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FHB Record: First Home Buyers Claim 29.5% Market Share 📈

2026-10-2918:15

Send us a question/idea/opinion direct via text message! First-home buyers are officially dominating the New Zealand property landscape. As we step into the next political cycle, the latest co-branded Westpac & Cotality First Home Buyer Report reveals that FHBs captured an all-time record 29.5% of all property purchases in Q3 2026. In this special guest episode, Chief Property Economist Kelvin Davidson is joined once again by Westpac Senior Economist Satish Ranchhod to launch the report a...

RBNZ Shocks Market: OCR Held at 2.75%!

2026-10-2814:39

Send us a question/idea/opinion direct via text message! The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has defied near-universal economist expectations, voting to hold the Official Cash Rate (OCR) unchanged at 2.75% rather than hiking to 3.00%. In this special, fast-turnaround reactionary episode of the New Zealand Property Market Podcast, Head of Research Nick Goodall and Chief Economist Kelvin Davidson dissect the RBNZ's October monetary policy review minutes after its release. They break down the...

Movers at GFC Lows: Will the OCR Rise Tomorrow?

2026-10-2734:08

Send us a question/idea/opinion direct via text message! New Zealand’s residential property market is valued at a massive $1.66 trillion across 1.74 million dwellings, holding $1.26 trillion in household equity. Yet, despite this immense wealth buffer, relocating owner-occupiers (movers) have retreated to levels not seen since the Global Financial Crisis. This week on the New Zealand Property Market Podcast, Head of Research Nick Goodall (fresh off a disrupted flight back from Christchurch) a...

September Sales Slump: Is the NZ Housing Market Freezing Up?

2026-10-1827:32

Send us a question/idea/opinion direct via text message! In this episode of the New Zealand Property Market Podcast, Nick Goodall and Kelvin Davidson tackle the persistent slowdown in property transactions as September sales volumes reveal a clear downward trend. With nine consecutive months of year-on-year declines, the buyers hold the pricing power, but high mortgage test rates and economic caution are keeping active participants on the sidelines. We also dive into the macroeconomic l...

Building costs hit 3-year high & the one-year rate switch

2026-10-1225:06

Send us a question/idea/opinion direct via text message! Residential building costs have surged to their highest annual growth rate in three years, rising 4.8% over the last year. But with existing house prices flat to falling and listings at abundant levels, can the construction sector continue to absorb these mounting cost pressures? This week on the New Zealand Property Market Podcast, Head of Research Nick Goodall and a refreshed Chief Economist Kelvin Davidson (back from Hanmer Springs) ...

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