First Home Buyers - August 19th House Prices to Fall: A Good Time to Buy? For aspiring FHBs, the past 18 months have been hard. First came soaring house price inflation, then the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) announced it was going to tighten the loan-to-value ratio (LVR) restrictions, …
First Home Buyers - August 5th Mortgage Rate Rises: How Much Will They Cost You? 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… Blast-off! It’s not only billionaires lifting off. All indications are that interest rates are headed that way, too. Though hopefully not as fast or as high as Elon, Jeff and …
First Home Buyers - July 27th Breaking Down Six Important Home Loan Features What is a home loan? Before we look at home loan features, we need to know what a home loan is. A home loan or mortgage is a loan advanced to you by a financial institution …
First Home Buyers - June 28th Opinion: Are New Builds A Good Investment? The cult of personality is alive and well in the New Zealand property market, thanks to the next wave of self-styled property gurus. It’s a hangover from the 1990s that started with Richmastery. Only now …
First Home Buyers - June 14th Canstar’s Best Bank for First Home Buyers: ASB Over the past 12 months, since Canstar's previous Bank of the Year | First Home Buyers award, it's been a crazy time for house prices. According to REINZ’s Monthly Property Report for May 2021, nationally, …
First Home Buyers - June 4th Tony Alexander: Housing Market Still Supported by Low Interest Rates Two weeks ago, I wrote on the theme that young buyers will probably hold back from the residential real estate market until they see older investors returning – then they too will return. Evidence for this …
First Home Buyers - May 21st Squirrel: Why FHBs Are Delaying Buying A while ago I wrote about how some buyers were taking a rest from the housing market, following the big announcements of March 23. The general tone in the residential real estate market around the …
First Home Buyers - March 30th Government’s $3.8bn Housing Package: Help for First Home Buyers Recently, the government announced new measures aimed at increasing the housing supply and improving housing affordability. They include a broad mix of new funding measures and tax revisions. Controversially, the new housing package takes aim …
Finance News - March 25th New Property Investment Rules … Where to Invest?! House prices in New Zealand might have already bolted, but that isn't stopping the government slamming the door in the face of Kiwis eager to make a buck from property investment. New Property Investment Rules … …
First Home Buyers - January 18th What to Look Out For When Buying Off the Plan Building consents in New Zealand are booming and an increasing number of people are buying off the plan. But while there are definite upsides to buying off the plan, it comes with many hidden risks. …
