New Zealand: News Archive

NOVEMBER 2009

• Massive OZ house price increases puts heat on interest rates - Property Wire

JUNE 2009

• Property market declinecontinues in June (pdf) - REINZ
• Weak housing market starts to grow shoots - NZ Herald

MAY 2009

• Global economic crisis heightens international interest in New Zealand property market - Voxxy
• New Zealand’s April house prices fall 9.2% from year earlier - Bloomberg

APRIL 2009

• Oz govt urged to extend first time buyer grant - Property Wire

MARCH 2009

• N.Z. Construction Declines, House Prices Fall to Four-Year Low - Bloomberg

FEBRUARY 2009

• Property values continue to slump in New Zealand - Property Wire
• Leaky property scandals in New Zealand end with developers being held responsible - Property Wire

JANUARY 2009

• English sees glum outlook, more rate cuts - Taranaki Daily News
• House prices still dropping - Stuff.Co

DECEMBER 2008

• New Zealand cuts interest rates to 5% - Financial Times

NOVEMBER 2008

• Slowdown in house building continues - NZ Herald
• Big Auckland property deals slump 87pc - NZ Herald
• Boom and bust property sector in New Zealand facing huge job losses - Property Wire

OCTOBER 2008

• New Zealand property prices continue declining - Property Wire

AUGUST 2008

• New Zealand Island defies global property downturn - Property Wire

JULY 2008

• New Zeland property plunge deepens but rentals provide glimmer of hope - Property Wire

JUNE 2008

• Downturn in prices and visitors a blow for New Zealand property investors - Property Wire

MAY 2008

• Lord of the Rings boom ends for luxury property market in New Zealand - Property Wire
• Optimism despite dip in property yields - TV New Zealand

APRIL 2008

• OZ lures Kiwi property investors - Newld Zealand Herald
• House prices 30 per cent over-valued, risk large fall - BNZ - Newld Zealand Hera

MARCH 2008

• Mortgages tipped to top 10% - The Dominion Post
• House sales all over the place - National Business Re

JANUARY 2008

• Survey highlights unaffordable property markets - Nubricks.com
• NZ household wealth following house values down - National Business Re
• Auckland house values up - Daily News

DECEMBER 2007

• Debts drop prices tumble - New Zealand Herald
• The great sell-off: $1m-plus state homes - New Zealand Herald

OCTOBER 2007

• Property prices hold up as market slows further - The National Busines
• Homeowners face new pain as mortgage interest rates rise - New Zealand Herald
• New Zealand banks to raise interest rates on home loans - Malaysia Sun

SEPTEMBER 2007

• Elite homes selling fast - New Zeland Herald
• Real estate market ’extremely quiet’ - New Zealand Herald
• Interest rates cut but no price war - The Dominion Post
• Dunedin house prices down slightly - The Otago Daily Time
• Cost of buying house at record high - report - Stuff.co.nz
• Major boost urged for fund to protect city’s heritage - New Zealand Herald
• A frustrating housing market in New Zealand - IHT
• Tree dimensional in New Zealand - Telegraph UK

AUGUST 2007

• Huge rise in number of tenant pensioners - New Zeland Herald
• Signs grow of cooling housing - The Dominion Post
• House prices keep creeping up - Daily Post
• Auckland still star of property market - New Zealand Herald
• Mortgage debt warning bells from UK - TVNZ One News
• Bourse to face interest rate fears - The Australian
• More trouble in store for home owners - Stuff.co.nz

JULY 2007

• Mortgage rates slowing housing market - NewsTalk.ZB
• Homeowners face more pain as rates set to rise - NZ Herald
• Former owner hits at link between agent and buyer - The New Zealand Hera
• Property problems: Building exemptions for building removal - The New Zealand Hera
• New law passed against rogue real estate agents - The New Zealand Hera
• Interest rates ’should be cut - NZ Herald
• Property’s next big thing - The New Zealand Hera
• Singapore model could offer hope - Sunday Star Times

JUNE 2007

• Low wages blamed for house price crisis - The New Zealand Hera

MAY 2007

• First lease is a big deal - Stuff.co.nz
• Kapiti Island : Island of dreams - Stuff.com.nz
• House prices continued to climb in April - New Zeland Herald
• House values in city show big jump - The Southland Times
• Fewer tempted to buy into housing boom - New Zealand Herald
• Second-hand property advice - Stuff.co.nz
• Drive to close rental property tax loophole - Stuff.co.nz
• Government urged to tread carefully on house prices - New Zealand Herald

APRIL 2007

• After the property goldrush - Stuff.co.nz
• Christchurch average house prices rise again - The Press
• Hot rates picked to cool housing - The Dominion Post

MARCH 2007

• Baby boomers squeeze young home buyers from market - New Zealand Herald
• Room at Auckland’s top - IHT
• Lincoln Tan: NZ wages too meagre for home ownership dream - The New Zealand Hera
• Tax talk scares investors - The New Zealand Hera
• House price rise affects potential first home buyers - TV3.co.nz
• House prices at record high - The New Zealand Hera
• Rate Rise a Bitter Pill for Home Owners - The Dominion Post

FEBRUARY 2007

• Derivatives market an option for property hedgers - New Zealand Herald
• Govt looking at first home-buying suggestion - Stuff.co.nz
• National house price average eases in January - Stuff.co.nz
• House prices on the risen - The Press
• High Cost of Housing Strikes Again - (Dominion Post) Geek
• Rising houses blamed for competition in rental market - Newstalk ZB
• Housing heads for NZX float - Sunday Star Times

JANUARY 2007

• House prices up 9.2pc but annual growth rate easing in Auckland - NZ Herald
• Great Barrier - New Zealand’s forgotten island - NZ Herlad
• NZ no longer land of the fastest rising house prices - New Zealand Herald
• No let up in house prices - -TVNZ

DECEMBER 2006

• Asian property prices still far below peak levels - Landlords.co.nz
• Get set for mortgage rate rises - Stuff.com.nz
• Bid to limit tenants’ liability draws flak - New Zealand Herald

NOVEMBER 2006

• New Zealand Property Law Bill - Amberlamb
• Kiwi housing boom fades - The Dominion Post
• Property problems: Guarantor liable if tenant fails to pay rent - NZ Herald
• House-price average hits half-million - NZ Herald

OCTOBER 2006

• Falling rates maybe short-lived - Landlords Property N
• House prices still up, but stable - Landlords Property N
• Residential property still picked as top performer - Landlords Property N
• Wellington house prices move ahead - Landlords Property N

SEPTEMBER 2006

• Residential Property Market continues to flatten out - REINZ
• Residential property market growing at 10.5% - Scoop
• Gradual easing of housing market continues - National Business Re

AUGUST 2006

• Rents climb to over 30% of income - Stuff
• Safe as houses? - Stuff
• Cost limits luxury in New Zealand - IHT
• ASB says rates set to rise rather than fall - NZ Property
• Home buyers showing new confidence - NZ Herald
• Rates start easing - NZ Property
• Auckland house prices rise in July - Scoop
• Gov’t needs to tread fine line with home ownership plans - REINZ
• Shared equity schemes among options to lift home ownership - NZ Property

JULY 2006

• Home-ownership falls dramatically - NZ Herald
• Capital gains tax will not increase affordability - Scoop
• Auckland rallies to help push up National Residential Median Price - REINZ

JANUARY 2006

• Tougher to buy a piece of the ’long white cloud’ - IHT
• Tougher to buy a piece of the ’long white cloud’ - IHT

JULY 2005

• Auckland transformed into a ’City of Sales’ - IHT

MARCH 2005

• Capital Gains Tax to Hit Investors - New Zealand Herald

FEBRUARY 2005

• Auckland draws buyers to a stellar market - IHT