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With low mortgage rates and rising rental returns, New Zealanders have returned to property as their favoured investment....Anecdotally Auckland and Christchurch appeared to be the most popular areas with property investors, as well as pockets of Dunedin. Read the full article here
".... relatively low prices but rising steadily, sales volumes picking up, short supply in sought-after locations, and low interest rates likely to continue throughout next year due to the economic uncertainty nationwide. No boom, but a definite boost, particularly in central Auckland.
Property values were 0.7% higher in September than the same time a year ago, and are just 4.6% off the 2007 peak, according to government agency Quotable Value New Zealand.
Is this a strong signal to potential investors that now might be a good time to invest? However, as always, there will be certain areas and properties that are better than others. As such, it is important to “do your homework” and research the options. Read the article here
"All of the main eight measures we use to gauge the current strength of the residential real estate market around New Zealand have strengthened over the past month indicating that slowly but surely on average things are shifting to a sellers market. More and more first home buyers are appearing, prices are perceived to be edging upward, and auction clearance rates are considered to be improving. However there has been a sizeable lift in potential vendors seeking appraisals of their properties, and in the opinion of agents the market balance is only marginally in favour of sellers. Regional variations remain strong." Read or download report here
"the underlying drift in real estate activity and prices is upward as the labour market improves and awareness of a worsening housing shortage increases...Our expectation is that prices on average will move higher over the next two to three years driven in large part by a strengthening labour market and inability of rising construction to make much dent in a housing shortage we now estimate to be approaching 45,000 units." Read the full report here
QVNZ’s index shows house prices in Auckland are now on average only a few points below the 2007 peak. Read article here
"The prolonged sluggishness of new property listings, which has been evident for nearly 2 years, has at last seen a tip in the balance of the property market from favouring buyers to favouring sellers. At least that is now being seen in two of the major markets around the country – Auckland and Queenstown lakes," realestate.co.nz chief executive Alistair Helm said. Read here