First home buyers fade, investors rise

Investors are coming back into the property market at a rapid clip.

Predictions cut for rising house prices

Two of the country’s major banks have slashed their house price growth forecasts for the rest of the year.

Alternative to first home grant

Auckland-based entrepreneur Derek Handley has set up a privately funded financial services group offering an alternative first home loan scheme.

Growing number of property investment dollars moving across the ditch

More needs to be done to offset the loss of millions of dollars in property and business investments to Australia caused by a growing exodus of wealthy Kiwis, says an industry expert.

Market could be near a tipping point

For the first time in more than three years, more people are picking interest rates will fall, rather than rise, but they are unsure whether it is a good time to buy a house.

Options for buyers locked out of scrapped first home loan grant

A privately funded financial services company has picked up the slack left after the government scrapped the first home loan grant and set up an alternative scheme.

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  • From hunted to hunters

    Property investors will be back in the market next year, even as house prices rise by 5-7%, Kiwibank says.

  • Alternative to first home grant

    Auckland-based entrepreneur Derek Handley has set up a privately funded financial services group offering an alternative first home loan scheme.

  • Market could be near a tipping point

    For the first time in more than three years, more people are picking interest rates will fall, rather than rise, but they are unsure whether it is a good time to buy a house.

  • Sticky market for investors – first home buyers in control

    Large numbers of property investors have not come back into the market despite  the reintroduction of 80% interest deductibility for landlords and the lowering in July of the Brightline test from 10 years to two years, QV says in its latest update.

  • Rate cuts needed to lift mood

    The enthusiasm that followed the change in government, mainly from property investors, has waned as homeowners and buyers hang out for interest rate cuts, says Kiwibank.

  • Support for regulation

    REINZ has emphasised the need for property management regulation to Parliament’s Social Services and Community Committee.

  • A better investment market

    “Reinstatement of interest deductibility starting from the new tax year on 1 April brings property investors back in line with every other business in the country, where interest costs are a legitimate deductible expense," Tim Horsbrugh, New Zealand Property Investors Federation (NZPIF) executive committee member says.

  • [OPINION] Recessionary times

    It is not the best out there for many businesses and property sector people. Sales are down across the board, our clients’ confidence is falling, and there is a lot of uncertainty.

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