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Property Market Shows Signs Of Slowing
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 3:51 pm | Property and Build
Nationwide values increased by a further 3.1% over April according to the latest CoreLogic House Price Index (HPI). While this brings the annual growth rate to 18.4% up from 16.2% last month, the annual measure is impacted by base affects. A year ... More >>
New Urban Growth Strategies Gaining Traction
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 3:56 pm | Property and Build
The key objectives of the NPS-UD are to increase the development capacity for houses and business, address housing affordability and ensure New Zealand communities are “well-functioning urban environments that enable all people and communities to ... More >>
Property Market Game Has Changed
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 3:52 pm | Property and Build
The CoreLogic Property Market & Economic Report for Q1 2021 reinforced the heated market conditions which led to the Government’s recent housing policy announcement. Through the first quarter of 2021 sales activity remained high despite record-low ... More >>
Planning Pays Off With Construction Software
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 4:00 pm | Property and Build
Contractors often have their own way of doing things and have gotten comfortable with the solutions they have, but whatever the size of the business, it is likely that improvements can be made, says Bluebeam Australia. The construction industry More >>
The Best Performing Region For Residential Investors
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 3:52 pm | Property and Build
Capital gains in the Manawatu/Wanganui region increased 25.3% for the three months ending December 2020 when compared to the same time last year with median prices going from $400,000 to $501,000. Additionally, yields in the Manawatu/Wanganui region ... More >>
3D Laser Technology A Gamechanger For Surveying
Friday, 16 April 2021, 3:59 pm | Property and Build
The old-school way of capturing location data within a building relies on legacy tools like distance meters and notepads, a slow process and ripe for human error. Things move as the building goes up. Concrete grows and shrinks. Structures settle. ... More >>
Housing Policy Changes – What Are The Facts?
Thursday, 15 April 2021, 4:46 pm | Property and Build
It has been two weeks since the Government’s announcement to extend the Brightline Test and to taper/remove mortgage interest deductibility for investors. Amidst all of the expert commentary, news headlines, and social media debate, here is our evidence-based ... More >>
A Year After Lockdown – How Have Our Cities Fared?
Thursday, 8 April 2021, 4:16 pm | Property and Build
Colliers research found both Auckland and Wellington have experienced increased rates of vacancy in the commercial sector, but is this the new normal or is change on the horizon? Wellington Retail Overall vacancy over the second half of 2020 continued ... More >>
Examining The Housing Market Ahead Of Big Changes
Thursday, 8 April 2021, 4:12 pm | Property and Build
Last week’s housing announcement has drawn attention all over the country, and with CoreLogic data showing the highest rate of value growth in 15 years, it would appear this heightened attention is justified – CoreLogic Head of New Zealand Research ... More >>
Commercial Property After A Year Of COVID
Thursday, 1 April 2021, 5:09 pm | Property and Build
2020 saw increased vacancy rates in the office, industrial and retail markets with mixed yields in each sector, but Colliers research says it is not all about COVID. While the adverse economic impact of COVID-19 was a rightfully expected influence, ... More >>
Top Five Shifts Affecting Construction
Thursday, 1 April 2021, 4:58 pm | Property and Build
Construction has long been plagued by a lack of collaboration and communication right along the supply chain, according to construction payment application firm Payapps. Over time, this leads to job fragmentation, inefficient contract approaches ... More >>
Solid Start To New Urbanism
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 5:07 pm | Property and Build
Despite four lockdowns in Auckland within the past 12 months, residential developers are seeing unprecedented sales, with well-designed and well-situated townhouses proving extremely popular in Auckland. Developers are discovering that councils are a lot ... More >>
Christchurch Earthquake: Five Lessons In Construction After A Decade Of Analysis
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 5:00 pm | Property and Build
Over the last 10 years since the most destructive of Canterbury’s earthquakes, former Senior Structural Engineer with HERA (Heavy Engineering Research Association) Charles Clifton has analysed why certain structures (such as the CTV building) failed ... More >>
External Cladding Banned In Victoria
Thursday, 4 February 2021, 8:58 am | Property and Build
In a move to reduce the risk of fire, the Victorian Government in Australia has banned the use of certain external wall cladding products – should New Zealand follow suit? The Victorian government has revealed a new amendment to the state’s ... More >>
Are Property Investors Out Of Control?
Thursday, 4 February 2021, 8:45 am | Property and Build
Investors’ market share has soared to 27%, CoreLogic research reveals, prompting speculation that further intervention by government and regulators might be needed to rebalance buyer activity CoreLogic NZ’s latest Property Market & Economic ... More >>
Top Performing Suburbs Of 2020
Friday, 15 January 2021, 5:45 pm | Property and Build
CoreLogic’s Best of the Best Report shows 2020 in review and reveals what 2021 might herald for the property market. New Zealand is in the middle of an unexpected, unpredicted property boom – so who received the biggest Christmas present in the ... More >>
Is The Kiwi Bach Still Affordable?
Friday, 15 January 2021, 5:39 pm | Property and Build
Latest Census data from Stats NZ suggests 10% (191,646) of New Zealand dwellings are unoccupied – a figure which includes bach ownership. The regions around the country with the greatest proportion of unoccupied dwellings are those with large ... More >>
Queenstown Property Market Bounces Back
Friday, 4 December 2020, 5:02 pm | Property and Build
Queenstown’s property market was one of the worst hit by Covid-19, but has proved remarkably resilient, with confidence growing again and big infrastructure spending in the pipeline, a Colliers International report finds The fundamental driver of ... More >>
Lifting Productivity In Construction
Friday, 4 December 2020, 4:52 pm | Property and Build
New Zealand’s building and construction industry can lift its poor productivity by establishing a digital database on building products, a BRANZ funded report from GS1 New Zealand finds This opportunity is explored in “Digital Product Data for ... More >>
Hotel Market Makes Surprising Recovery
Thursday, 6 August 2020, 8:33 pm | Property and Build
New Zealand’s hotel market has shown a surprisingly strong rebound since the domestic travel restrictions lifted in June, with demand being driven by tourism, business and mandatory isolation, Colliers reports Colliers International’s latest New Zealand ... More >>