Property Management

Property price boom puts squeeze on house rents

Escalating property prices are putting the squeeze on Marlborough's rental market and making it a struggle for many families to find affordable housing.

Wednesday, November 19th 2003

Real estate agents and social groups say the higher cost of buying properties and the prices landlords can fetch for selling are adding to a historic shortage of rentals in the region.

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House of the rising sum no more

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Friday, March 21st 2025

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

New Zealander’s reliance on property capital gains in the mid-single digits is at an end.

Friday, January 31st 2025

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

It’s been years in the making and former real estate agent Mike Harvey is now coming to market with his platform matching buyers and sellers, an offering he says will be a gamechanger for the industry.

Friday, January 17th 2025

Leaving last year's stumbling housing market behind

As interest rates ease and job losses climb, New Zealand’s housing market faces a mixed year of modest growth, with conflicting forces shaping the outlook for homebuyers and investors.

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	4.29
SBS FirstHome Combo	4.29
China Construction Bank	4.85
Co-operative Bank - First Home Special	4.85
ICBC	4.85
TSB Special	4.89
ASB Bank	4.89
SBS Bank Special	4.89
BNZ - Std	4.89
Kiwibank Special	4.89
AIA - Go Home Loans	4.89

Nelson Building Society	4.93
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BNZ - Std	4.95
China Construction Bank	4.95
Wairarapa Building Society	4.95
Kiwibank Special	4.95
AIA - Go Home Loans	4.95
TSB Special	4.95
ANZ Special	4.95
ASB Bank	4.95
SBS Bank Special	4.95

ICBC	5.39
SBS Bank Special	5.39
BNZ - Std	5.59
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ	5.59
AIA - Go Home Loans	5.59
BNZ - Classic	5.59
ASB Bank	5.59
Kainga Ora	5.69
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Kiwibank Special	5.79
TSB Special	5.89

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AIA - Back My Build	4.44
CFML 321 Loans	4.99
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Heartland Bank - Online	5.99
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Kiwibank	6.35
TSB Special	6.39
Kainga Ora	6.44