It’s amazing how our attitudes have changed since the coronavirus lockdowns began. The convenience of working from home has been a revelation to many of us – no battling traffic or public transport, fewer distractions from workmates and a much healthier work-life balance. As agents, we’re now getting inquiries from potential buyers for properties that…
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If you’re like most of us during COVID-19, you’ve still got time on your hands. So if you’ve been thinking about selling, there’s never been a better moment to start to prepare your home for sale. It always takes a month or so to prepare a property for sale. You’ll need to complete those annoying…
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Gazing into a crystal ball is a fraught exercise at the best of times, but many buyers and sellers are anxious to know how the property market might behave once we’re through the worst of the coronavirus crisis. To find that answer, you need to look at the price levels immediately before and during this…
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If the walls are closing in and your incarcerated kids have convinced you it’s time to sell up and find a bigger home, then the time to act is now. As we are seeing with the easing of restrictions across Australia, the lockdown won’t last forever. And it always takes a few months to prepare…
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New Zealand’s outstanding response to containing the COVID-19 crisis has won global praise and also retained the core strength of our economy. This is never more evident than in the property market, where keen buyer interest continues despite the lockdown and social distancing restrictions. Median prices were up 13.7% to the end of March, and…
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We are all adopting technology at lightning speed to adapt to the COVID-19 crisis, and this is never more evident than in the real estate sector. With Level 2 emergency restrictions in place, we can now conduct open house inspections and even outdoor auctions within strict social distancing guidelines. Even so, buyers and sellers have…
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With talk now beginning of how New Zealand will bounce back from the coronavirus crisis, it’s reassuring for landlords to know that new research shows most tenants have not missed a rent payment. This great news for property investors illustrates the underlying strength of the rental market and the stability of the property sector compared…
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If you were thinking of selling your home before you’d ever heard of Covid-19, then now is a great time to get those plans back on track. As New Zealand relaxes a little under Level 2 restrictions, real estate agents are being asked to conduct value appraisals of properties as sellers gear up for a…
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Here are six of the most common questions that property buyers and investors are asking at the moment as we all come to terms with the social and economic impact of the coronavirus. Is it a good time to purchase an investment property? Whenever you can see that the numbers are working for you is…
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The successful lockdown, now at Level 2, has not dissuaded Kiwi home buyers from continuing to search for their ideal property. Local property sites are reporting record traffic as buyers scour the market for great buying opportunities before the crisis ends. With inspections currently suspended by governments, the market might feel quiet, but sellers should…
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