Greater clarification of the details surrounding new lending requirements has come today with the Reserve Bank’s confirmation of its latest investor-targeted LVRs.

Investors’ share of Auckland property sales may have gone up recently, but the truth behind new data on multiple property owners is more complex than it first appears.

Greater clarification of the details surrounding new lending requirements has come today with the Reserve Bank’s confirmation of its latest investor-targeted LVRs.

Recent claims that Auckland’s average price will soon hit $1 million run contrary to the growth trend, according to the city’s largest real estate agency.

The Reserve Bank is likely to cut the OCR further, but borrowers shouldn’t expect mortgage rates to keep pace with the cuts, it has been suggested.

There's hints that demand might be easing in Auckland as new data shows the Super City is the only region in New Zealand where housing stock has increased from last year.

Ensuring insulation is installed correctly should get a little easier for landlords with the release of new guidelines on doing the job.

Hamilton is facing a supply shortage and accusations over who is to blame for the lack of new properties making it to market are flying.

Land banking is the latest scapegoat in the ongoing blame game over Auckland’s housing issues, but investor advocates are querying how prevalent the practice really is.

Concerns about Auckland’s sluggish response to its supply issues have been given more ammunition by new data showing dwelling consents fell in July.

There’s been a changing of the guard in Barfoot & Thompson’s Auckland suburb growth hot spots list, with sixteen new suburbs entering the top 20.

Property speculators and land-banking will be targeted if former Labour Party leader Phil Goff becomes Auckland’s mayor in October.

Palmerston North’s housing market has long been considered a slow, albeit solid investment option. But there can be strength in the shadows and the eternal student city makes an increasingly alluring option for investors.

Competitive market and increasing funding costs mean Kiwibank has experienced a small drop in its annual after tax profits.

Reserve Bank’s LVRs will have little impact on New Zealand’s house price growth and more macro-prudential tools are likely, a global ratings agency says.

Housing supply shortage and tighter bank lending requirements mean small-scale property developers are flocking to non-bank alternatives to secure finance for their projects.