Sales and median price fall in December (18 Jan 2011)
December saw both residential property values and sales slide from November, though both market activity and median prices remained up on figures from earlier in the year, according to the Real Estate Institute (REINZ).
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Low sales volumes the theme for 2010 - QV (13 Jan 2011)
Residential property values continued to decline across the country in December, with values 0.9% below the same time last year, according to the latest QV Residential Property Market update.
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Landlord "screwed" by HNZ (30 Dec 2010)
Auckland property investor Ian Crayton is emphatic about the treatment he says he and other landlords have received from HNZ after signing up to its Home Leasing scheme.
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Landlords face higher rates after valuation anomalies (29 Dec 2010)
Inaccurate rating valuations have left some Hutt City commercial property owners facing excessive rates payments, claims Bayleys Valuations Chris Orchard.
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Despite a lift, housing market mood remains sombre (22 Dec 2010)
Although there has been some recovery in the housing market, though sales remain low and a mood of cautiousness remains, according to the latest ANZ Property Focus.
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LAQC changes show amazing arrogance and sloppiness: Labour (21 Dec 2010)
Government changes to tax legislation replacing the Loss Attributing Qualifying Company (LAQC) regime amounts to “a complete abuse of process and amazing arrogance and sloppiness,” claimed Labour Revenue spokesman Stuart Nash.
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Affordability can have dramatic impact: Dickens (20 Dec 2010)
The way people behave when houses become less and less affordable can have a dramatic impact on how many houses are needed to satisfy demand, Strategic Risk Analysis managing director Rodney Dickens says.
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Mortgagee sales down, focus of forced sales changes (20 Dec 2010)
Mortgagee sales have decreased in the last quarter, and the focus has moved from property investors to ordinary homeowners, according to Terralink International figures.
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Reserve Bank sees further house price falls (15 Dec 2010)
Housing market activity continues to slow, house prices may fall further in the near term and floating rate mortgage debt has hit a near decade high, according to the latest Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Statement.
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What's happening across the regions (14 Dec 2010)
Across the country there was a mixed picture in both total sales and median price movement.
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Rental looking good, residential moribund (14 Dec 2010)
Confidence about the economy in a year's time has slipped slightly and the residential real estate and commercial property sectors remain ‘moribund', according to the latest BNZ Confidence Survey.
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House price values and sales boosted by late spring surge (14 Dec 2010)
A late spring surge in the residential property market has lifted the level of sales back above 5,000 and the national median price up to $360,000, according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) November report.
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Rates left unchanged over stimulus effect concerns (09 Dec 2010)
The Reserve Bank left the OCR rate unchanged at 3% and forecast limited rises over the next two years, citing concerns the low rate was failing to provide a boost to the economy with below average corporate investment intentions and a weak housing market.
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LAQC changes confirmed (07 Dec 2010)
Proposed new rules confirmed today as part of the wider tax shake-up will eliminate landlords’ and businesses’ ability to claim depreciation on buildings and tighten the rules for LAQCs.
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Property values begin to stabilise (07 Dec 2010)
New Zealand property values are beginning to stabilise, though sales volumes remain relatively low, according to the latest QV residential property indices for November.
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Housing confidence down, investment property ‘less attractive’ (02 Dec 2010)
Confidence in the housing market continued to fall over the three months to October, with tax changes regarding investment property adding to the cautiousness towards housing as an investment option, according to the latest ASB Housing Confidence Survey.
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Steve McKnight on how to use real estate to create a golden future (30 Nov 2010)
Steve McKnight was a key note speaker at the NZPIF Conference 15-17 October in Blenheim
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Housing consents continue to fall (30 Nov 2010)
The seasonally adjusted number of new housing units authorised, excluding apartments, has fallen for the fourth consecutive months to the lowest level since July 2009, Statistics New Zealand has said.
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Removal of gift duty still unclear (30 Nov 2010)
News the government is to abolish gift duty – confirmed by Revenue Minister Peter Dunne – may not mean the end of the current system for transferring property assets into trusts.
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Land investment product definition drafted (27 Nov 2010)
The problem definition of a land investment product finally has some clarity with a proposal to make the definition narrow around complex land investment schemes rather than broad capturing basic investment.
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Property gauges not positive (23 Nov 2010)
The housing market continued to weaken in October, with the ANZ Property Focus reporting the lowest number of sales for any month of October since the series began in 1992.
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Wanted: 100,000 additional rental properties for Auckland (22 Nov 2010)
An additional 100,000 rental properties will be required for Auckland at a cost of $31.1 billion over the next 20 years.
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Harcourts picks up a pulse in market (22 Nov 2010)
Housing market sales during October are down by as much as 46% on the year earlier in some parts of the country, according to the latest Harcourts MarketWatch figures.
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Commercial property returns move into upswing (19 Nov 2010)
A gradual slowing of the decline of commercial property capital values market is helping deliver improved investment returns, according to the Investment Property Databank.
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No spring in property markets step (11 Nov 2010)
The traditional springtime rise in residential property sales has failed to materialise so far this year, though the national median price is holding firm at $350,000 according to the latest REINZ monthly house price index.
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