Dear Resident,
The number of sales of dwellings including apartments in Waitakere City for August was 346. There were 20 sections sold. The median selling price in August was $800,000 down $3,000 from July. The average days to sell was 28.
| Sale Prices | |||
| Suburb | Median selling price August 2016 | No sold | Days to sell |
| Titirangi | $1,030,000 | 14 | 30 |
| West Harbour | $905,000 | 17 | 27 |
| Glendene | $810,000 | 8 | 25 |
| Henderson | $825,000 | 71 | 30 |
| Hobsonville | $920,000 | 11 | 20 |
| Massey | $770,000 | 45 | 30 |
| Ranui | $741,000 | 28 | 20 |
| Sunnyvale | $712,000 | 9 | 51 |
| Te Atatu Peninsula | $930,000 | 16 | 25 |
| Te Atatu South | $848,500 | 27 | 24 |
| Glen Eden | $757,000 | 48 | 29 |
| New Lynn | $755,000 | 35 | 26 |
| Swanson | $800,000 | 5 | 47 |
| Kelston | $749,000 | 6 | 33 |
Capital Gains August 2011 – 2016 Median Prices
Swanson 40.7%
New Lynn 89.0%
Kelston 134.1%
The next official cash rate (OCR) announcement is on the 22/09/2016 and a cut is expected. It is hoped that the lending banks pass on the cut this time.
Prices continue to climb but at a slower rate than over the last 18 months. The
number of sales is at a low level because of the very low number of properties coming onto the market for sale.
With Spring just around the corner there are typically more properties available for sale. This is likely to have little effect on prices especially if the OCR is indeed cut later this month, which would tend to make mortgages less expensive and so buyers are able to service a larger mortgage in turn pushing the prices up.
I have just returned from 2 weeks in the USA where the economy is growing but not as strongly as earlier thought. Talk is that the Federal Reserve (Fed) is unlikely to
increase interest rates this year as they want to see a stronger US economy first.
This means low interest rates in the world and of course NZ for a long time yet. It also means a higher NZ dollar which puts pressure on our reserve bank to cut the OCR in an attempt to lower the $NZ and help NZ exporters compete.
Donald Trump as President? With less than 2 months to go it is probably 50/50. If elected perhaps a shock to the financial markets and uncertain world economies. But then Brexit was predicted to do just that and turned out to be nothing of the sort.
Do you want to know the value of your property? Its probably worth more than you think. Contact me for a free no obligation value update.
Best wishes,
John Goodrum
Licensee Agent REAA 2008
021945140
thelegendofthewest@gmail.com