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This episode discusses the decline in property sales and the rise of first-home buyers in New Zealand's market.

Send us a question/idea/opinion direct via text message! Property sales volumes have fallen for the seventh consecutive month, drifting down 6% year-on-year in July. Yet amidst the broader market slowdown, first-home buyers are executing an aggressive counter-cyclical surge—capturing a record-breaking 29% market share. This week on the New Zealand Property Market Podcast, Head of Research Nick Goodall (dialling in from his car outside Hamilton following Northland's historic Ranfurly Shield de...

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Host: Nick Goodall

Topics covered

• property sales
• first-home buyers
• market trends
• real estate
• New Zealand

Keywords

• property sales
• first-home buyers
• market share
• New Zealand
• real estate trends

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Places: Hamilton, Northland

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