Sales turnover in November was weaker than expected, the latest Real Estate Institute figures show.

It may not be until March that there are any clear signs of where the real estate market is heading under the new loan-to-value restrictions, QV says.

Home loan approvals have reached a new post-LVR restriction high, but BNZ chief economist Tony Alexander says it’s too soon to conclude that the rules have not slowed lending growth.

Low interest rates may be prompting an increase in the number of rental properties in Auckland, the latest Department of Building and Housing quarterly report says.

Loan-to-value restrictions appear to be slowing the rate of sales under the hammer, Barfoot and Thompson says.

Asking prices eased slightly in November and the number of new listings entering the market dropped, the latest report from realestate.co.nz shows.

Twenty per cent of properties nationwide have been sold to first-home buyers since 2012, data from PropertyIQ shows.

A Queenstown property investor facing fraud charges will appear in court again on December 2.

Claims of a boycott of Trade Me over an increase in fees for real estate agents are probably overstated, one commentator says.

Soaring residential investment statistics are indicative of growing confidence in the market, says the president of the Auckland Property Investors Association.

Builders say they have seen inquiries drop by more than a quarter since the introduction of loan-to-value restrictions.

Interest rates will need to rise quickly next year if the loan-to-value restrictions don’t make a big enough dent in Auckland’s house prices, the NZIER says.

Predictions that mortgage rates will start to rise significantly next year should serve as a wake-up call for property investors, the NZ Property Investors Federation says.

A sharp turnaround in migration is going to put a lot of pressure on the housing market.

Competition for properties may force landlords’ yields to all-time lows, Jones Lang LaSalle research analyst Sarah Dominey says.