New Zealand’s most popular suburbs of 2023 House hunters in 2023 have been looking for bargains – even in the country’s most expensive suburbs. New research from OneRoof shows eight of the 10 most searched suburbs this year are in Auckland, including two of the most prized for school parents, double grammar zoned Remuera and…

Experts on how much house prices will rise now they’ve hit the bottom   The housing market slump is over. The consensus view of the country’s bank economists is that prices have hit or are close to hitting rock bottom – although what happens next to the market is less clear. Home-owners who are expecting…

The big split between NZ and Australian house prices   New Zealand property values have only started to hit the bottom but across the Tasman prices are on the up with packed auctions being seen and big prices being fetched. While the Australian and New Zealand markets followed a similar pattern with post-Covid price booms they have…

Fears of rental accommodation scarcity as a third of landlords contemplate selling up   Tax changes, rising interest rates and costs related to the healthy home standards have already seen some investors exit the market. A dozen central Auckland apartments are up for sale at bargain prices because the overseas owner is pulling out. “For…