Property Management

Exploding the residential property myth

One of the great urban myths in New Zealand is that residential property is the best returning investment possible. It's no wonder then that more than 60% of New Zealand's household assets are in residential property. However, new research from WestpacTrust shows that property isn't as flash as people think. In fact, you're better off owning a diversified portfolio of shares than residential property.

Monday, June 24th 2002

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Friday, March 21st 2025

Four decades of 6-7% yearly house price growth ending

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Friday, January 31st 2025

[TMM Podcast] Yelsa serves up “marine reserve” of property buyers

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Friday, January 17th 2025

Leaving last year's stumbling housing market behind

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Wednesday, January 15th 2025

Don’t bet on house prices rising faster than incomes

Former Reserve Bank Governor and National Party leader Don Brash says there are grounds for believing that house prices may finally have ended the three-decade period when they rose significantly faster than incomes.

Unity First Home Buyer special	3.99
SBS FirstHome Combo	3.99
ICBC	4.69
Co-operative Bank - First Home Special	4.69
TSB Special	4.75
Westpac Special	4.75
ASB Bank	4.79
BNZ - Std	4.79
Kiwibank Special	4.79
AIA - Go Home Loans	4.79
Unity Special	4.79

TSB Special	4.75
Westpac Special	4.75
BNZ - Std	4.89
ICBC	4.89
Kiwibank Special	4.89
Unity Special	4.89
AIA - Go Home Loans	4.89
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ	4.89
ANZ Special	4.89
ASB Bank	4.89
SBS Bank Special	4.89

SBS Bank Special	5.39
Westpac Special	5.39
ICBC	5.39
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ	5.49
TSB Special	5.49
BNZ - Std	5.59
BNZ - Classic	5.59
ASB Bank	5.59
AIA - Go Home Loans	5.59
Kainga Ora	5.69
Kiwibank Special	5.79

SBS Construction lending for FHB	3.74
AIA - Back My Build	4.44
CFML 321 Loans	4.75
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ	5.70
Co-operative Bank - Standard	5.70
Heartland Bank - Online	5.75
ICBC	6.09
Kiwibank - Offset	6.15
Kiwibank	6.15
ASB Bank	6.29
SBS Bank	6.29