Values drift -0.4%: Time to forget the market peak? 📉

Values drift -0.4%: Time to forget the market peak? 📉

September 6, 2026 · 30 min

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The episode discusses the recent decline in home values in New Zealand and challenges the perception of the market based on peak values.

Send us a question/idea/opinion direct via text message! The August Cotality Home Value Index is out, showing a -0.4% monthly decline across Aotearoa New Zealand—marking the fifth consecutive month of value contraction. However, looking at property purely through the lens of the "fall from the peak" might be completely skewing our view of the market. This week on the New Zealand Property Market Podcast, Head of Research Nick Goodall and Chief Economist Kelvin Davidson unpack the August data. ...

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Host: Nick Goodall

Guest: Kelvin Davidson

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Organizations: Cotality NZ

Places: Aotearoa New Zealand

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