The Dominion Post had an article in Saturday’s paper written as a result of the recent Reserve Bank announcement on 8 May 2013 that it would increase the capital adequacy requirements for the high LVR residential mortgage loans of the internal models banks in an effort to control inflation in the housing sector by attempting [...]
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Realestate.co.nz reports an increase in new listings and price expectations for Feb
The national property website realestate.co.nz has reported that February delivered a healthy start to the year, with 13,145 new listings coming to the market, down just 2% on last year. While up significantly from both December and January figures, the flow of new listings was not enough to meet the buyer demand in the main [...]
Continue →To Open Home or not to Open Home
Every once in a while I encounter a home seller who is dead against allowing Open Homes (or Open for Inspection times) as part of the overall marketing of their property. The main concerns include a perceived lack of security and the feeling that the privacy and sanctity of your home is being invaded. Both [...]
Continue →Babyboomers eyeing the Bay of Plenty for retirement???
Bay of Plenty tops search list for beachfront houses, baches and bungalows Each summer holiday we wonder where in NZ the top spots to travel are, so the team at Realestate.co.nz have done some analysis of where people have been searching for holiday properties and come up with the top 10 holiday destination in New [...]
Continue →When is the best time to sell a house in New Zealand? Let the market tell you
When is the best time of year to put a house on the market and why? The following post was compiled by the people at 200 Square. I thought it was so good, I’ve posted here so you can read what they wrote. Let’s look at some market specifics. The graphs below are statistics from [...]
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