Market Comment Archive

May 2013 Comment

RELIEF AT LAST! Sugartree, Isaac, Urba, Nugent, Merchant Quarter, M Central……..the constrained supply of new apartments is easing up fast and the off-plan appetite is getting interesting and building. We have noticed a frustration with prices demanded for existing stock with the...
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April 2013 Comment

WOW! Our new project “SUGARTREE” is going like a train and should give all Aucklanders huge confidence in the future of our City. Stage One, Prima, comprises 150 suites and will start construction in June this year, completion around December 2014. We feel our market will keep...
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March 2013 Comment

TOLD YOU SO AGAIN. February was what we predicted. February was a near record month in both listings and sales so we’re very grateful to our trusting buyers and sellers. The charming phenomenon we’re currently basking in is the testimonials that are flooding in praising my...
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February 2013

THERE’S A GOOD FEELING OUT THERE Give you a prediction. February is going to be a huge month and it’s just going to go faster. Got some brilliant new brokers on the Team and they’re already firing. I think sales are going to start really breaking $m2 barriers and rents will...
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January 2013 Comment

IT’S OFFICIAL! Ding Dong, the witch is dead! Our sentiment that the recession (not the global financial crisis) is over is being reflected by every financial commentator since Christmas and at City Sales we’re gearing up for what we see as a new cycle of prosperity. But you...
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December 2012 Comment

I'M GOOD AT THIS And it’s time for good news. And what better season to break good news? I’m sure we’re through the scary bits of the global financial crisis and it was interesting reading this week the new Reserve Bank Governor, Graeme Wheeler, saying the same thing. So...
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