Real Estate
Buyer interest builds this side of election uncertainty
Good volume of property available as spring freshens real estate market.
Dairy farm values firm despite fewer sales
Compliant farms achieving higher sale prices.
Market uncertainty cools farm sales
Sales in the three months to August were down 21% compared to the same period last year.
Doing due diligence: things to consider before buying a farm
An expert in rural real estate shares his top tips for first-time farm buyers.
Call to make getting farmers on land a priority
Rural property market half as active as this time last year.
Canterbury farm sales down on last year
Canterbury rural sales of land 20ha and more are back one-third at 75 sales for the season, on last year’s sales of 109.
Horticulture farm sale values fall 30% in 12 months
Median price per hectare on sales of other farm types over the past year all showed increases.
NZ Rural Land broaden scope to offshore investors
NZ Rural Land is eyeing European investors to make up rights issue shortfall.
NZ Rural Land seeks more share equity
Capital raising round to help buy $64m of forestry land in Manawatū-Whanganui.
Farm sales feel chill of economic headwinds
Prices fall, and so do number of properties sold.
Farm sales take a hit amid economic gloom
Some regions are selling half as many properties as the same time last year.
Farmer spirits crushed by red tape – BLNZ
Report says people are opting to sell up rather than struggle on.
Farm listings surge as tensions rise in rural sector
Real Estate Institute of NZ flags concerning trends.
Voice of rural real estate signs off
Brian Peacocke is stepping down as REINZ rural spokesperson.
Record price for high country station
Halfway Bay Station on Lake Wakatipu sold to investors
New foreign forestry rules ‘not much of a barrier’
‘Benefit to NZ’ test won’t halt purchase of farms for forestry, says BLNZ.
Tighter rules for foreign forestry sales
Would-be purchasers must show benefit to New Zealand.
Both arms of Allied Farmers trade well
Land and livestock subsidiaries return almost equal contributions.
NZL records nearly $40m net profit after tax
The net asset value of the company’s shares has risen to $1.65.
Two more big farms for NZ Rural Land
New Zealand Rural Land Company (NZL) is raising more share equity to purchase two large Southland dairy farms…
Stricter foreign investment rules met with cautious optimism
Changes to rules that allow foreign investors to buy farmland for conversion to forestry, will affect about 20% of property purchases, a recent study shows.
Renewed confidence in rural real estate
STRONG dairy farm sales activity in the second half of last year shows renewed confidence in the national dairy market as the sector moves into 2022, Colliers national director of rural & agribusiness James Nilsson says.
Commodity prices drive down farm sales
Landowners wanting to capitalise on high commodity prices are likely to be behind a drop of almost 50% in farm sales for the three months ended December than for the same period a year before, Real Estate Institute of NZ rural spokesperson Brian Peacocke says.