In the Past four posts I have spoken about The New Zealand Villa, The New Zealand Bungalow, The Art Deco Era and the New Zealand State House. Now we move into the transitional era of housing for New Zealand (1960’s -1980’s). This is the time when we saw the beginning of the developer driven construction….
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New Zealand Houses – The State House
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)….
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…
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…
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…
Property Market Tightening
QV’s September statistics for the residential property market report a 5.8% decline in national property values over the past year (calculated over the three months ending September 2008 in comparison to the same period last year), down on the 4.5% decline reported in August. The average New Zealand sale price for September was $379,854….
New Zealand Economy Officially in a Recession
This makes for some interesting reading… NEW Zealand’s economy has slipped into a recession for the first time in a decade, official data shows. The decline in second-quarter gross domestic product data signalled further aggressive interest rate cuts by the reserve Bank in coming months. Statistics New Zealand said production-based gross domestic product shrunk 0.2…
What does Freehold, Leashold, Crosslease and Strata Titles Mean to You When Buying Property in New Zealand
When buying property in New Zealand you are effectively buying the building on a set piece of dirt. This piece of dirt is divided up on whets called the councils dwelling plans. Which diagrams where each dwelling is and where all the services and other things are, each of these are called a title.. When…
New Plymouth Real Estate Market Statistics August 2008
Although August was said to be a very low month in general for sales around New Zealand, New Plymouth found itself still holding up strong. All the stats show that it was a better month than both June and July. Not a whole lot better but could be a signal that things are moving. This…
Some Things to Look Out For When Buying an Investment Rental Property
When you choose to invest in a property to rent out – you should choose wisely. You should initially choose a property that will create a positive income for you as well as a place that will keep the cost of operating low. It would be ideal to create a list to keep you on…
What does the Credit Crunch Mean and How Does it Effect You
The aim of this article is to explain the credit crunch and explain how it may have an effect on you as a borrower. Bearing in mind that this is very variant depending on who you talk to, which company you use to lend and where in the world you are. But this is an…
Buying in a Buyers Market
The news that the nation is in the midst of a real estate correction is hardly headline news anymore. The fact of life is that property prices have come back and the market is slowed down. This slow down means less buyers buying. And with a continual flow of proeprties coming to the market there…
NZ OCR Dropped by .5% in Surprise Move By Reserve Bank
The New Zealand dollar tumbled to a 2-year low versus the US dollar as the Reserve Bank of New Zealand lowered its key interest rate by .5% points to 7.50%. The move surprised the economists who were widely expecting a 25 basis point cut. The NZ dollar also slumped to a more than 2-yearlow against…
Things to Expect From Your Real Estate Agent
You see it on the Internet and hear it on television, an increasing amount of noise about “outrageous” real estate commissions. The noise is coming, principally, from companies hoping to divert money from licensed agents into their own pockets, but, the nationwide average of a standard 3.5% commission does seem like a lot of money….
Points to Property Investing
Buying Real Estate for investment has for a long time been a tried and trusted way to make some money. But like everything there are risks that need to be weighed up and taken into consideration. When it comes to looking at buying an investment property there are a couple of things that you should…
Spring Bounce
September 1st 2008. The official 1st Day of Spring and 6 days till my birthday 🙂 Let’s hope that winter is finally over! Officially Winter is from the 1st of June to 31st August. This years winter was pretty wild. Our first major storm of the year way June 25th. I even wrote a post…
Featured Property – 13F Wallace Place
This is a stunning property. With so much to offer. For people moving to New Zealand this is what we are all about. Natural wood look in these Lockwoods are beautiful. With so much space. The current owners bought this property 3 Years ago and have loved the privacy and peace that it offers. The…
What is it That Makes A Great Real Estate Agent?
Real Estate Agents, who are we and what do we do. Do we sell property? But we don’t own any stock.. Do we sell expectations? But what is an expectation. So what is it we actually do. Well in a nutshell from isn’t it putting a willing buyer in front of a willing seller, creating…