If real estate is so expensive, why are so many first timers buying?
First home buyers and investors jostle for position at an Auckland auction. (Maybe.) Despite the cost of living, it remains very popular. This old saying has been causing eyes to roll – consequently...
View ArticleMarch Property Report: All the leaves are brown/And the skies are… still blue
Autumn is here at last, as this photo by Open2view South Taranaki’s Michelle Hoffmans shows. Though our days are getting cooler, and my ability to type thus severely hampered, it’s still sunny days...
View ArticleBig is beautiful: why Open2view is the ‘gold standard’ for real estate...
Ask anyone involved in real estate who Alistair Helm is, and they’ll know. If they don’t, odds are they’re doing it wrong. Alistair is the former CEO of Realestate.co.nz, the property website (aka...
View ArticleMay Property Report: Auckland’s housing accord, and more bad news for first...
Open homes and cold snaps don’t mix, as this unfortunate house hunter soon discovered. Winter: the season to put on your coat and sit in front of the real estate market until you’re nice and toasty...
View ArticleDear Campbell Live: market price beats Capital Value every time
Did you watch Campbell Live last night? If not, you missed out on a doozy of an article: “Is the Government profiteering from Auckland’s skyrocketing housing market?” their Facebook admin ominously...
View ArticleAugust Property Report: too many flyers, not enough houses
Coming home from the office last Thursday, I opened my letterbox to find this: That’s – count them – five real estate flyers arriving in my letterbox in just one day, from agents asking if I’d like...
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