Article tagged with 'first home buyers'
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First home buyers take advantage of soft housing market
14 Oct 2025 - A quarter of all new home loans went to first home buyers in the first half of this year, data from the New Zealand Banking Association’s retail insights show.
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More buyers with low deposits getting into housing market
12 Sep 2025 - Westpac says there are signs that more marginal borrowers are being drawn into buying homes.
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Keeping a lid on house prices – housing supply outpaces population growth
11 Sep 2025 - Housing supply has overtaken population growth in the country’s biggest city Auckland and the capital keeping a lid on prices –another piece of good news for first home buyers.
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Slumping house prices good news for first home buyers
09 Sep 2025 - Housing affordability is improving as house prices continue falling. QV’s House Price Index dropped 0.8% in the three months to the end of August and house prices are now 13.4% lower than the peak market value in January 2022.
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Market share high for first home buyers
25 Aug 2025 - First home buyers’ share of the housing market is hovering at its highest in 20 years – making them the dominant buying force all year.
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Borrowers’ switcheroo reaches new record
24 Jul 2025 - Mortgage holders switching lenders has reached a new high – up 30% during June.
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Record number of deals being done by first home buyers
23 Jul 2025 - Despite mortgage costs being higher than rents first home buyers have taken more than a quarter of all properties bought in the second quarter of the year.
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First home buyers getting more bang for their buck
03 Jun 2025 - In a market where available house sale listings are abundant and buyers hold most of the pricing power, first home buyers (FHBs) are ascendent.
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First home buyers outgun investors again
28 May 2025 - Investors are again on the back foot in the mortgage market when it comes to the amount being borrowed.
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Key to the city? It might be in your budget
13 May 2025 - Auckland and Wellington are no longer just for the seasoned investors - first-home buyers are back in the game. Thanks to a dip in interest rates, and modest income growth, young buyers are finally seeing a path onto the property ladder in New Zealand's most expensive cities. [...