News

News updated on 20 May 2022

• Why first-home buyers are no better off despite falling house prices – www.mpamag.com

News updated on 19 May 2022

• Housing Market Slowdown Affecting All New Zealanders – www.prnewswire.com

News updated on 18 May 2022

• ASB, Westpac predict biggest drop in house prices over next year – www.mpamag.com

News updated on 17 May 2022

• Tauranga's luxury market running hot as 'record' prices fetched – www.nzherald.co.nz

News updated on 15 May 2022

• New Zealand housing prices unsustainable, inflation a challenge: IMF – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 14 May 2022

• Volume of property sales tumble across New Zealand – www.mpamag.com

News updated on 13 May 2022

• House price growth slowing, but not yet buyers' market - real estate firm – www.rnz.co.nz

News updated on 12 May 2022

• Property prices drop in New Zealand, house sale activity plummets - REINZ report – www.newshub.co.nz

News updated on 11 May 2022

• House sale volumes tumble 35.2 per cent, prices fall in market turnaround: REINZ data out – www.nzherald.co.nz
• As property market cools, New Zealand's recent home buyers tighten belts – www.reuters.com

News updated on 9 May 2022

• New Zealand house prices are crashing – www.macrobusiness.com.au

News updated on 7 May 2022

• No room for delays in tackling housing crisis – www.goldstreamgazette.com

News updated on 6 May 2022

• Ardern throws lifeline to panicked New Zealand housing market – www.macrobusiness.com.au

News updated on 12 April 2022

• New Zealand house prices are starting to fall - but many buyers remain locked out – www.theguardian.com

News updated on 6 April 2022

• Property market slowdown: Some may 'come unstuck' – www.rnz.co.nz
• New Zealand house prices continue to soften – eliteagent.com
• Fixes to lending laws to allow first-home buyers into weak property market – www.mpamag.com

News updated on 3 April 2022

• While Ontario backs off single-family home zoning reform, New Zealand goes full steam ahead – www.thestar.com

News updated on 31 March 2022

• New Zealand’s housing market is flashing red – www.macrobusiness.com.au

News updated on 25 March 2022

• Kiwi homeowners face soaring mortgage repayments as rates jump – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 22 March 2022

• New Zealand house price growth slowing with dozens of suburbs recording falls in median values - CoreLogic – www.newshub.co.nz

News updated on 14 March 2022

• Supply and demand scale 'tipping' in housing market – www.1news.co.nz

News updated on 13 March 2022

• New Zealand home prices rise, but at more moderate pace – www.nasdaq.com

News updated on 10 March 2022

• Another housing boom? NZ real estate agent warns prices could climb again as Kiwis return home – www.newshub.co.nz

News updated on 8 March 2022

• Deal with Singapore fund may signal start of return of foreign investors - Colliers – www.rnz.co.nz

News updated on 7 March 2022

• New Zealand property: 'Sluggish' housing market could be perfect time for first-home buyers - economist – www.newshub.co.nz

News updated on 6 March 2022

• Here's what the border reopening means for the housing market – www.stuff.co.nz

News updated on 25 February 2022

• Residential property continues to reap record high resale profits – www.corelogic.co.nz

News updated on 24 February 2022

• New Zealand Retail Sales Rise in Q4 2021 – money.usnews.com

News updated on 21 February 2022

• Are Property Market Dynamics Shifting In New Zealand? – www.scoop.co.nz

News updated on 18 February 2022

• Housing affordability in New Zealand plummets to all-time low – www.newshub.co.nz

News updated on 16 February 2022

• House prices expected to fall further than previously forecast - ASB – www.rnz.co.nz
• Big drop in house sales linked to credit law changes – www.mpamag.com

News updated on 15 February 2022

• New Zealand homes sales and prices ease in January – www.reuters.com
• Tighter lending among factors slowing house price growth - REINZ – www.rnz.co.nz

News updated on 13 February 2022

• Build-to-rent sector 'needs Government action' to scale up – www.stuff.co.nz

News updated on 11 February 2022

• House prices up 6.1 pct with New Zealand's national average now over $1.06 million – www.newshub.co.nz

News updated on 9 February 2022

• New Zealanders warned over risks of buying new builds as building costs escalate – www.newshub.co.nz

News updated on 8 February 2022

• Millennials, expats and sustainability are driving real estate prices higher – Sotheby’s predicts big gains on UK serviced residences and luxury homes in Australia and New Zealand – www.scmp.com
• Millennials, expats and sustainability are driving real estate prices higher – Sotheby’s predicts big gains on UK serviced residences and luxury homes in Australia and New Zealand – www.scmp.com

News updated on 1 February 2022

• Average asking price for New Zealand houses tops $1m – www.rnz.co.nz

News updated on 29 January 2022

• National says ordinary New Zealanders bearing brunt of housing market bright-line test – www.newshub.co.nz
• Tenants brace for year of the rent hike – www.stuff.co.nz

News updated on 26 January 2022

• 'Meaningful drop': Conditions in housing market could be ripe for prices to fall – www.nzherald.co.nz
• Residential real estate value reaches $1.72 trillion in last quarter of 2021 – www.rnz.co.nz

News updated on 22 January 2022

• Property prices continue to rise in 'pretty buoyant' Timaru market – www.stuff.co.nz

News updated on 21 January 2022

• Rental prices across New Zealand continue to rise – www.mpamag.com

News updated on 19 January 2022

• Is the housing market actually slowing down? – thespinoff.co.nz

News updated on 18 January 2022

• The three reasons New Zealand's housing market is 'starting to shift' – www.newshub.co.nz
• New Zealand home prices drop in December over previous month – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• The big shift: Search for an affordable housing market – www.stuff.co.nz
• Housing market appears to be hitting pause after rapid growth – www.rnz.co.nz

News updated on 14 January 2022

• An unremarkable end to a remarkable property year in NZ – eliteagent.com

News updated on 11 January 2022

• Odd things about 2021's largest property sale: $177m deal has curious twist – www.nzherald.co.nz
• Housing: Average asking price hits 14-year high, but number of homes for purchase also up – www.newshub.co.nz

News updated on 10 January 2022

• Numbers of houses for sale surges, annual sales numbers also up – www.nzherald.co.nz

News updated on 8 January 2022

• Property investors share their plans for 2022 amid sky-high prices – www.mpamag.com

News updated on 7 January 2022

• 'People are getting very frustrated': Runaway housing market leaving 'hellbent' first-home buyers behind – www.newshub.co.nz

News updated on 5 January 2022

• New Zealand Posts Record Calendar Year House Price Growth – www.bnnbloomberg.ca
• Want an 'average' NZ home? You'll need $1 million – www.stuff.co.nz
• Average house prices in New Zealand cross NZD1m for the first time – capital.com

News updated on 3 January 2022

• Inner City Pressure: Lower rent, more rentals in Auckland CBD in pandemic NZ – www.stuff.co.nz

News updated on 27 December 2021

• First-home values up, QV records 'bumper year' for property owners – www.rnz.co.nz

News updated on 24 December 2021

• November average house price $1.64m: real estate firm – www.odt.co.nz

News updated on 23 December 2021

• 2022: A buyer's market? Only if you're on the ladder – www.stuff.co.nz
• Wellington leaps to number two in world house price rankings – www.stuff.co.nz

News updated on 22 December 2021

• Horowhenua District Council shares affordable housing plans for district – www.mpamag.com

News updated on 21 December 2021

• Median price for lifestyle blocks in Otago tops $1 million – www.google.com

News updated on 15 December 2021

• Prices continue to rise, but growth rates show signs of easing – www.mpamag.com
• Government needs to be held accountable on housing plans: Human Rights Commission – www.stuff.co.nz

News updated on 14 December 2021

• New Zealand property prices rise again, but sentiment has turned – www.mpamag.com
• Big dollars paid for city homes in record-breaking 2021 – www.stuff.co.nz

News updated on 12 December 2021

• New Zealand Median House Price at New Record in November – www.marketwatch.com
• Could we be building too many houses? – www.stuff.co.nz

News updated on 10 December 2021

• Red-hot housing market has finally come off the boil, according to mortgage lender – www.mpamag.com
• NZ slips to third in global house price rise index – www.stuff.co.nz

News updated on 8 December 2021

• New Zealand's priciest properties quickly becoming more expensive – www.stuff.co.nz

News updated on 7 December 2021

• What do New Zealanders want the government to do about house prices? – www.mpamag.com
• Housing: Economist on why first home buyers should take a 'summer break' before diving back in next year – www.newshub.co.nz

News updated on 5 December 2021

• Canterbury New Zealand's hottest housing market, up 32.7% – www.nzherald.co.nz

News updated on 1 December 2021

• Jump in new property listings an early sign the housing market could be turning – www.newshub.co.nz
• How the commercial real estate sector will evolve to support hybrid workplaces of the future – www.commercialrealestate.com.au

News updated on 26 November 2021

• Housing: New Zealand prices to calm next year before fall - poll – www.newshub.co.nz
• New Zealand Real Estate Investors Pull Back After Policy Changes, Price Growth Slows – betterdwelling.com
• Survey Indicates Property Market Cooling Due To Confusion – www.scoop.co.nz

News updated on 25 November 2021

• New Zealand hikes rates again, warns homeowners to prepare for more – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• 'Berserk' New Zealand House Price Rises to Calm Next Year, Fall in 2023 - Reuters Poll – money.usnews.com
• Auckland property: Online bidding drives prices further - auctioneer – www.nzherald.co.nz

News updated on 18 November 2021

• New Zealand’s ‘most expensive house’ sells for $17 million – www.news.com.au
• Housing the top issue facing Kiwis despite pandemic and Labour most trusted to solve it – www.newshub.co.nz

News updated on 15 November 2021

• Kiwi Property Reveals NZ’s First Build-to-Rent Development – www.theurbandeveloper.com

News updated on 13 November 2021

• Risk to house buyers as developers void contracts via sunset clause to sell at higher price – www.nzherald.co.nz

News updated on 12 November 2021

• Waikato houses prices at all time high, despite slowing sales – www.stuff.co.nz
• Largest hotel transaction 2021 in NZ sold Circa $100m by Colliers – www.thehotelconversation.com.au

News updated on 11 November 2021

• Pandemic lockdowns hit house sales: volumes drop 21%, but prices still rise – www.nzherald.co.nz

News updated on 10 November 2021

• New Zealand home prices rebound in October as COVID-19 curbs ease – www.nasdaq.com
• New Zealand's average house price cracks $1m: QV – www.stuff.co.nz
• Shaws Bay Hotel Sold $31m in another large North Coast hotel deal by JLL Hotels – www.thehotelconversation.com.au

News updated on 8 November 2021

• New Zealand property value bounce back likely to be temporary – eliteagent.com

News updated on 7 November 2021

• One of the World’s Hottest Real-Estate Markets Tries to Cool Down – www.wsj.com

News updated on 6 November 2021

• Selwyn soars as property prices rise 33 per cent in a year – www.stuff.co.nz

News updated on 2 November 2021

• Housing prices pose risk to New Zealand's financial stability, RBNZ governor says – www.rnz.co.nz

News updated on 1 November 2021

• New Zealand House Prices Could Ease in Medium Term, RBNZ Gov Says – www.marketwatch.com
• National average house asking price just under $1m – www.stuff.co.nz

News updated on 27 October 2021

• Tauranga company aiming to tackle housing shortage – www.sunlive.co.nz

News updated on 26 October 2021

• New Zealand looks to reform zoning in cities. Could a similar move help ease B.C.’s housing crisis? – globalnews.ca

News updated on 20 October 2021

• New Zealand plans new housing density laws to tame red-hot property market – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• NZ Super, Classic create NZ$300m affordable housing land venture – realassets.ipe.com

News updated on 18 October 2021

• Christchurch house prices continue to rise as most others slow – www.nzherald.co.nz
• New homes: Can NZ build its way out of a housing crisis? – www.oneroof.co.nz
• Developers can't provide large, luxurious homes at cheap prices – www.oneroof.co.nz
• Just how long does it take to build a home in NZ? – www.oneroof.co.nz

News updated on 13 October 2021

• Christchurch least vulnerable to a fall in house prices – www.odt.co.nz

News updated on 12 October 2021

• NZ's major cities moderately vulnerable to property downturn - study – www.rnz.co.nz

News updated on 11 October 2021

• House prices still going up in Palmerston North, but not so fast – www.stuff.co.nz
• House Prices Keep Rising, Despite Increasing Headwinds – www.scoop.co.nz

News updated on 9 October 2021

• Housing crisis: Could a Berlin-style nationalisation of housing happen in New Zealand? – www.newshub.co.nz

News updated on 6 October 2021

• Brace yourself for more mortgage interest rate rises – www.nzherald.co.nz
• Overseas interest in NZ properties remains low and not likely to improve much - Tony Alexander/REINZ survey – www.interest.co.nz
• New Zealand raises rates to rein in property prices and inflation worries – www.ft.com
• APRA tightens home loan rules on the same day New Zealand's Reserve Bank lifts interest rates – www.abc.net.au

News updated on 5 October 2021

• Government launches shared home ownership scheme for families that can't save a deposit – www.stuff.co.nz

News updated on 4 October 2021

• New Zealand: The struggle to find a ‘decent home’ – www.aljazeera.com
• New Zealand: The struggle to find a ‘decent home’ – www.aljazeera.com

News updated on 2 October 2021

• Auckland's property market takes a bigger hit than it did in the first level 4 lockdown in March/April last year – www.interest.co.nz

News updated on 1 October 2021

• Property average asking price falls to 4-month low - realestate.co.nz – www.newshub.co.nz
• House price growth slows for fifth consecutive month - CoreLogic – www.rnz.co.nz

News updated on 30 September 2021

• New dwelling consents surge in August, particularly in Auckland and Canterbury – www.interest.co.nz
• ‘Haves and have-nots’: how the housing crisis is creating two New Zealands – a photo essay – www.theguardian.com

News updated on 29 September 2021

• No 'cheap' suburb as house prices continue to skyrocket in Palmerston North – www.stuff.co.nz

News updated on 28 September 2021

• New Zealand introduces rules to cool its red-hot housing market – www.aljazeera.com
• Two decade exemption for new builds in tax change meant to deter property investment – www.newshub.co.nz
• New Zealand seeks to cool scorching housing market with new law – www.reuters.com
• Economists pick when the 'turbo-charged' New Zealand housing market will stall – www.newshub.co.nz

News updated on 25 September 2021

• 5 Radical Centre ideas the NZ Left desperately needs right now (plus 5 worst woke laws) – thedailyblog.co.nz

News updated on 23 September 2021

• Level 3 Auckland Sees Real Estate Reawakened – www.scoop.co.nz
• CBA warns action, review needed to avoid NZ-style housing intervention – www.news.com.au

News updated on 18 September 2021

• Geelong suburbs where buyers are negotiating discounted sales – www.news.com.au

News updated on 17 September 2021

• ‘Generation frozen out’: New Zealand house prices soar despite government reform – www.theguardian.com

News updated on 16 September 2021

• Strong Spring Predicted For Property Market Following Lockdown – www.scoop.co.nz
• Tax Guidance With Respect To Real Estate Property For Canadian Non-Residents – www.mondaq.com
• ‘Generation frozen out’: New Zealand house prices soar despite government reform – www.theguardian.com

News updated on 15 September 2021

• House prices defy Level 4 – www.gisborneherald.co.nz

News updated on 14 September 2021

• Lockdown has not stopped house prices rising – www.stuff.co.nz
• Group of 115 property investors landbank in Oamaru – www.stuff.co.nz
• Covid 19 coronavirus Delta outbreak: house sales fall 26.5%, price rises subdued – www.nzherald.co.nz

News updated on 13 September 2021

• What an alert level 3 change will mean for the Auckland property market – www.newshub.co.nz
• Pressure on construction work changing way houses are sold – www.rnz.co.nz

News updated on 12 September 2021

• Developers rethink upfront sales as rising building costs, supply delays complicate house builds – www.stuff.co.nz

News updated on 10 September 2021

• Property Prices Outgrow Average Salary In New Zealand; COVID Pandemic Cited As A Reason – www.republicworld.com
• One Roof: Is Tauranga the hardest place to buy a house in New Zealand? – www.nzherald.co.nz

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