Investor confidence has surged in the last quarter of 2014 to a new record high, with optimists outnumbering pessimists by a margin of 31%.
Investors continue to see the upside in Queenstown’s property market, recording a net positive of 61%, with Auckland slightly ahead with 63%, the highest of the 11 regions surveyed. Christchurch was ranked fourth with a net positive of 48%, which is the most confident respondents have been in the future of Christchurch’s property market since September 2013.
Investors are the most pessimistic about upcoming conditions in Whangarei, with a net negative of 25%.
Overlooked by towering mountains like Mt Earnslaw, it’s featured in almost 20 movies and is used for about 10 TV commercial shoots a year. Sir Ian McKellen, who starred as Gandalf in one of those movies, The Lord of the Rings, calls it his favourite place on earth. In the … Read more
Bas Smith (left) and Harry Taylor (right) at Denali summit. “Certainly one of the adventure highlights of my life… it was a fantastic achievement to pull this off in the style that we did.” That’s how Ray White Queenstown Principal Director Bas Smith described summiting Denali, the highest mountain peak … Read more