Property News
Top three Barfoot agents turn over $200m
Barfoot and Thompson's latest performance results for its agents reveal the top three had $200 million in combined sales over the past financial year. More...
Auckland lacking homeowners: Survey
Auckland has the lowest rate of outright home ownership in the country, Roy Morgan statistics reveal. More...
Get systems right, property investors reminded
Property investors are in the Inland Revenue Department’s sights – it has been given an extra $6.65 million to make sure they are paying their bills. More...
Kiwis backing rental property
Rental property is still New Zealanders’ top pick for investment returns, the latest ASB survey of investor confidence shows. More...
Budget eyes property market
Warrants of fitness for rental properties will be trialled in New Zealand homes, the Government has announced. More...
Kiwi houses too expensive: IMF
New Zealand houses are overvalued by as much as 25%, the International Monetary Fund has said in its annual economic assessment of the country. More...
Buyers giving up: Survey
Buyers are despairing of ever being able to find a property, according to the latest BNZ/REINZ survey of real estate agents. More...
Accord fast-tracks developments
Developers will be able to push through subdivisions in less than a quarter of the time under a housing accord signed between the Housing Minister and Auckland’s mayor. More...
Reserve Bank policies get blame for lagging rents
Reserve Bank policies may have increased the gap between average rents and average house prices over recent years, an analyst says. More...
Insurance changes: Don't guesstimate
Property investors will soon have to put a dollar value on the cost of replacing their entire portfolios. More...
ANZ: Is market sustainable?
Momentum in the housing market may not be sustainable, ANZ says in its latest Property Focus report. More...
Asking prices climb
Sellers’ house price expectations have shown no sign of slowing in the latest report from Realestate.co.nz More...
Consent drop may be a blip
Building consent figures dropped last month – but one economist says that shouldn’t be seen as a sign of residential construction slowing. More...
HNZ targets investors
Housing New Zealand should stump up with more rent if it wants to win over landlords. More...
Clean, green image will attract buyers: Alexander
BNZ chief economist Tony Alexander has renewed his calls for New Zealand to implement a policy regarding foreign purchasers buying Kiwi properties. More...