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43,000 fear higher interest rates may force property sale

6 Jul 23 – A Horizon Research Banking Monitor finds 3% of adults think they might have to definitely sell a property in the next 12 months because of higher interest rates. That’s equivalent to 43,000 people with a mortgage. ...
Why our winner does surveys

6 Jul 23 – Faye T, of Manukau, Auckland, has won our June 30 2023, $500 cash draw for referring others to join our HorizonPoll panel. Faye, aged 45-54yrs, says she invited mainly family to join. (Any member inviting others to join gets an entry in the quarterly...
7% say don’t compensate disaster victims who must move

25 May 23 – New Zealanders think insurance companies and local and central government should help compensate home owners whose homes or areas can no longer be lived in because natural disasters will occur there again. A special Horizon Research surveys finds 64% of...
More job confidence, but 287,600 think they will lose their jobs

16 Sep 20 – The number of New Zealanders who are confident they will keep their jobs during the next 12 months has risen 8%. 46% of adults (18 years of age or over) believed, at the end of August, they would keep their jobs during the next year. ...
57% of Wellingtonians back Shelly Bay development

8 Oct 19 – More Wellington city residents overall feel that the development at Shelly Bay would be a good thing for the city, according to a ‘mood of the city’ survey conducted to coincide with the two-year mark since the Wellington City Council greenlit the development. ...
44% for capital gains tax, 35% against overall

28 Mar 19 – 44% of new Zealand adults support introducing a capital gains tax. 35% oppose. A Horizon Research February 28-March 15, 2019 nationwide poll finds 16% are neutral on a new tax, while 6% do not know. ...
Pledging solar subsidies could be a vote winner

27 Aug 18 – Government subsidies for residential solar power appeals most to New Zealanders as a way of reducing global warming. Some 71% of adults say this is the best way of tackling climate change. A policy, like one just ...
House prices $300,000 above what New Zealanders think is affordable

12 Jul 18 – On average New Zealanders think an affordable home price would be $375,200. This is $300,480 below Quotable Value’s national average house price, for the three months ending June 30, 2018. A Horizon Research nationwide survey finds ...
Pity the landlords: 60% suffer rent non-payments

4 Jul 18 – Six out of 10 landlords have had tenants not pay rent at some time. A Horizon Research survey finds only 40% say they have never had the problem. 1% say they have had a tenant failed to pay rent once a year or more. That's rent...
Ski areas hot amid overall property shortage

5 Jun 18 – There are many more buyers than sellers intending to be active in the New Zealand property market in the next 12 months. This was a major finding in research released today by realestate.co.nz, the country’s largest property listing site with the most residential...
Property demand will greatly exceed supply in 2018

26 Feb 18 – Demand for homes is projected to be three and half times greater than supply in the next 12 months. The gap between those who say are will “definitely...
Most will be living on pension alone 10 years after retiring

6 Dec 17 – For most retirees, savings and income from assets lasts for less than 10 years after retirement, reducing most to living off the New Zealand Superannuation pension alone. With the average person expecting to be retired for 20+ years, New Zealand retirees expect to live the...
Where the money's coming from in retirement

6 Dec 17 – Those over 65 and retired are relying strongly on the New Zealand Superannuation pension income (86%). Research by Horizon for the Financial Services Council, finds...
How our elderly are feeling

6 Dec 17 – Across the range of elderly interviewed in a Horizon study for the Financial Services Council, many told of what life is like. Here are some comments made,...
$100 cash - what a surprise!

28 Nov 17 – A Waitakere fabrication welder has won our November 24 midnight $100 cash prize survey draw. Michelle L join our HiroznPoll panel in October 2017. Two 18-24 year-olds won our special $100 cash draws for completing a property market survey in October...
DIR could stop 39% of Aucklanders buying a dwelling

6 Jul 17 – 39% of Aucklanders think they will not be able to buy homes if the Government gives the Reserve Bank a new power and home lending is limited to five times household income. Horizon Research finds the preferred debt to income ratio (DIR) of five favoured by the bank in a...
Oops, we bought a house ...

13 Jun 17 – They weren’t intending to buy – but saw a property and did. New research for Property Press finds 14% of adults say this has happened to them. It happened to 16 out of every 100 who bought a property to live in during the past year. ...
Property media readership - newspapers beaten

31 May 17 – Latest research finds readership of newspaper property sections trailing the specialist magazine Property Press. Property Press is being read by 1,296,500 New Zealanders each month. This puts the magazine ahead of daily and local newspapers' print...
Supply-demand gap of 48,000 dwellings for 2017

11 May 17 – The number of people nationwide saying they will “definitely” buy or sell a residential property in the next 12 months has decreased. Horizon Research has been tracking definite buying and selling intentions for ...
Two thirds worried about our beaches' future

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The great housing supply shortage

23 Aug 16 – The gap between the number of people definitely wanting to buy and sell properties is the largest since Property Press started measuring it in 2010....
New home deposit rules could turn off 22% of investors

20 Jul 16 – The Reserve Bank’s move to increase the deposit needed for investors to buy a home above 30% will have a significant impact on the market. New research finds 22% of those who said they were definitely going to buy an...
The big home supply and demand gap

4 Dec 15 – The number of people definitely looking to buy a residential...
Cash win for moving family best timing ever!

1 Oct 15 – “Just the best timing ever!” That’s how a Wainuiomata mother of two Jacinta describes winning Horizon’s September 30, 2015, $2079 prize draw. “It’s like the best timing ever… we have to move home and my...
Nearly 30,000 more want to buy homes than want to sell

19 Dec 14 – Any Reserve Bank relaxing of rules allowing banks to lend to more people with less than 20% deposits for homes would increase the number of “definite buyers” in the market from 5.9% to 7.3%. Some 5.9% of adult New Zealanders say they are...
48% say scrap KiwiSaver tax credit to fund tax cuts on savings

23 Apr 14 – A Horizon Poll commissioned by the Financial Services Council shows KiwiSavers support removing the annual $521 members tax credit (MTC) to fund lower KiwiSaver fund tax rates. $288,000 benefit from lowering tax on savings interest: These proposed...
Listings fight could cost Trade Me up to 32% of its property traffic

12 Mar 14 – Trade Me faces significant risks if its recent price rises for property listings result in a further shift of advertisements to its main competitor web site. New research covering 2,471 adults nationwide finds that if the real...
Employment forecast to rise for 2013

20 Dec 12 – There will be a nett rise in jobs created during the next year, according to a new HorizonPoll survey. 23.8% of adults in work think the organisations employing them will increase staff in the next 12 months, 16.6% will decrease staff and 43.9% will keep number the same...
80.7% want independent investigation of complaints against police

16 Oct 12 – A Horizon Research survey over the weekend finds 80.7% of New Zealanders want all complaints about the police to be investigated independently. The survey also finds: 76.3% think the Independent Police Conduct Authority should have the power...
New HorizonPoll: 43.5% going mortgage shopping

14 Jul 12 – A new Horizon Research survey shows 13% of home owners with mortgages are shopping for better deals right now. The survey reveals the huge pressure being placed on mortgage providers to compete. It also indicates worsening household finances...
Capital gains tax attracts more support than opposition

24 Jul 11 – More New Zealanders support than oppose a capital gains tax. The first nationwide poll conducted since the policy announcement finds 40.9% support Labour’s capital gains tax (CGT) proposal , 34.1% oppose, 17.9% are...
More believe economy will decline this year

27 Mar 11 – A majority of business people think the economy will decline this year, according to a new HorizonPoll. More than 50% of business proprietors, managers and executives think the economy will decline this year. By party vote, those who most expect an...
Quake regions' top priority: basic infrastructure

28 Sep 10 – Getting water, sewerage and other basic services restored is the task most Canterbury residents want the Government and councils to focus on. The Second highest priority should be re housing, and rehabilitating the housing, of those whose homes are worst affected by...