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Drama absent from market

There’s been no dramatic changes to property values of late and the traditional holiday season slowdown is likely to be one of the reasons.

Wednesday, January 16th 2019, 6:30AM

by Miriam Bell

The latest QV House Price Index shows that values nationwide values were up by 1.2% in the three months to December and by 3.2% over the past year. This left the nationwide average value at $682,938.

But value growth in the major metropolitan centres was a mixed bag with Wellington alone continuing to see strong growth.

The Wellington region saw values rise by 3.2% over the past quarter and by 7.8% in the year to December, leaving the average value at $688,074.

In contrast, value growth across the Auckland Region decreased by 0.4% year-on-year although values were up slightly by 0.1% over the past quarter. The region’s average value is now $1,048,145.

Christchurch values inched up slightly over both the quarter and the year, leaving the city’s average value at $496,562.   

Meanwhile, Hamilton values were down by 5% year-on-year (to $570,886), Tauranga values were up by 3.9% year-on-year (to $720,645) and Dunedin values were up by 11.2% year-on-year (to $434,903).

QV general manager David Nagel says the busy Christmas period can mean people put off buying or selling properties until the quieter New Year period.

“As a result, we often don’t see any dramatic changes in market activity or value growth – which appears to have been the case early this year.”

A point of interest is the continued growth on many smaller regional towns, he says.

“This was particularly in the central and upper North Island. Kawerau, Carterton, South Waikato and Ruapehu in particular continue to see strong quarterly growth figures on top of solid annual growth.” 

Kawerau, Carterton and South Waikato saw quarterly value growth of 22.7%, 9.9% and 9.1% respectively.

In terms of annual value growth, Kawerau leads the way - up 30.1%, followed by Wairoa (27.4%) and Ruapehu (20.9%).

However, going forward, Nagel expects the loosening of the LVR restrictions to enable some new first home buyers and investors to enter the market in the coming months.

“I don’t anticipate this impact to be overly significant, but it may help drive a busy property market in the early stages of 2019.”

For CoreLogic head of research Nick Goodall, the December data closes out the 2018 property market in a relatively similar way to last year – with continued weakness in the largest cities and inconsistent growth elsewhere.

He says the market leading into the summer months stayed consistent in December, albeit with the usual reduction in overall activity as well.

“Responsible bank lending standards remain and have been a defining factor of the property market in 2018.”

However, solid market foundations also continue and these shape Goodall’s expectation that the 2019 market will perform similarly to last year.

Many eyes will be on the Government, the Reserve Bank and the banks themselves as they hold so many of the influencer cards, he adds.

Tags: average price CoreLogic house prices housing market Lending LVR property investment property values QV

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