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Market Indicators Report |
 First Half 2018

AUCKLAND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT

Supply
Constraints
Keep
Pressure
on Prices

SKHY
Grafton, Auckland
Architect: Cheshire
Developer: Lamont & Co.

Accelerating Success
Supply Constraints Keep Pressure on Prices - Market Indicators Report | First Half 2018 - Colliers International
O.K.L.A.
3 Kaipiho Lane, Albany, Auckland
Architect: Ignite Architects
Developer: Kingsman Development
O.K.L.A. is a collection of 117 contemporary and refined apartments
over six levels with a boutique retail offering at ground floor. Located in
the heart of Albany, O.K.L.A. has a choice of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom
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aesthetic, bringing everyday luxury to Albany.
Supply Constraints Keep Pressure on Prices - Market Indicators Report | First Half 2018 - Colliers International
Contents
Macro - Economic Factors                   1

Auckland Residential Property Indicators   2

Residential Market Overview                3

New Zealand Residential Market             4

Auckland Residential Market                4

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Supply Constraints Keep Pressure on Prices - Market Indicators Report | First Half 2018 - Colliers International
Macro-Economic Factors
INFLUENCING THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MARKET

POPULATION                                              EMPLOYMENT & WAGES                              CONSTRUCTION COST
Population changes adjust the pressures                 Changes in unemployment and wages               Changes in construction and material
on the housing market.                                  change a household’s willingness to             costs affect sale and land prices.
                                                        take on more debt.

     5.5%                        Decrease in annual
                                 net migration.             0.4%                        Decrease in
                                                                                        unemployment.          4.6%                        Increase in residential
                                                                                                                                           building construction
                                                                                                                                           cost index.
             MARCH 2017: 71,932                                    MARCH 2017: 5.0%                                  MARCH 2017: 2,007
             MARCH 2018: 67,984                                    MARCH 2018: 4.6%                                  MARCH 2018: 2,099
Source: Stats NZ, Permanent & long-term migration by    Source: Stats NZ, Labour Force Status by        Source: Stats NZ, Price Index by Item of Capital Goods;
age, sex and NZ area (Annual-Mar)                       Sex by Age Group (Annual-Mar)                   (Base: September Quarter 1999 = 1000) (Quarterly-Mar)

FINANCING                                               GOVERNMENT POLICIES                             INFRASTRUCTURE
Changes in mortgage interest rates affect               Government policy changes alter the             Changes in infrastructure and public transport
households’ ability to repay their mortgage.            supply and demand balance of a                  can promote access to the local area and
                                                        housing market.                                 subsequently boost property values.

  0.02                       % Decrease  in two-year
                               fixed mortgage
                                     interest rates.
                                                        March committed
                                                                The Government has

                                                        2018 programme
                                                                         $2 billion for
                                                              KiwiBuild, an ambitious
                                                                          that aims to
                                                                                                        April
                                                                                                        2018
                                                                                                                              East West Link “Scale Down”.

                    APRIL 2017: 5.07%                                                                   Ministry of Transport’s revised Auckland
                    APRIL 2018: 5.05%                          deliver 100,000 affordable, quality
                                                             homes for first home buyers over the       Transport Alignment Project package (ATAP2)
                                                                 next decade, 50,000 of them in         will invest around $800m into the East West
                                                                                       Auckland.        Link, a reduction of around $950m from the
Source: RBNZ, New residential mortgage interest rates                                                   earlier proposal.
(average % end of month), 2-years                       Source: MBIE, KiwiBuild                         Source: NZTA, State Highway Projects

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Supply Constraints Keep Pressure on Prices - Market Indicators Report | First Half 2018 - Colliers International
Residential Property Indicators
AUCKLAND | FIRST HALF 2018

RESIDENTIAL BUYER TYPES

                    40%                                                                         20%
                                                                                                Movers
                                                                                                                                                                26%
                     Multiple property                                                                                                                          First home buyers
                     owners                                                                                                                                     Source: CoreLogic, May-18
                                                                                                                                                                7% New to market, 6% Re-entry
                                                                                                                                                                & 1% Other

MEDIAN RESIDENTIAL SALE PRICE
            APARTMENTS                                                               RESIDENCE                                                    SECTION
        $
          555,000                                                                920,000
                                                                                 $                                                           $
                                                                                                                                                 539,000
                                                                                                                                                     0.2%  from a year ago
            0.9% from a year ago                                                    0.8% from a year ago
            Source: REINZ, Annual to Mar-18                                          Source: REINZ, Annual to Mar-18                                 Source: REINZ, Annual to Mar-18

NEW RESIDENTIAL                                                                          RESIDENTIAL MARKET                                                                 AUCKLAND
BUILDING CONSENTS                                                                        OUTLOOK SURVEY

                   13             YEAR
                                  HIGH                                                   NET POSITIVE

                   11,629                                  UNITS                         23%
                                                                                          from a year ago
                                                                                                                                                         Source: Colliers International Research
                                                                                                                                    Net percentage (optimists minus pessimists) of respondents
                    Source: Stats NZ, Building consents by region (Annual-Apr)                                          who expect the median price to increase over the next 12 months, Mar-18

NEW SUPPLY: APARTMENTS
 PROJECTS                                                            CURRENT SUPPLY BREAKDOWN                                                         MEDIAN FLOOR AREA*
                                                                          CBD    CITY FRINGE                 SUBURBAN                                   97m (2 bdrm)
                                                                                                                                                              2
 10 Completed         Q4-17 AND Q1-18
                                                                     59%              25%                       16%                                    146m2 (3 bdrm)
 75 Under Construction                                                                                                                                   MEDIAN ASKING PRICE*

 28 Marketing/Design Stage                                           SUPPLY BREAKDOWN BY 2021
                                                                                                                                         $10,955/m2 (2 bdrm)
                                                                          CBD    CITY FRINGE                 SUBURBAN
                                                                                                                                          $
                                                                                                                                           11,877/m2 (3 bdrm)
 2018F AND 2019F: 4,534 units (57 projects)
 2020F AND 2021F: 4,122 units (46 projects)                          55%              24%                       21%                   Depending on typology and location
                                                                                                                                        *Average price across all individual developments tracked
                                                                                                                       All prices include GST and area based on GFA (internal and balcony area)

NEW SUPPLY: TERRACED & DETACHED DWELLINGS
GROWTH AREAS                                                                             MEDIAN FLOOR AREA*                                        MEDIAN ASKING PRICE*
Hobsonville Point                                                                        113m (2 bdrm)      2                                $7,462/m2 (2 bdrm)
Manukau
Mount Wellington
                                                                                         162m2 (3 bdrm)                                      $
                                                                                                                                              6,571/m2 (3 bdrm)
                                                                                                                                      Depending on typology and location
                                                                                                                                        *Average price across all individual developments tracked
                                                                                                                       All prices include GST and area based on GFA (internal and balcony area)

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While more consents were issued in 2017                anticipated supply (of terraced and detached
than for many years, the problematic issues of         homes in particular) is at risk of reducing, due
feasibility and affordability remain. If sale prices   to an insufficient supply of developable land
are steady and costs go up, then the only variable     which can actually be bought at a realistic price,
left to balance the equation is land cost.             added to the usual risk factors of infrastructure
                                                       availability, construction cost, and bank funding.
Many pieces of land were sold in Auckland in say
2013-2016 at prices which relied on continuing         Constant demand doesn’t conjure up an equal
house price inflation, or on a willing land banker     number of homes unfortunately, and we expect
to buy the land at an even higher price, or a          to see steady pricing as demand continues to
favourable outcome under the Unitary Plan.             exceed supply. Deferred starts due to slower
                                                       pre-sales are not helping. Sadly, this does
None of these factors are available now. The           nothing for first time buyers, and nothing to
consequence is that some land owners can’t sell        accelerate building at scale which is urgently
for a profit, nor can they develop at a profit if      needed. Innovation is coming, in terms of
the land cost input is the price they paid for it.     construction methods, financing and tenure, but
So maybe they will just sit on it, and hope the        we will need all of them, plus a fully operative
infrastructure hurries up a bit.                       Kiwibuild programme to really change the game.

Robust demand ensures that we are not going
to see any dramatic market movements, but the          ALAN MCMAHON
urgency to make decisions has reduced. What            National Director
may happen in this hiatus period is that the           Research and Consulting

                                                                                                      Kerepeti, Hobsonville Point,
                                                                                                      Auckland
                                                                                                      Architect: Context Architects
                                                                                                      Developer: Ngai Tahu Property

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New Zealand Residential Market Outlook

                                                                                               Net Percent
                                                                                                                                                                                       New Zealand
                                     -20%

                               Queenstown
                                                           0%                   20%               40%                     60%                  80%                   100%
                                                                                                                                                                                       Residential Market
           Tauranga/Mt Maunganui
                                    Wellington                                                                                                                                         >> Between December 2016 and December 2017, household debt as a
                                     Hamilton                                                                                                                                             percentage of nominal disposable income increased from 167.3% to 168.1%
                            Napier/Hastings                                                                                                                                               (RBNZ).
                                       Nelson                                                                                                                                          >> The value of housing stock increased from $1,013.8 billion in December
                                     Auckland                                                                                                                                             2016 to $1,067.4 billion in December 2017, a 5% increase (RBNZ).
                                      Rotorua
                                                                                                                                                                                       >> New residential mortgage lending to investors dropped to $1,373 million
                                    Whangarei
                                                                                                                                                                                          in March 2018, a 4% decrease from a year ago. Lending to first time buyers
                                      Dunedin
                                                                                                                                                                                          has increased to $911 million in March 2018, 11% increase from a year ago
                        Palmerston North
                                                                                                                                                                                          (RBNZ).
                              Christchurch
                   New Zealand Overall                                                                                                                                                 >> Multiple property owners (investors) are buying 38% of all the residential
                                                                                                                                                                                          properties sold, movers 26% and first home buyers 23% (CoreLogic).
                                                                         Mar-18              Dec-17              Sep-17
                                                                                                                                                                                       >> The annual number of new residential building consents increased from
                                                                                                                                                                                          30,371 (Apr-17) to 32,015 (Apr-18), an increase of 5.4% (Stats NZ).
        Source: Colliers International Research
        Percent of respondents who expect the median price to increase over the next 12 months.                                                                                        >> The median price for March 2018 is $517,000 (5.1% annual increase) for
                                                                                                                                                                                          apartments, $550,000 (6.0% annual increase) for residences and $253,000
                                                                                                                                                                                          (18.8% annual increase) for sections (REINZ).
                                                                                                                                                                                       >> Queenstown, Tauranga/Mt Maunganui and Wellington are the three
                                                                                                                                                                                          centres where the highest proportion of respondents in our March 2018
                                                                                                                                                                                          Residential Market Outlook Survey expect the median price to increase
        Auckland Apartment Supply Timeline                                                                                                                                                over the next 12 months.

                  4,000                                                CBD             City Fringe                  Suburban                                 Forecast

                  3,500
                  3,000
                                                                                                                                                                                       Auckland
                  2,500
                                                                                                                                                                                       Residential Market
Number of Units

                  2,000
                  1,500
                  1,000                                                                                                                                                                >> Multiple property owners (investors) are buying 40% of all the residential
                   500                                                                                                                                                                    properties sold, movers 20% and first home buyers 26% (CoreLogic).
                        0                                                                                                                                                              >> The annual number of new residential building consents increased from
                             2000
                                    2001
                                           2002
                                                  2003
                                                         2004
                                                                2005
                                                                       2006
                                                                              2007
                                                                                     2008
                                                                                            2009
                                                                                                   2010
                                                                                                          2011
                                                                                                                 2012
                                                                                                                        2013
                                                                                                                               2014
                                                                                                                                      2015
                                                                                                                                             2016
                                                                                                                                                    2017
                                                                                                                                                           2018F
                                                                                                                                                                   2019F
                                                                                                                                                                           2020F

                                                                                                                                                                                          10,226 (Apr-17) to 11,629 (Apr-18), an increase of 13.7% (Stats NZ).
                                                                                                                                                                                       >> The median price for March 2018 is $555,000 (0.9% annual increase) for
        Source: Colliers International Research
        Note: Only completed and units in the construction, marketing or design phase are included. An
                                                                                                                                                                                          apartments, $920,000 (0.8% annual increase) for residences and $539,000
        apartment is classified as a building that has 10 or more residential units stacked horizontally and/or                                                                           (0.2% annual decrease) for sections (REINZ).
        vertically.
                                                                                                                                                                                       >> The mean residential weekly rent in March 2018 is $556 in Auckland, $478
                                                                                                                                                                                          in Franklin, $538 in Manukau, $589 in North Shore, $507 in Papakura, $572
                                                                                                                                                                                          in Rodney and $521 in Waitakere (MBIE). Manukau experienced the largest
                                                                                                                                                                                          annual rental increase.

        Auckland Residential Market Outlook                                                                                                                                            >> Since our last report (2H 2017), 688 apartment units (10 projects) have been
                                                                                                                                                                                          completed and 670 apartment units (13 projects) have been announced.
                  50%                                                    Mar-18             Dec-17          Sep-17
                                                                                                                                                                                       >> The total number of apartment units completed in 2018 is likely to reach
                  40%                                                                                                                                                                     around 2,254 units (34 projects), with approximately 7,070 more units in
                  30%                                                                                                                                                                     2019, 2020 and 2021 (79 projects).
Net Percent

                  20%                                                                                                                                                                  >> In 2018, 31 apartment projects were identified that will not proceed under
                  10%
                                                                                                                                                                                          original plans. 6 of these sites are currently being re-marketed for sale or
                                                                                                                                                                                          have sold, 10 have been abandoned under current proposals and 15 have
                   0%
                                                                                                                                                                                          been deferred.
              -10%
                                                                                                                                                                                       >> An increasing proportion of respondents to our March 2018 Residential
              -20%            All Dwellings               New Apartment               Existing Apartment                New Terraced &          Existing Terraced &
                                                                                                                        Detached House           Detached House                           Market Outlook Survey thought median prices in the next 12 months would
                                                                                                                                                                                          increase for new and existing apartments and detached and terraced homes
      Source: Colliers International Research
                                                                                                                                                                                          compared to December 2017.
      Percent of respondents who expect the median price to increase over the next 12 months.

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