The housing market hit pause in May as a cautious stance from both buyers and sellers kept values flat. The abundance of listings on the market is giving most purchasers the balance of power when it comes to price negotiations, although vendors aren’t having to capitulate either.

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April brings the third consecutive value rise, but could it be the last?

Despite sales volumes making a sluggish start to the year, property values have managed to edge higher. Of course, the growth has obviously been modest, and not universal either – e.g. Auckland and Wellington both remain patchy. Moreover, there now seems to be a pretty good chance that the mini-upturn will peter out soon or even go into reverse.

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The Cotality Home Value Index rose by 0.2% again in March, following the same scale of growth in February. This run of two consecutive increases (albeit modest) could potentially signal that the market trend has changed a little – and would be consistent with the falls in mortgage rates since mid-2024 and better news from the economy in the latter stages of 2025 and early part of 2026. Of course, the Iran conflict is throwing an extra layer of uncertainty over everything at present.

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