The latest CoreLogic property report makes clear there is no reprieve for first-home buyers.
As reported yesterday (A2-3, March 7), Rotorua home sellers averaged a profit of $410,000 during the last quarter of 2021 with just 0.6 per cent of sales making a loss and in Tauranga, 99.8 per cent of properties sold made a profit too.
CoreLogic chief property economist Kelvin Davidson says local markets have boomed recently but now there are signs of a slowdown, with credit harder to get and mortgage rates rising.
In reality, the market forecast seems to be only bad news for home owners looking to sell but I have little sympathy as someone looking to get on the market.
I'm trying not to beat the drum about poor me and the daunting figures plaguing the housing market, a drum that has been smashed to a pulp, but a few things need to change: