With the demand for housing in Auckland at peak levels and even smaller-scale properties showing substantial profit margins when sold, subdividing a lot into two or...
New Zealand has a new Labour led coalition government and property investors are worried. In PropertyTalk’s investor discussion forums a well known user (an Accountant nonetheless),...
Landlords with rental property in Auckland have shown their restraint over the past couple years according to Trade Me’s Rent Price Index. This is big news...
The LVR restrictions have stopped many property investors in their tracks. However some investors have been using a strategy called The Property Staircase and getting amazing...
Predicting what the property market will do in the future has been the obsession of many property experts, commentators and investors for years. Right now their...
Property Investors like to be forewarned so they can be forearmed when the property market moves into the ‘slump phase of the property cycle. The property...
Property asking prices continue to drop in Taranaki. The downturn of their primary industries (oil, gas and diary) has made home buyers wary. The rest of...
Odds are on for a substantial drop in the OCR rate over the coming months and banks are suggesting it could get as low as 2.5%...
Canterbury property values have eased back but there's still confidence in the local market. The Trade Me Price Index suggests the average sale price for Apartments...
The low end property market has experienced small increases in value growth so there’s an opportunity right now for first home buyers and banks are showing...
Lower than expected inflationary figures suggest interest rates may hold for longer than anticipated. A rise in the OCR was expected around March 2015 however economists...