Christchurch
This is the latest Press Release from QV.
Property values in Christchurch decreased by 9.7% over the last year (calculated over the three months ending March 2009 in comparison to the same period last year), deteriorating further from the 9.1% annual decline reported in February. The average sale price for the city increased slightly from $344,816 to $349,442.
Melanie Holcroft of QV Valuations said; “The Central and Northern suburbs are holding as the strongest areas of Christchurch City, with the Eastern suburbs mirroring the Canterbury market. The Hill suburbs have decreased from -8.1% in February 2009 to -9.9% in March 2009. The upper end of the market seems to be experiencing less activity compared to the middle and lower sections”.
“Property values since December 2008 continue to decline, although this appears to be at a slowing rate. Whilst the average sale price for Christchurch City shows a small lift, it must be kept in context as this data is easily skewed by normal market fluctuations and the mix of property being sold,” she said.
“The anecdotal signs of increased market activity with properties that are well priced continue on from last month, and buyers are showing plenty of interest in these. It should be noted however that the overall sentiment is still cautionary, with job security appearing to be the key driver affecting purchasing decisions. Local banks are also reporting a noticeable increase in pre-approvals, but this is still slow to filter through into market activity. We anticipate a slower market over the winter months, with current trends in line with seasonal behaviour,”Holcroft said.
Here is a snap shot of New Zealands Median Price for Property over the past 9 years.
Now here is the median for the same 9 year period in Christchurch.
The trend is very much the same.
Now the big change that agents have noticed is the drop in sales volume. Here is a graph from treasury that shows the drop in sales volume over the last two years and how it has changed.
As you can see there is a huge drop of with sales volume at about the time of the housing crisis in The United States which has evolved to the global credit crunch. But on the other side of this look at how steep the sales volume grew. This is post the 9/11 Twin Tower events which saw the number of migration of ex pats and new people to New Zealand grow at very fast rates as the graph below shows.
Now whether 9/11 was hoaxed by the Illuminati in a bid to change the world and protect certain people wealth or it was a real act of terrorism are still up for debate but the after effects have been more than anyone can detest. The jobs and employment from the upbeating of security was massive and in New Zealand the return home of thousands of New Zealanders pumped billions into the economy. But this caused the bubble that just kept getting bigger and bigger and created more and more debt. This debt is the real reason for the market the way it is. Now we have inflated prices with less capital and the same amount of debt.
When will the housing market start to move again.
Signs are already of more activity and there is a clear sign of migration numbers increasing as more people return home. These people have to live somewhere.
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Thanks for your blog. Nice to see that your sales is increasing. Carry on.