Property Market Update – Move Over 2020

December 17, 2020

With a week to go before Christmas, when most people are winding down, at Erskine + Owen and Point Property we find ourselves in one of our busiest business periods – at the end of a most unusual year. Property Market Since the latest lockdown in Auckland, we have had a record number of people…

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NZ Property Market – Dead Cat Bounce?

August 25, 2020

We took a view during the level 4 lockdown that property prices would not go down due to the strong demand drivers, but nor would they go up. We were right and wrong. Right because the market didn’t go down. Wrong because we think prices are going up. What’s going on with NZ property? Residential…

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Comprehensive Investment Services Secures Property

August 20, 2020

Our comprehensive property investment service covers everything from financial planning, mortgage brokering and sourcing investment properties to the management of the property post purchase. This full turnkey service helped our clients through the entire process, to secure their first investment property. Planning & Finance This overseas based client contacted Toby Hunn at Erskine & Owen…

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Daycare Syndication Fully Subscribed

July 30, 2020

Our Daycare Property Syndication is now fully subscribed and currently returning the projected 7% per annum, paid monthly. The five Daycare properties are all fully tenanted by experienced Daycare operators with 10 – 15-year leases. Early Childcare Education (ECE) is a growing business sector and a growth market as demand for childcare increases annually. ECE…

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New Zealand Property Market Update

July 6, 2020

Watch our Directors Alan Henderson & Lisa Phillips address the current state of the New Zealand Property Market Topics : Where are prices headed? What to buy in these Covid times? What impact RBNZ changes have on the market? What are banks likely to do? Watch the full Presentation Below

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Share Available In Hill Street Syndication 

June 18, 2020

In June 2017, Erskine + Owen went unconditional on a 31 room lodge in the heart of Hamilton’s CBD. The Hill Street Lodge is a solid 1970’s concrete office block that was converted to student accommodation in the mid-1990s. It is an established lodging facility that has been in operation for many years. We have…

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Is Office Property Dead?

June 18, 2020

Every person is unique. What drives our physical uniqueness was not fully understood until scientists proved DNA – the molecules that contain our unique genetic code. Since Watson and Crick proved DNA in the 1950s, we have gained more and more understanding of its incredible complexity. Bill Gates in the Road Ahead says  “DNA is…

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Latest Property to go Unconditional

June 17, 2020

A Queenwood, Hamilton property purchased on behalf of clients has gone unconditional Friday 5th June. The purchase price of $690,000 is for a 4 bedroom, 1 bathroom home with internal access and double garaging, located in the northern suburbs of Hamilton. A LIM and property file review was undertaken, as was a building inspection, with…

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 Mortgage Experience Gets Deal Done

June 17, 2020

On Monday June 1st, a client approached Wendy Ryan-Kidd our in house Mortgage Broker, with a live deal to purchase an investment property with a value of $1.5 million. Their bank had approved only $500k of the $1.5 million they wanted to borrow, using their home to leverage equity. Wendy quickly assessed the situation and…

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Partnership With Syndex

June 17, 2020

We are excited to announce our new partnership with Syndex for all Erskine + Owen syndicated projects. Syndex originally launched in 2014, to provide registry and reporting services, and an efficient secondary market platform, that provided more liquidity for proportionate investment products. Today Syndex offers a marketplace of investment opportunities, including commercial property as well…

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