New Zealand Property Remains In The Doldrums With More Questions Ahead.

May 22, 2026 • 00:11:01
New Zealand Property Remains In The Doldrums With More Questions Ahead.
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New Zealand Property Remains In The Doldrums With More Questions Ahead.

May 22 2026 | 00:11:01

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We recently got the April 2026 data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand, which tells the continued story of weakness across the country, but not uniformly so. For context, note that their House Price Index is now 15.9% down from peak on average across the country, or excluding Auckland, down 10.9%. Despite this, Southland recorded a new high, so the detail matters. RBNZ kept the OCR at 2.25% in April but signalled that rate rises would follow should core inflation fail to ease toward 2%. Most major bank economists now consider an OCR hike this year a probability […]
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