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The RBNZ has hit a temporary pause on rate cuts, holding the OCR at 3.25% on 9th July—and leaving us hanging just a fraction above neutral. It's the outcome the market was broadly expecting, but was it the right call? Not according to Squirrel founder, JB.
Development contributions often get a lot of hate for how expensive they are—wreaking havoc on project feasibilities, and criticised for further driving up the cost of housing in a hot market. But Squirrel Founder, JB, says that it's not the cost that's the problem. It's the way they're applied, managed and communicated.
Watch our latest update on interest rates and the property market - covering house prices, the economy, the OCR and where mortgage rates might be heading.
Squirrel's Better Builds for Buyers study, released this month, shows that while Kiwi buyers are open to the idea of purchasing off plan, what's getting in the way is a lack of emotional connection, trust, and confidence. The good news: there's plenty that developers can be doing to stand out and succeed in a slow off-plan sales environment.
