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Auckland house prices edged up for a second month in June in the face of fewer listings and intense demand among property buyers, according to Barfoot & Thompson, the city’s biggest realtor. The average sale price rose 0.8 percent to $649,945 last month, adding to a 0.3 percent gain in May, the firm said. The median price rose 3.5 percent …

New Zealand’s new building consents rose in May, adding to a surge in April, as construction intentions Auckland and Christchurch underpinned growth in the sector. New building permits rose 1.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted 1,818 last month, with a big build up in Auckland apartments, Statistics New Zealand said. The rose 21 percent in April. Stripping out apartments, seasonally …

The Reserve Bank says raising interest rates now isn’t the right policy response to an overheated housing market and the bank considers restricting low equity home loans as offering the “greatest potential” to curb demand. Deputy governor Grant Spencer told the Business NZ Council in Wellington that the “overheated housing market is a real threat to future financial stability” and …

New Zealand’s government wants to trim “super profits” from land banking which it says is the biggest impediment to housing affordability in Auckland. New Zealand’s Reserve Bank is concerned rising house prices where supply is failing to meet demand, particularly in Auckland, is threatening financial stability. Housing Minister Nick Smith is relying on an accord with Auckland City Council to …

The New Zealand dollar may struggle for direction this week as investors weigh the possibility of a higher interest rate track in New Zealand against signs of recovery in the US. The kiwi may trade between 77 US cents and 81 cents this week, according to a BusinessDesk survey of six traders and strategists who were split on the local …

New Zealand property values held their annual pace of growth last month, as demand outstripped supply in Auckland and Christchurch, according to state valuer Quotable Value. National property values increased 7.1 percent in the 12 months ended May 31, matching the annual pace for April, the agency said in a statement. Property values increased 1.7 percent in the three months …

Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler faces the same tensions between a high kiwi dollar and a heated housing market that have informed his monetary policy decisions all year and no change is likely at next week’s review as inflation stays low. Wheeler will keep the official cash rate at 2.5 percent when he releases the monetary policy statement on June …

Auckland house price growth stalled for a second month in May as buyers baulked at rising prices, according to Barfoot & Thompson, the city’s biggest realtor. The average sale price edged up 0.3 percent to $644,737 in May, following a 0.5 percent drop in April, the firm said. The median price advanced 0.7 percent to $570,000. “The Auckland property market …

Tenon, the wood mouldings company, said it may return to profit this year as a pickup in the US housing market stokes demand for building products. The shares soared 16 percent. Operating profit before finance costs would be between zero and US$1 million in the year ending June 30, from a loss of US$8 million a year earlier, the company …

Wall Street was mixed, paring sharp early losses after disappointing data from China and a slump in Japanese stocks outweighed better-than-expected reports on US jobs and housing. In China, the preliminary reading for a Purchasing Managers’ Index of manufacturing was 49.6 in May, according to HSBC and Markit Economics data. In Japan, the Topix plunged 6.9 percent. Yesterday’s comments by …