Mortgage holders are questioning why their banks are making them wait between two and three-and-a-half weeks to pass on Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard's cut in official interest rates to their floating home loan rates. 23-03-2011 more >>
February proved to be a mixed month for the housing market with volumes and the average median price up, but the average time to sell also increasing, according to the latest REINZ report. 14-03-2011 more >>
Auckland faces a rent shock as the Christchurch earthquake diaspora, rising insurance premiums and the loss of a landlords' tax break all affect demand on already scarce stock. 09-03-2011 more >>
Hopes rents are set to increase have been given a boost by the latest figures from Statistics New Zealand (SNZ) on building consents. 09-03-2011 more >>
Auckland City is the only place in the country to see property values above this time last year, according to the QV indices for February. 08-03-2011 more >>
Despite press reports of skyrocketing rental demand in Auckland, rental prices appear to be holding steady according to the January Crockers Market Research. 07-03-2011 more >>
Auckland's average weekly rent fell by $14 in February from the all-time high of $416 in January, according to the latest Barfoot & Thompson housing market report. 03-03-2011 more >>
What little momentum was being seen in the housing market is in danger of being entirely snuffed out in the wake of the devastating Christchurch earthquake, according to the latest ANZ Property Focus. 02-03-2011 more >>
The country's major banks have announced a number of assistance package measures for home loan customers affected by the Christchurch earthquake. 24-02-2011 more >>
The housing market is set to remain subdued for the next couple of years and further declines in house prices are expected in early 2011, according to the latest ASB Housing Confidence Survey. 22-02-2011 more >>
The Real Estate Institute says only 3,252 houses changed hands in January, beating the previous record low of 3,666 in January last year. 11-02-2011 more >>
People desperate to rent property in central Auckland should treat their dealings with estate agents like a job interview, estate agencies warn. 08-02-2011 more >>
The rental market – particularly in Auckland – has been bucking the trend of falling prices and low sales as “a whole new generation of renters have left home ownership behind.†08-02-2011 more >>
Christchurch and Nelson are the only places to have seen residential property values increase on last year, according to the latest QV Residential Property update. 08-02-2011 more >>
Despite falling house prices and sales, Kiwi’s love affair with rental property remains intact as it is rated the second best bet for investment returns behind term deposits. 07-02-2011 more >>
The black clouds of widening house affordability look like having a silver lining for landlords as a whole new demographic, priced out of home ownership, moves into private rental accommodation. 04-02-2011 more >>
A low level of sales activity in the Auckland housing market was bucked by an active rental sector, according to Barfoot & Thompson. 03-02-2011 more >>
There is a particular risk that has showed up recently and that is building a property portfolio in a single area. The recent events such as the Christchurch earthquake and the Queensland floods have caused huge problems for the local populations and even loss of life. These natural disasters have also caused many problems for property investors and their tenants in both areas. These problems will have been especially bad for investors who had all their properties in the one area. 01-02-2011 more >>
Tax changes are "essential" to remove the distortions that favour housing as an investment over basic savings products, according to the Savings Working Group report. 01-02-2011 more >>
December saw a further pick-up in recorded house sales, however this comes from a very low base and mortgage lending remained flat, according to the latest ANZ Property Focus. 31-01-2011 more >>
Home-owners can be confident floating mortgage rates won't be rising for some time following Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard's expected decision to keep interest rates on hold. 27-01-2011 more >>
