John Christiansen
Wednesday 26 November 2014
Manager's Comments 24-11-14
The count down to Christmas begins. A month
to go till Christmas Eve, when the world stops for a well earned breather, not
to recommence the business of house buying until about Monday 13th
January 2015. In the interim we have Christmas and New Year, very busy family
and social time. Buyers are thinking about other things. This year we should be
busy with buyers until Monday 21st or maybe the 22nd of
December. After that, not much. On the up side for sellers is the last
Harcourts BluePrint of the year published 20 December. This will be a bumper
issue and will have an extended shelf life. The next publication is not until
10 January, 3 weeks later. We do accommodate a number of expats in our city
over Christmas and we are now becoming a ‘destination’, and there will be many
out of town visitors. They will be interested in property and will browse the
available advertising. That is, our last BluePrint. Talk to your agent about
extending your profile in the last issue. Doubling the size of your presence in
the BluePrint will be a good investment with 3 times the exposure before
another publication is out.
Sunday 9 November 2014
Manager's Comments 10-11-14
A story in the Daily News last week and the NZ Herald last weekend, cites the success and growth of the greater New Plymouth real estate market. We are one of the only areas outside Auckland and Christchurch to have capital gains of over 5% since the height of the previous strong run in 2007. Nelson was the other. I’m not sure about Nelson, but I can give some insight into New Plymouths seemingly amazing figures.
In the ‘flush’ of 2006/7 very good volumes of sales were taking place right across the board. Our first few million dollar sales, and a good strong showing in all the price ranges below that. Volumes were very strong. Over those years averaging 94 sales per month, up to 123 in May 2007. In September 2014 there were 68 sales. 27.7% less. Over 1 quarter of our sales volume has gone. So to get our median up to the present $346,250, we have had an unusual weight of high price sales dragging the median up to 2007 levels. In 2007 there were 27.7%, or 23 sales per month more on average. Those were solid numbers and not distorted so much by the few high prices achieved, as statistics are now in much lighter volumes. Our market suffers from a severe lack of stock. About half the number of properties are available on the market now than in 2007. Don’t get carried away with current price medians, they have little substance in steady volume. It would be fair to say that apart from the very top end in exclusive locations, the value of individual houses in New Plymouth has not exceeded 2007 levels.
John Christiansen
In the ‘flush’ of 2006/7 very good volumes of sales were taking place right across the board. Our first few million dollar sales, and a good strong showing in all the price ranges below that. Volumes were very strong. Over those years averaging 94 sales per month, up to 123 in May 2007. In September 2014 there were 68 sales. 27.7% less. Over 1 quarter of our sales volume has gone. So to get our median up to the present $346,250, we have had an unusual weight of high price sales dragging the median up to 2007 levels. In 2007 there were 27.7%, or 23 sales per month more on average. Those were solid numbers and not distorted so much by the few high prices achieved, as statistics are now in much lighter volumes. Our market suffers from a severe lack of stock. About half the number of properties are available on the market now than in 2007. Don’t get carried away with current price medians, they have little substance in steady volume. It would be fair to say that apart from the very top end in exclusive locations, the value of individual houses in New Plymouth has not exceeded 2007 levels.
John Christiansen
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