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    ADDING VALUE IN 2022

    Dec 22, 2021 4 minutes

    In 2021, Builderscrack.co.nz facilitated $67 million of residential property improvements across 95,000 jobs posted. Looking back, our 14 years of data shows a clear relationship between house price inflation and trade activity, and 2021 was a heightened year for both.

    A likely lift in the OCR, loan-to-value restrictions, record consents, inflation and a weaning of all Covid subsidies will work against property prices; especially when combined with the recent policies to slow investor appetite. However, easing border restrictions, southern migration, and materials supply issues are less predictable factors which together may work to steady property prices.

    Maximising a home’s rental and market value is a great way to buffer against what I believe will be a more settled period for property prices in

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