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May 11, 2020

LVR changes – what do they mean?

The Reserve Bank has recently removed LVR restrictions for 12 months, which they will review on 1 May 2021. LVR stands for loan to…

May 4, 2020

The current “unknown” real estate market – Fiona Li, Harcourts Auckland

Fiona Li from Harcourts in Auckland shares her interesting insights on ‘the market’ at a time when buyers are now back viewing properties. Fiona…

May 1, 2020

homes.co.nz Monthly Property Update – May 2020

Is the impact of property prices falling less than you think? With economists predicting a house price drop of 5-10%, the team at homes.co.nz…

April 29, 2020

Covid-19: What do you think might get better?

We are very pleased to bring you the final supplement from Tony Alexander in his Covid-19 series. Tony was the Chief Economist at the BNZ…

April 27, 2020

REA Level 3 Guidelines – what you need to know

It’s great news that the country has moved to Alert Level 3 and that real estate agents can increase their scope of work with…

April 21, 2020

Now might be the time to sit tight

While home buyers and sellers have been stopped in their tracks by COVID-19, it’s good to reflect on past economic traumas and use our…

April 21, 2020

Huge OCR cut and a potential recessionary period

Should you panic? No, absolutely not. Panic means: sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behaviour. At times like this, it is…

April 20, 2020

Covid-19: The Housing Market – Positives & Negatives

This Supplement is devoted entirely to housing. I’m going to attempt to produce as long a list as possible of the factors which will…