In the previous posts we have spoken about The New Zealand Villas and Bungalows and Art Deco, now we get into the era of The State Home (1930’s – 1960’s). The first state houses in the 1930’s were designed and constructed to the highest possible standard budgets permitted. They were built so that no two…
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How to Put Video Onto Your Blog
Quite a number of fellow bloggers have asked me how I put the video into my blog at the top in the left hand side. This is how you do it. First of all you need to create a video of something that you want featured. Then you need to host it somewhere. I have…
New Zealand Houses – The Art Deco
In the previous posts I have spoken about The Villa and The Bungalow. Now we move onto the Art Deco (1920’s – 1940’s). This style of home originated in Europe in the early years of the 20th Century. It became widely known following the great Exposition des Arts Modernes Decoratifs et Industriels, held in Paris in…
Weekly BNZ Economic Overview For New Zealand and Offshore
I just recieved this and have read it in debth and thought it was important to share this with you. It will give you a greater understanding of whats happening to date and what may happen in the future economically. Tony Alexander (Chief Economist, Bank of New Zealand) States Sharemarkets have weakened around the world again…
New Zealand Houses – The Bungalow
The Bungalow (1930’s – 1940’s) Yesterday I talked about the Villa. The Next to Come in New Zealands Housing History was the Bungalow. The evolution from villa to the bungalow was interesting. The ceilings were lower and double-hung windows replaced with casements, lead lights made an appearance, fretwork was phased out, the front door moved…
New Zealand Houses – The Villa
The Villa (1900’s – 1920) The New Zealand Villa is probably the first English influenced home to arrive into New Zealand. These grand homes are set amongst the more older neighbourhoods of the cities they reside in. Many villas were built for the more dignified communities of their time. Many of the Villas we see today…
2 Mortgagee Sales Sell at Harcourts Auctions in New Plymouth
This afternoon two further properties sold by Mortgagee Auctions. The two properties of 24 Tuiti Street in Waitara and 28A Record Street in Fitzroy went up for auction at 5:30pm today at our Auction Room in New Plymouth. There was a very large turn out of people who were obviously out to hopefully bag a…
10,000th Unique Visitors Milestone Achieved
A few weeks ago I was thrilled to have posted my 100th post but today my 7 month old blog received its 10,000th Unique visitor and 60,000th view (both on the same day 🙂 I know that there are many bloggers that get this many views every week, but for me, this is a fun milestone…
Christmas – A Time For Giving – Here Is A Free Gift From Me That Might Help Over The Coming Months
We have seen the Melbourne cup, experienced Halloween for 2008, been wowed by the fire crackers on guyfolks night, university is finished, secondary school seniors have finished school and are in exam mode sowhere does this lead us now. Christmas. December 25th. And then a week later its 2009. Its only 5 – 6 weeks away…
Moving
Once you have sold your property and bought another one too many people the hard part is done, but to many the hardest part is just about to begin. Moving home is often quoted as being one of the most stressful experiences we ever go through in our lives and a chore I will be…
A New Beginning, A New Start. Introducing Loren McInnes
Today marks a huge change in focus for my life and for my business. Coming into Real Estate at the age of 21and successfully grown my business for the past 18 months has been great and I have enjoyed every moment of it, even though the market is tough I have excelled. Over the…
allrealestate.co.nz is Leaving The New Zealand Market From November 30th 2008
This is big news for the real estate market in New Zealand. Especially for agents, vendors and purchasers. This is the official statement released by allrealestate.co.nz. “In New Zealand, the REA Group plans to end operations of its residential real estate website, allrealestate.co.nz, on 30 November 2008. The company will continue to operate its successful commercial…
New Plymouth Market Statistics October 2008
The median sale price for a New Plymouth City house increased to $302,000 (September 2008: $285,000; October 2007: $294,000). 79 houses sold in October (September 2008: 81; October 2007:90). 19 houses sold in the Taranaki Country area in October (September 2008:20; October 2007:29). The median price rose to $250,000 from $226,500 in September (October 2007: $238,500). Median Days on…
Leadership – Are you a Leader Or A Manager
Over the past 6 months I have been working towards a small book looking into the leaders that aren’t leaders in the workplace. This may sound a little weird but what it looks into is the workers who on a daily basis are put into positions of leadership and they don’t necessarily know it….
New Plymouth Named Best City In The World at The 2008 Global Livable Communities Awards
Three weeks ago North & South Magazine named New Plymouth the best city in New Zealand and last night at 3am 11 November 2008 NZ time New Plymouth was voted best city in the world in both of the competitions it was in the running for in the LivCom awards held in Dongguan City China. Coming…
New Zealand Housing Market Slows Further – But Are We Going To See Signs of Improvement Soon?
QV’s October statistics for the residential property market report a 6.8% decline in national property values over the past year (calculated over the three months ending October 2008 in comparison to the same period last year), down on the 5.8% decline reported in September. The average New Zealand sale price for October remained steady at…
John Key – National Led Government – The Face of A Changing New Zealand Politics
On the 5th November 2008 America Voted in Change with Barack Obama and on the 8th November 2008 New Zealand Voted in change with John Key. A huge symbol of what the world wants and is looking for. At a time when the world seems to be swinging towards governments which are more like our Labour…
New Plymouth Real Estate – Westown – Full 24 Months of Recent Sales and Market Activity
The Recent Sales Catalouge is now avaliable to you for FREE by simply clicking the image above. The password to open the document is deonswiggs This has taken a lot of hard work with many hours have been spent updating and getting it right ready for you to see on here. (Updates are done Monthly)….
Barack Obama – A Historical Victory of the 2008 American Presidential Elections
Barack Obama will become America’s first black president after emerging triumphant from one of the most talked about elections I know of. Obama made his vistory speech in front of 70,000 people at Grant Park in Chicago – and hundreds of thousands more outside – as TV networks simultaneously declared him the winner at…
The Future of The Baby Boomer Market
You have no doubt heard of the “Baby Boomers”, those individuals born between 1943 and 1963. I have written about them and also about their offspring, generation X and the ones after that named generation Y. This is a topic that interests me with a great deal of enthusiasm. The baby boomers are coming to…
2008 Melbourne Cup is On
At 4pm today New Zealand time work comes to a crash halt, the projector gets switched on, the beer gets cracked open and preparations for getting the mind in the right place for this year’s Melbourne Cup begin. The Melbourne Cup Day almost stops Melbourne and practically halts the rest of Australia and New Zealand….
What is a Mortgage and How do I Choose The Best One For Me
A mortgage is a lien on a property/house that secures a loan and is paid in instalments over a set period of time. The mortgage secures your promise that you’ll repay the money you’ve borrowed to buy your home. Mortgages come in many different shapes and sizes, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Make…
100 Post Milestone Achieved!!
Well I couldnt help myself. I logged in today and noticed I had 99 posts on my blog so I just have to have a special one for the 100th. So I decided to print the entire blog out so that I could have a full hard copy of the blog right up untill this…
Mortgagee Sales on the Rise
Last week I spent a number of days in Christchurch checking up on the market conditions and many other things in preperation for part or all of my family moving there soon. As stated in my previous post I was quite taken back by the Christchurch Market to how different it is compared to New…
New Plymouth named top New Zealand city
North Island coastal town is judged the best place to live in New Zealand The accolades keep coming for the coastal town of New Plymouth. New Zealand’s North & South magazine has named the port, located in the Taranaki region on the North Island’s western coast, the country’s top town – and the best…
Christchurch Real Estate Market
Well Today I had the opportunity to meet many of the Harcourts team down in Christchurch City Branch (Grenadier). I was totally surprised to see a 4 story building standing in front of me. With a cafe on the ground floor this office seems to have it all. Anyway I was fortunate to watch a…
Rent or Buy – What are the people saying?
This evening I am just relaxing after a fantastic day in the sun down here in Sunny Christchurch. I cought up with a good friend of mine Brendan Burns who is running for the Labour Candidate Seat in the 2008 election for Christchurch Central. It was a cracker day and I think most of New…
The Real Estate Market Crash of 2008 – How Did We Get Here?
I have just been reading up while relaxing in the torrential rain of the west coast on whats actually happened in the world of housing markets and Their falls, and its dam intense. There is so much that is going on that no one person can truely grasp the whole scale of the crisis. But…
Whitebait
This short post is really just to tell everyone I am alive and well. I am right now down on the Little Wanganui River catching Whitebait and relaxing. No phone, no email, no people – (hardly). It’s a time to reflect upon life as its been and have a bit of a laugh with the…
My House Hasn't Sold – Should I Take it Off The Market?
Sellers around the country are finding it increasingly difficult to sell their homes. Two years ago sellers could put their homes on the market and slap a for sale sign in the yard, and buyers would inevitably come. As an agent in New Plymouth, I feel very fortunate to live in a city with…