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New data shows link between elections and property sales
Thursday, 31 August 2017, 8:50 am | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive Ashley Church is pointing to new property market data as proof of a suspected link between New Zealand elections and a ‘cooling’ of the property market. Mr Church says that there has long been a ... More >>
Property Institute applauds dumping of DTI plans
Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 1:57 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive Ashley Church is applauding today’s decision, by Prime Minister Bill English, to take Debt-to-income ratios off the table as a tool available to the Reserve Bank. More >>
Property Institute Tells Homeowners What to Expect
Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 11:00 am | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive Ashley Church has moved to reassure kiwi homeowners about what to expect from the property market over the next two or three years saying that what lies ahead is ‘mostly predictable’. More >>
Poll shows big drop in house price expectations
Thursday, 6 July 2017, 3:07 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive Ashley Church says the latest Institute poll confirms recent figures from REINZ and Barfoot and Thompson and shows that there has been a big drop in the number of people expecting house prices to ... More >>
Property Institute urges caution over Americas Cup
Tuesday, 4 July 2017, 9:58 am | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive Ashley Church has urged caution around expectations of an ‘economic bonanza’ fuelled by the hosting of the next Americas Cup regatta which is expected to take place in 2021. More >>
Property Institute welcomes Mayoral Housing Report
Monday, 12 June 2017, 3:43 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive Ashley Church has welcomed the release of todays Auckland Mayoral Housing Taskforce Report calling it ‘an important piece of the jigsaw’ and says that it makes a substantial contribution to the housing ... More >>
Property Institute repeats warning of ‘DTI disaster’
Thursday, 8 June 2017, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, has repeated an earlier warning that the introduction of ‘debt-to-income’ limits on mortgage lending would have the potential to do significant damage to the Auckland housing ... More >>
Poll shows Housing policy may be election decider
Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 9:18 am | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive Ashley Church says a recent Institute poll shows that housing policy could decide the outcome of the election with nearly 40% of undecided voters rating the issue as 'very important' or a vote clincher. More >>
Property Institute underwhelmed by budget
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 3:00 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, says he is disappointed and surprised that the Government has not used the Budget to alleviate the Auckland Housing shortage and says that it risks giving the impression that the Government ... More >>
Property Institute welcomes Housing Announcement
Tuesday, 16 May 2017, 2:41 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, has welcomed today's announcement that Housing New Zealand will build 34,000 new houses in Auckland over the next 10 saying that the initiative will go a long way toward addressing the supply ... More >>
Property Institute slams ‘cynical’ Labour Housing policy
Sunday, 14 May 2017, 9:15 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive Ashley Church says that the proposal, by Labour, to remove the ability for property investors to claim tax losses is a cynical electoral ploy and risks making the countries housing crisis significantly ... More >>
Rebound in price expectations – except in Auckland
Tuesday, 9 May 2017, 5:30 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive Ashley Church says the Institute’s third poll of public perceptions has revealed a sharp rebound in house price expectations. More >>
Property price softening bad news for supply
Friday, 31 March 2017, 12:23 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive Ashley Church says that recent indications of price softening in the Auckland housing market are unlikely to bring much relief to first home buyers and will almost certainly make the housing supply ... More >>
Poll confirms softening in price expectations
Tuesday, 14 March 2017, 4:45 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive Ashley Church says the Institute's second poll of public perceptions has revealed a softening in house price expectations. More >>
Property Institute calls for review of Reserve Bank targets
Tuesday, 7 February 2017, 5:31 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, is calling upon Finance Minister Stephen Joyce to renegotiate the Government's target agreements with the Reserve Bank in light of today's announcement that current Governor, Graeme ... More >>
Property Institute housing predictions for 2017
Friday, 13 January 2017, 12:18 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Residential property - particularly in Auckland - is in for another year of strong growth according to Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church. But he's also predicting that house price inflation, while still running in double ... More >>
Property Institute warns of ‘generational disaster’
Wednesday, 11 January 2017, 10:43 am | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute Chief Executive Ashley Church says that news of a continuing slide in home ownership rates is a disaster in the making and ‘threatens the fundamentals of what it means to be a kiwi’. More >>
Poll: Public aren’t buying talk of property crash
Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 10:09 am | New Zealand Property Institute
A Property Institute poll of public perceptions has revealed that foreign investors are copping the blame for having the biggest impact on New Zealand house prices - while a clear majority of people don’t believe those talking up a property market ... More >>
Property Institute applauds ‘Peoples Prime Minister’
Monday, 5 December 2016, 5:17 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, has joined business and community leaders in recognizing the outstanding contribution made by retiring Prime Minister, John Key. More >>
Property Institute warn of ‘DTI disaster’
Thursday, 1 December 2016, 12:15 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, is warning that the introduction of ‘debt-to-income’ limits on mortgage lending would have the potential to do significant damage to the Auckland housing market, and wider economy, ... More >>