High property prices, especially in and around metros, soaring building costs, rising consumer inflation and an increasingly subdued economy have fuelled the development of innovative alternatives including a surprising growing market for luxury homes constructed from shipping containers.
Many estate agents raised concerns about First National Bank’s recently promoted online service to homeowners wishing to sell their homes, feeling it is an intrusion into their industry. Legal expert John Gilchrist takes a look at the issues and concerns raised.
The property market remains a buyers’ market as property experts expect continued slow growth in the first two terms of 2019 while the outcome of the general elections is awaited.