Reading the tea leaves of today’s Kiwi property market is not an easy task. Sales are up, yet prices are flat. Record levels of inventory are starting to dwindle with a reported 5% fewer properties coming onto the market than 12 months ago. The Official Cash Rate (OCR) has dropped 2% since last September, but…
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Owning a home is more affordable now than at any time in the past three years, according to analysis from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). A negligible drop in values – down 0.2% in June compared with May – combined with an aggressive campaign of interest rate cuts by the Bank of Canada (BoC)…
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Confidence is returning to the Canadian real estate market with resales tracking 2.8% higher in June and values stable, just 0.2% lower. It’s the third successive month that we’ve seen resale data move upward, indicating that Canadians have put aside previous concerns about the economy, job security and the furore over American tariffs. All three…
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Who doesn’t love the idea of selling your home for more than expected? No one, of course. But what are the features of a home that command a premium with today’s cautious buyers? The American aggregator Zillow loves to delve into its database and come up with answers to these types of questions. There’s no…
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Is Canada’s real estate market really diverging into two separate camps – the urban centres that are supply-constrained and in high demand, and cities with too much to sell and too few buyers? Sitting in this latter camp are Toronto and Vancouver, which are our most expensive cities but suffering from oversupply and constrained spending…
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Conventional thinking suggests we all love a neat and tidy garden – flowerbeds are organised and weed-free, hedges clipped, roses in bloom and trees shaped to perfection. When selling your home, this is the perfect philosophy to attract the greatest number of potential buyers. Of course, it’s not the only approach to gardening. An increasing…
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It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been a homeowner – one day or 10 years – trying to position your furniture in the living room of a new property can be a challenge. When we move into a new home, these are some common questions we ask ourselves: Does the furniture fit? What’s the best…
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Australia’s clearance rate at auctions is showing an increasingly healthy trendline with data companies such as Cotality and Domain regularly reporting a success rate of more than 70% – a benchmark for a healthy market. But what happens to the other 30% of properties that don’t sell? Do they get bought? Yes, except for a…
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The respected financial institution, Macquarie Bank, has given its 2025 mid-year economic outlook, and it sounds positive for property owners and investors while giving hope to first-home buyers. For anyone thinking of entering the market in the next 12 months, there is likely to be a concern at the back of your mind about the…
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For investors, prices in the bellwether markets of Sydney and Melbourne are beginning to strengthen, providing an immediate opportunity to achieve capital growth if you move quickly. Recent data from InvestorKit – a leading data-driven property investment advisory firm – shows a resurgence of market pressure within the inner and middle suburban rings of Sydney…
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