How have New Zealand house prices grown since 1970? A decade-by-decade breakdown of price cycles, interest rates, and what drives the NZ property market.

National rents are down slightly, but the data tells a more nuanced story. Here is what NZ landlords and property investors need to know in 2026.

Feeling the pressure of the current NZ property market? Here is what 50 years of cycle history says about investors who held on. A practical guide for NZ landlords in 2026.

Moving from a first home to a second property marks a shift from stability to portfolio growth. Staircase explains how lending, equity use, and risk change at each stage of property investment. Understanding the first property vs second property strategy helps investors expand sustainably.

Airbnb or long-term tenant? This NZ investor framework covers the four lenses such as economic, operational, property and investor, to make the right call for your property.

Cash flow vs capital growth is often framed as a choice, but most NZ investors aim to achieve both. Learn how rental income supports holding costs while capital growth builds long-term equity.

Budget 2026 includes funding for infrastructure, social housing, renters, councils and trades training, but does it create a clear housing strategy for New Zealand?

The RBNZ has held the OCR at 2.25%, but a later 2026 hike remains possible. Here’s what the latest decision means for mortgage rates, refinancing and NZ property investors.

The Golden Visa could affect the NZ property market, but not how most would think. New Zealand’s ‘golden visa’ is back in the headlines, but the easy narrative that ‘the housing market floodgates have now been reopened for foreign buyers’ is the wrong one. The refreshed Active Investor Plus regime reopened a very narrow slice of residential property to offshore money. It did not amount to a wholesale reopening of the housing market to offshore buyers. What changed under New Z

The New Zealand property market is sending mixed signals. On the surface, prices are still relatively flat, sales remain uneven, mortgage rates have stopped falling, and many investors are waiting for a clearer sign that the market has turned. But beneath the headlines, some of the data is starting to tell a different story. In this May property market update, Staircase looks at whether the recovery may already be underway, just not evenly across the country yet. The South Is