新西兰Rental market madness
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Demand for rental property in Auckland is at crisis point, with some houses now attracting as many as 200 would-be tenants.
Desperate tenants are often having to spend months searching for a place to live, and some even engage in bidding wars. Landlords are sitting pretty.
Rental agents say they are receiving hundreds of inquiries for listings, especially for stand-alone houses close to Auckland's central business district.
An agent who listed a four-bedroom property in Balmoral said he received 200 inquiries on the property before letting it out last weekend.
A property in Ethel St, Kingsland, attracted more than 200 would-be renters during a half-hour open-home.
"It's going to be very easy to rent it. Narrowing down the list of tenants is going to be the hard part, to be honest," landlord Dave Smith told TV3.
Rental agent Darryl Goode said in the current market, it was not uncommon for hundreds of people to register their interest in a property.
"Give me another 10 or 20 three-bedroom houses and I could let them all out in a couple of days."
Mr Goode said there was a "severe shortage" of stand-alone houses to let in the city-fringe areas, and the market was the tightest he had seen in his 12 years in the industry.
Real estate agency Crockers recently reported that the average weekly rent for a three-bedroom home in central Auckland was $580 in December, up 16 per cent in a year. For Takapuna/Milford it was $670 (up 26 per cent) and Remuera $690 (up 25).
The Herald on Sunday has reported that Auckland rental property listings on Trade Me in January were down 24 per cent on the same month last year.
Demand was also outstripping supply in Northland, Bay of Plenty and Canterbury, although nowhere near as badly as in Auckland.
Agents say the economic slowdown is the main contributor to the rental market being at crisis point.
More rental properties are being sold by investor landlords who want to cash up, and hard times are forcing homeowners to also sell and become renters themselves.
Landlord Lourdes Sudianto said he had to sell his two central Auckland rental properties after his trading business was hit by the global recession.
The slowdown has also forced many landlords to return from overseas to re-occupy their properties.
Harcourts rental manager Lesley Whiting said her Browns Bay office recently lost to returning landlords about 10 of the 300 properties it was managing, and was currently listing only two rental dwellings.
"It's got nothing to do with landlords wanting to capitalise from the World Cup, but the economic crisis which is forcing more people to come home and stay home," Ms Whiting said. "Who knows how long this is going to last, but it's really reaching crisis point for people looking to rent today."
Last year, net migration of 16,500 was the highest since 2003, driven mainly by fewer Kiwis heading to Australia to work.
"The economic recession has had a significant impact on the number of New Zealanders leaving for Australia, with a 27 per cent decrease in trans-Tasman departures over the last 12 months," Immigration New Zealand said in its latest migration trends and outlook report.
Changes to tax laws last year, which restrict investors on what they can claim in depreciation, have deterred people from investing in rental properties, says the Property Investors Federation.
Vice-president Andrew King said costs were also rising faster than capital gains, and rental returns were not matching up with mortgage rates, leaving many would-be investors feeling "it's not a good time to buy".
A lack of new houses being built also meant supply was not keeping up with demand fuelled by population growth.
"It's usually a seasonal thing, but the big drop in supply of rental homes in Auckland this year is somewhat unprecedented," Mr King said.
"The situation is more pronounced in Auckland, felt more at this time of the year because it's when people relocate, decide to move houses, and international students start coming back," he said.
Mr King said the situation could change if rising rents resulted in better yields for landlords, and more people started investing in rental properties again.
"It will help to meet the demand, but I do not see rents going anywhere but up."
What's causing the crisis?
*More investment homes are being sold by owners wanting to cash up.
*Hard times are forcing homeowners to sell and join the rental market.
*More overseas-based landlords are returning home.
*Changes to tax laws.
* Fewer houses being built.
(NZ Herald, 07/02/2011)
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thanks for sharing...................
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多谢分享;tongue;................
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这个现在是很夸张啊, 洋人都太穷了,很多混了大半辈子还攒不出个首期,现在报纸上说中区的四室房子租到了750/PW, 那个租客还说自己很LUCKY了!!!
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历史总是在重演. 当时1997年亚洲金融风暴导致新西兰房地产市场下跌, 开发商无利可图, 使得本地新建房屋大为减少, 而人口, 尤其是奥克兰, 依然增长, 导致房屋供不应求, 这种供需不平衡达到某种程度会催生量变到质变, 最终形成从2002年开始的地产大牛市.
个人认为现在的情形与当年相似. 所以短则1-2年, 本地房地产可能牛市重临. 现在的房产价格应该处于底部区域. 若想投资房地产, 应该马上行动.
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可是算算也不核算，房租根本COVER 不了MORTGAGE
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http://www.trademe.co.nz/propert ... ction-446740385.htm
Lease,你觉得这个如何？
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如果房子没有问题的话, 这APT实在太值得买了. 平均每平方米售价还不到$2100. 比我买的便宜多了.
需要好好查一下Body Corp Minutes, 因为我觉得便宜得有点过头了.
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唯一担心的是这个楼是不是heritage building。
如果是的话要研究研究HB有什么特殊保养条规。
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这贴子刚好在一年之前发, 现在看来还是有点先见之明的. 哈哈.
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2011年rent升了10%，2012年升10%，都一样啊。
现在报纸上登的还是同样的新闻。
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我是说我在7楼说的观点.
你的Unit不是已经涨了吗, 我的House & Apartment也都涨了. NZ房地产的春天已经来了.
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我想买十万股tua，怎么样都买不到，你们奥克兰的房子水太多，不如我们基督城的实在
还是要小心
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有个细节，刚那个房子对面，从窗户看过去看到了什么。哈哈哈哈
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仔细研究了一下这房子, 发现有两个问题:
1. 6个房间, 只有两个卫生间. 意味着卫生间是共用的, 可以合理的推断厨房也是共用的. 因此这6个房间并非是完整的可以供租客独立使用.
2. 由以上第1个问题引申出来, 我猜想这APT以前有可能是商业物业(共用卫生间). 那么它改成民用APT是否经过Council permission.
或许这2点是这房子便宜得出奇的原因.
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你注意图片窗户外的广告，对面是一家按摩院，不排除这个房子在红灯区内，有可能本身之前就是做妓院的！！！
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LEASE， 哥们送你一大礼，你就拿妓院这事去压价，毕竟RENTAL收得很高。NET RETURN到10%就拿下吧。
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还真猜中了，红灯区里
http://www.kroad.co.nz/kroad/lis ... ?g=3&offset=200
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那条街都是ADULT店和BAR经营
也就是说，不管经济起伏，继女都可以负担得起高房租，你把它好好装修一下，还可以涨价。也可以改成小时旅馆之类，增加SM房间，情趣房间之类。保证你NET高达15%以上。
另类投资~~~~
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剑客不住AKL不知道. 我们在这里的人是人尽皆知这是红灯区.
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K ROAD就是AKL的红灯区。。。。