Tracking House Prices in NZ

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NonprayingMantis

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#69251 5-Oct-2010 11:53

In the UK there are several free websites you can use to find historical house sale prices for an area
Sites like this one:
http://www.houseprices.co.uk/

where you just stick in a postcode and it gives you the historical sales for that area, prices, whether the place was a flat, semi, terrace, etc.
e.g.
http://www.houseprices.co.uk/e.php?q=RG1+2PU

Is there a similar service in NZ?
QV looks the closest, but as far as I can tell it charges nearly $20 for that sort of info. Is there anywhere does it for free?

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langers1972

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#388152 5-Oct-2010 12:18

AFAIK no, you can always ask a Real Estate agent if you happen to be on good terms with one as they tend to subscribe to QV although most won't give out the industry secrets unless they sniff a sale/listing potential

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#388180 5-Oct-2010 12:47

I think you can still pay QV online for the report yourself if you're worried they wont give you the information for free becuase of the "give out the industry secrets unless they sniff a sale/listing potential"

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#388182 5-Oct-2010 12:48

If you're interested in a particular house ask the agent for the info they should be able to provide it.
Also while not overly accurate your local council may provide CV information on their website.

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NonprayingMantis

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#388195 5-Oct-2010 13:03

I'm more interested in my own suburb, to see what houses have sold recently and for how much.

I know some estate agents give out this kind of info when you go along for an open home, but I reckon they are likely to be extremely selective about which houses they choose to divulge in order to make the house you are looking at appear a particular way.

timbosan

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#388207 5-Oct-2010 13:13

Another option could be to approach realenz.co.nz - they run all the online listings from most agencies around the country and probably have that data in some format. I am not sure how much it would cost though.....

They do produce market trend reports, but I am not sure to which level (suburb vs. city).

Can't hurt to ask ;-)

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#388212 5-Oct-2010 13:18

There's an online outfit called Veda Advantage (previously known as Baycorp) who,amongst other things, do exactly what you are looking for but it's not free. I have access to it through my job but I don't know how much they charge etc, except I do know that when I use it, my employer gets charged per online page that I view.

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graemeh

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#388229 5-Oct-2010 13:41

eracode: There's an online outfit called Veda Advantage (previously known as Baycorp) who,amongst other things, do exactly what you are looking for but it's not free. I have access to it through my job but I don't know how much they charge etc, except I do know that when I use it, my employer gets charged per online page that I view.

Veda pricing was similar to QVNZ last time I looked.

The best approach is to hire a valuer to do some consultancy work for you, tell them what you are after and they can get the figures very quickly. Yes it will cost money (not as much as you might think though) but you know the information is totally independent and any advice is unbiased.

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#388241 5-Oct-2010 13:56

NonprayingMantis: I'm more interested in my own suburb, to see what houses have sold recently and for how much.

I know some estate agents give out this kind of info when you go along for an open home, but I reckon they are likely to be extremely selective about which houses they choose to divulge in order to make the house you are looking at appear a particular way.

Go to an open home in your area. Make lots of noise about being really interested in it blah blah blah. Ask to see a list of what houses in the area have sold for recently so you know what sort of offer to put on the property.

Not quite as simple as a website, but it *is* free :)

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kontonnz

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#388247 5-Oct-2010 14:02

getting a valuer, you will likely pay a couple of hundred for something you can do for near free or for little cost yourself:

http://infolink.harcourts.net/index.htm

http://www.terranet.co.nz/terranet3/

and of course QV http://www.qv.co.nz/

graemeh

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#388267 5-Oct-2010 14:24

kontonnz: getting a valuer, you will likely pay a couple of hundred for something you can do for near free or for little cost yourself:

http://infolink.harcourts.net/index.htm

http://www.terranet.co.nz/terranet3/

and of course QV http://www.qv.co.nz/

It depends on how serious you are about finding out useful information. Yes you can get a list of prices for free from most agents. You have no way of knowing how this list has been filtered before you see it. You can get the list cheaply from QV, Terranet, Veda etc BUT you know nothing about the properties being listed.

If you choose the right valuer they will have been inside at least some of the houses coming up as comparable sales and they will be able to tell you if the house really is comparable with your house.

That information alone will make a difference of tens of thousands of dollars in the resulting price estimate.

It depends why you want the information. If you're just curious wait until QV run one of their regular "get a free e-valuation" promotions and then run a freebie on your house. Don't place too much faith in it though as the comparable sales selected are the ones the computer kinda thinks might be sorta like your house.

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#388468 5-Oct-2010 20:51

if you're after good data and analysis, for a fee, then take a look at kieran trass's website http://www.suburbwatch.co.nz/ kieran is a well known property commentator who has been pretty good at predicting the market.

depending on where you live, a local agent may publish good info on their own website. a good example is this one http://www.marshallteam.co.nz/ which provides downloadable stats on sales in the mt eden/epsom area in auckland.

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#388522 5-Oct-2010 22:23

http://www.zoodle.co.nz/ is something i always look at, to see section and location and what the neighborhood is like, there all sorts of other things in there as well, im looking at buying in Hastings, so ive been following the market now for last 12 months just getting a feel for what you can get for your dollar, i follow all the main real estate websites just putting in basic search criteria eg region, district, 4 bedroom price range i set higher than what im looking at just to keep mind open,

http://www.realestate.co.nz/
http://www.harcourts.co.nz/
http://www.bayleys.co.nz/
http://www.raywhite.co.nz/
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-me-property/index.htm
http://www.nz.open2view.com/
http://www.professionals.co.nz/

could be different where you are

would be great of all where connected some how, and it updated all to give you the new listings fitting your criteria, problem with going to a real estate agent and asking to keep you updated through email is there filter sux (if they have one) and you get all sorts of crap to look through and none of it could even be what you are looking for, its like multi spam to all no matter what the customer asked for

if i am off topic sorry, not much sleep in previous week, as im not letting this computer beat me that im working on

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#388678 6-Oct-2010 10:46

You could try reinz.co.nz and go to Market Trends. This shows median and average sales data at a national level and you can drill down to suburb level. Reports come out around the 14th of each month and are effective from the month end prior. QV tends to be 3 months behind the market.

If you are into spreadsheets the REINZ site gives you mega years of data and you play around to your hearts content.

Alternatively you could try trademe.co.nz and go to the real estate section and find out what sort of prices people are asking for their property. Not particularly reliable data since the sellers price expectations might be a bit astray from what the buyer is prepared to pay - but it will give you a sense of what is happening.

You probably need to be a bit aware of what is happening in each particular region - like in Christchurch who would try to predict house values after an earthquake. You may not be even able to buy as some insurers aren't writing new policies so banks are't lending - theres bound to be some flow on affect of prices.

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#388724 6-Oct-2010 12:37

also you can look up the valuation of the house on your councils website under rates , it will have the Rating Information Database (RID) that you can look through to get the market value that they set the rates for

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