I'm a cashed-up potential house buyer in the Auckland area. But I've found that I can rent a very nice house in a part of town I can't afford to buy in...for less each month than I would spend on a mortgage on a house in a less desirable part of town. No issues with changing houses as I just find a new one and give notice. Plus my capital is earning interest rather then me paying it out at these higher rates. Looks like I may rent for a while yet.
good call - I think this is the way to go in NZ for a while. NZ is easy to work out. Look at America we are behind 2 years. then look at britain, we are behind one year. Its like having your own crystal ball.
yes and the same is to be said in cadnada now too (renting is the better deal now).a study was just done by merrill lynch on canadian realestate and they found prices in canada 10% to high but they also found the province i live in was 50% too high. crazy! oh and in a city of about 230 000 there are about 1800 homes on the market... noone wants to buy in this over priced market.
house price protectism. We want the house prices to fall because we do not want the banks to own us
MrWorldking 2 years ago
As low end sales get held up, the median prices go up! Its a precursor to a price decline.
WineRex 3 years ago
Median prices went up in California in early 2006 due to the same effect!
WineRex 3 years ago
I'm a cashed-up potential house buyer in the Auckland area. But I've found that I can rent a very nice house in a part of town I can't afford to buy in...for less each month than I would spend on a mortgage on a house in a less desirable part of town. No issues with changing houses as I just find a new one and give notice. Plus my capital is earning interest rather then me paying it out at these higher rates. Looks like I may rent for a while yet.
linuxluver 3 years ago
good call - I think this is the way to go in NZ for a while. NZ is easy to work out. Look at America we are behind 2 years. then look at britain, we are behind one year. Its like having your own crystal ball.
georgewtwat 3 years ago
yes and the same is to be said in cadnada now too (renting is the better deal now).a study was just done by merrill lynch on canadian realestate and they found prices in canada 10% to high but they also found the province i live in was 50% too high. crazy! oh and in a city of about 230 000 there are about 1800 homes on the market... noone wants to buy in this over priced market.
curt883 3 years ago