by Warren Head | Oct 6, 2026 | Latest News, Property
6.10.26 Latest data from realestate.co.nz shows the national average weekly rent reached $636 in September, up just 1.9% compared with the same month last year. But across much of the South Island, rental price growth was considerably stronger. Five South Island...
by Warren Head | Sep 15, 2026 | Property
The REINZ House Price Index fell 0.3% m/m in August (seasonally adjusted by ANZ) and is slightly down from a year ago (-0.9% y/y, 3mma). “Over the past few months house prices have been falling slightly in Auckland, declining sharply in Wellington, and are close to...
by Warren Head | Sep 2, 2026 | Companies, Latest News, Property
2.9.26 Port of Tauranga has sold its property at 345 Neilson Street, Onehunga, to Trade Depot for $88.7 million. The sale was part of Port of Tauranga’s capital recycling programme, which seeks to unlock value from non-core property assets to reinvest capital into...
by Warren Head | Aug 10, 2026 | Economy, Property
10.8.26 The New Zealand housing market remains in the doldrums. And there appears little respite ahead, says BNZ Markets. BNZ head of strategy Stephen Toplis says this is due to a combination of: inflationary pressure on real disposable incomes; rising unemployment;...
by Warren Head | Jul 24, 2026 | Property
24.7.26 New Zealand's property market continues to prove remarkably resilient despite ongoing economic uncertainty, says Mark Harris, managing director of Sothebys International Realty. Commenting on the company’s New Zealand Property Pulse Report for 2Q26, he says,...
by Warren Head | May 27, 2026 | Property
27.5.26 The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has held the Official Cash Rate at 2.25% April's Selected Price Indexes provided the breathing room the Committee needed to hold, says Atom Go Tian, Economist at Ray White “With petrol now 30.1 per cent higher than a year ago...
