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Local Buyers Driving Market With Out-of-Towners Lifting Price

May 11, 2018

Simon Tremain's Blog

Duck shooting opening last weekend and thankfully it’s one of the few vices I have never been attracted to! Don’t get me wrong, I love eating duck and drinking beer but shooting guns has never been a major passion. Given the PC world we live in I am surprised that there isn’t more opposition to […]

Growth Of Our Region At Risk From Proposed Funding Cuts

April 27, 2018

Simon Tremain's Blog

I can definitely feel the mornings crisping up as we head further into Autumn.  The big real estate news this past week was the release of the March REINZ statistics with Hawke’s Bay hitting what the NZ Herald so well termed a “three-peat” record high, the third in a row for the Bay.  The regional […]

HB Continues Its Reign As Region Of Choice For Those Relocating

April 13, 2018

Simon Tremain's Blog

Hawke’s Bay is on fire, and that fire keeps gathering more fuel as other regions closer to Auckland stumble with infrastructure issues.  There is no doubt that the positioning of our two cities has been an issue for strategic alliance and a combined marketing approach of our region, but our layout is proving to be […]

Proposed Tourism Funding Cut May Jeopardise Burgeoning Economy

March 30, 2018

Simon Tremain's Blog

Wow, to think we are just about to enter the second quarter of the year – this year is moving at an astounding pace and the property market is keeping pace with the median figures climbing higher across the Bay every month, now sitting at a record high of $444,000.  You may be aware that […]

Demand Continues To Put The Squeeze On House Values

March 16, 2018

Simon Tremain's Blog

  The REINZ statistics for February have been released, showing the Hawke’s Bay median sitting at $444,000, another median high for the region and up substantially from last year’s $375,000 as the figures just keep on rising.  Napier and Hastings both saw very positive growth with Napier’s house values rising 16.5 per cent year-on-year to […]