that’s...
The 2020 General Election is fast approaching and even in normal years elections tend to create some uncertainty in the economy and the property market, with...
It’s obviously been an unprecedented year for the economy and property market so far in 2020, but it’s at least been reassuring that the number of appraisals...
In the coming months, there are likely to be some ‘bargains’ on offer for property investors, although a slowdown in value growth may well mean more emphasis...
