Now is a really good time if you are a first time buyer to get into the market.
I am often dealing with calls where customers are unaware of the fact that we are able to help them "create" their display space and that yes, we also hire out furniture for shows and events such as the upcoming Plush Event which is being held at the ASB Showgrounds from the 28th to the 30th of June 2009. Plush is New Zealand’s foremost textile, fabrics and soft furnishings galleria where most of the major players in the industry come together to showcase their very best and most innovative products.
Visit their website http://www.buildnz.com/plush.htm and register to free! It's sure to be a showstopper this year.
Listings are drying up so it could be a good time to sell; we heard that the rate of property price falls has reduced from 9.2% to 9.1%, whoppedy doo!
Interest rates are low and the 'high up guy' at the ANZ bank told me that short term rates are probably the way to go for a while, because the longer term rates are getting a bit high, because depositors are after a good return on their money and the various company bond issues are competing with longer tern deposit rates....wow did you get all that??
Unemployment is going to keep things subdued for a while, but the earth is still spinning, both NZ and Aus are looking at peaking around 8% unemployment so as usual, if you are not forced to sell then you still do have choices – its actually always the same – it’s about the difference between what you will sell your house for and what it costs to buy the next one – if you can sell well and buy well then you take two steps forward, it’s a bit like snakes and ladders, if you sell badly and buy badly then you end up sliding down the snake and it can take you a long time to get back to where you were!
welcome to the homebase blog - I am the director of homebase and I hope that you find some of the information that we post to be useful - we are all about helping people to sell houses and to provide information on products and services to help achieve that
we are right at the coal face of whats happening in the real estate market as we deal with vendor's and real estate agents, plus because we work with people who are preparing homes for sale we know what these peoples thoughts and sentiments are about the market.
We are also property investors as well so we have a multi faceted approach to our commentary
We are busy working on the production of our first newsletter for 2009 - there is some interesting action happening in the homestaging and interior design industry and we intend to keep you in the loop! Keep checking our blog for updates.
homebase now has a blog so you can find out what we are up to.