1. It is commonly believed that interest increases will affect the purchaser's affordability. In contrast, ASB shows that the house gearing ratio is only 20% (Low) so an increase in repayment should not affect the household too much.
2. Yet, as expected the border might open next year, which will drive the demand back up, hence boost the house price.
3. How interest rate increase and immigration increase will prevail each other is uncertain at this stage.
4. Preference of property type: 48% - Standalone house, 40% - Terrace house (townhouse), 13% - Apartment
5. Preference of size: 6% - single bedroom/studio, 69% - 2-3 bedroom, 25% - four or more bedroom
6. Lending rate in housing has grown to 11.4% (no surprise). Where rest of the main sectors are showing a bounce back, after a two-year-long decline. In which, personal consumer showing strong increment from -12.5% to now -3.1%
7. Households are turning term deposits and into either transaction or short-term savings. A signal of people is starting spending money or ready to spend money, a sign of economic bounce-back
8. Major banks are now accepting 20% deposits for small apartments (38m2 or larger). A sign aligned with the govt policy towards a new apartment zone in metropolitan areas. This will consequently drive a high sales rate on apartments, e.g. 89% from Ray White auction room.
10. Many development listings now prefer negotiation, rather than auction. The reason is by negotiation can get to the buyer and sell the property quicker
The latest building consent figures suggest the residential construction industry is showing no sign of slowing down, with 43,466 new dwellings consented in the 12 months to the end of May, according to Statistics NZ.
Supply is record high enough for 120k people to live every year, immigration estimate to be 30k per year after reopen border, which is 1/3 of 2019, interest rate will increase