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The episode discusses the recent drop in national property values and the regional disparities in the New Zealand property market.

Send us a question/idea/opinion direct via text message! National property values recorded their fourth consecutive monthly drop in July, slipping -0.3% to extend the quarterly decline to -1.0%. On this week's episode of the New Zealand Property Market Podcast, Head of Research Nick Goodall and Chief Economist Kelvin Davidson unpack the latest Cotality Home Value Index (HVI) results. We explore the deepening North-South divide: while Auckland (-0.7% month) and Wellington (-0.8% month) continu...

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Hosts: Nick Goodall, Kelvin Davidson

Topics covered

• property values
• Cotality Home Value Index
• regional property market
• North-South divide
• economic analysis

Keywords

• property market
• HVI
• national property values
• monthly drop
• quarterly decline
• Auckland
• Wellington

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cotality NZ, Cotality Home Value Index

Places: Auckland, Wellington

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