First home grant - Quality investment in CHCH?

[chcpharm]

How to invest my time and money?

To begin this I will give some background, I am in the fortunate position to have enough in my kiwi saver and in personal savings account to be able to apply for the full amount of a Kainga Ora first home grant in Christchurch city ($500,000 on 5% deposit)....

[primal]

What are the requirements of buying your first home if I already have investment property.

[4wheels]

Hi,

I’m in the process of looking for my first home and have come across some older houses within my budget of $600k that would probably need some TLC. My question is if for example I put in an offer for a place say $570k and after the building inspection I happen to negotiate the price...

[Roni]

Hello experts,

I'm very new to NZ property market and planning to buy our first home in Auckland. We can afford a house up to $1m (both downpayment and bank loan). I need your expertise to guide me on the right path.

1. Is it good to invest $1m to buy a 4 bedroom house...

[Cass]

Thinking of buying my first home in Carterton. Currently working in Wellington City, the commute from Carterton by train is around 1hr 20 mins. 3 bed I'm looking at is around $310,000 (most I can borrow). Any thoughts on future capital gains in this area? Planning to live in it for the next 5 years...

[Rhonny_g]

Hi all, I'm a first time poster (and first time buyer), currently renting in Auckland but looking at moving out of the big smoke and purchasing in Whangarei.

After doing some research, it seems that Whangarei (much to my surprise) might be the next up-and-coming place for growth and...

[HiDAVE]

Hi team

Has anyone has success with this?

Either buying or building a duplex or similar, living in the smaller / cheaper side of it and renting out the rest..

Could this almost make us cash flow neutral in some areas?

Just something I'm brain storming...

[invamped]

Hi,

I'm in the process of looking at a first home. We have found something we really like, nothing fancy just a suitable property for our needs and within our price range. We are considering putting in an offer, but I have concerns around the design of the house. It's a hardiplank panel...

[yaigesh]

Hi All

I have a question regarding partial ownership. If someone is buying a first home and they do not have the deposit. So, they ask someone to help them with the deposit. In return, the investor asks for partial ownership of the house (something like NZHF). Now, can the first house...

[My New Home]

Hi All,
I just joined today after finding some interesting threads I wanted to read. I want to give people who can't afford a good home or investment in this very strong property market an affordable and extremely good value for money option with my development in Omokoroa called Victoria Key....

[missedtheboat]

Planning to buy my first home.
Everyone's got their own preferences/opinions, just wanted to know what's the best.

Mangere East vs Glen Eden

(I know that pretty much translates to South vs West)

[noone]

Hi All,

I am planning to buy my first home; however the my budget only permits me a do up property. I was wondering how much does it cost to renovate a do-up property. If someone could suggest me a good builder who could check the property for structural issues and give me a quote on...

[flea]

Hello forum of very knowledgeable and helpful property folks,

My partner and I are looking to buy a first home in Auckland and have come across one that is within our budget that we like a lot. It is a stucco house that was built early 1950s and appears to be dry and sound underneath. However,...

[Cnob009]

Hi, I have been interested in investment properties for a while and have recently inherited a freehold section in redoubt road in manukau. As it is freehold I was going to use this as equity to buy my first property. I will be living in this house for a couple of years while we dream up a new house...

[kmor110]

Hi all,

My partner and I took the plunge and purchased our first home in May this year.

We bought a stand alone, 2 bedroom 50's cottage 70sqm with a stand alone garage on a cross lease of 400ish sqm in Orewa. Walk to the primary school, shops, beach all under 10mins. ...