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First Home Buyers News
Ed McKnight
The biggest monthly spike in house prices since 2021 - or is it?
One set of numbers shows the housing market has bounced back big time.
Kelvin Davidson
Recession’s over - so will Kiwis buy an extra 10,000 homes this year?
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.
Catherine Masters
Real estate remembers the panic - five years on from a market meltdown
“What’s the likely outlook for the economy when you close about a third of it down?”
Nikki Preston
‘Everything is a bit nuts’ - cheap Hamilton homes scooped up within days
Homes in the sub-$800,000 price bracket are proving popular with first-time buyers.
Ed McKnight
The dark side of having a big mortgage (the one you didn’t think about)
Leverage is a double-edged sword.
Nikki Preston
'Way, way cheaper' than the rest: Matamata a magnet for first-home buyers
“That price point is getting harder and harder to find."
Catherine Masters
Neighbouring villas sell for more than $3m, agent hopes they won’t be demolished
Developer picks up properties that were sold to support school libraries.
Tony Alexander
Tony Alexander: The real estate numbers that point to a housing market shift
Few buyers are worried about access to finance.
Catherine Masters
Top economist’s housing market scorecard: Which laws and changes get 10/10?
David Norman looks back at 25 years of housing policies.
Catherine Masters
How did NZ house prices quadruple in the space of 25 years?
A quarter of a century on - what NZ got right and wrong about real estate.
Tony Alexander
Tony Alexander: Who has all the power in the housing market right now?
An increasing number of investors want out.
Diana Clement
Four-leaf clover helps first-home buyers secure groovy Wellington do-up
Couple gets lucky with quirky deceased estate, picking it up for less than $1m.
Kelvin Davidson
The floor for mortgage rates is approaching fast
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.
Nikki Preston
Like Selling Sunset TV but ‘without the bitchiness’ - life as a buyer’s agent in NZ
Jo Eddington and Alex Martelli are putting in the hard yards to find dream homes.
Ed McKnight
Owning vs renting in New Zealand – which is cheaper?
At some point in their lives, Kiwis will be asking this question.
Nikki Preston
Rugby star Ruby Tui ‘stoked’ after her house sells within days
Homes in the $700,000s price bracket are in hot demand in Tauranga.
Kelvin Davidson
Why first-time buyers are unlikely to lose ground in 2025
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.
Nikki Preston
South Auckland do-up attracts 115 bids - but no one's over-paying
Buyers keeping to their budgets even though the bids come fast and furious.
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