Nor'West News: July 30, 2020

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Real estate market buoyant
• By Matt Slaughter
NORTH-WEST Christchurch
is proving to be a hot spot for
houses selling at auction.
General manager of Harcourts
Gold Chris Kennedy said, in
recent weeks, 55 per cent of
houses it has auctioned have
sold “under the hammer” and
80 per cent of houses have sold a
short time after auctions.
“We’ve
noticed great
activity in
our auction
rooms postlockdown.”
Kennedy
said there
Chris Kennedy
are a number
of reasons
why houses in the north-west
are proving so popular at the
moment.
“I think it’s the type of house,
I think it’s the demographic
of house, I also think it’s the
pricing of the homes themselves.
A lot of the activity is happening
in that $400,000 to $700,000
bracket which seems to be
incredibly popular at the
moment and there’s a bit a of a
frenzy out there for that type of
property.
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move north-west. Cities move
north-west because they chase
that north-west sun, they
tend to develop to the
north-west,” he said.
Kennedy said a house
in Glen Oaks Drive,
Northwood, went to
auction and sold for $1.2
million.
He said bidding on
a house in Memorial
Ave, Fendalton, started at
$700,000 and it sold for
$870,500.
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A house in Repton St,
Merivale, started at $500,000
and sold for $915,000.
Said Ray White
Papanui real estate
agent Vanessa
Golightly: “This part
of town, it always has
been popular, from
Papanui, Bishopdale,
Redwood, St Albans,
Avonhead. Anything
we can list here at the
moment is attracting
multiple interests.
HOT PROPERTY:
Houses are selling
at auction in large
numbers in northwest
Christchurch.
“They’re just good size
with reasonable land and they’re
just nice neighbourhoods in
general too.
“It’s got reasonably good
schooling, we’ve got good
access to all different parts
of Christchurch. So, it’s not
far into town, it’s not far out
to the airport, it’s got good
links through [to] North
Canterbury.
“This side of town, it holds
its values quite well,” she
said.
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Guild St social
housing
units arriving
THE FIRST two social housing
units on Guild St have been
lowered onto their foundations
last week as nearby residents
watched from afar.
The Christchurch Methodist
Mission is relocating 15 units
and a community house from
Linwood Park. All will be in place
within the next few weeks.
Mission executive director
Jill Hawkey said wet weather
hampered preparatory work but
the contractor worked hard to
ensure the project was on track
to welcome its first families by
Christmas.
“It is a really exciting project for
us; we will be able to help 15 families
with significant housing need,
at the verge of homelessness.”
• The Nor’West News this month
reported pre-consent concerns as
to the project’s compliance with
special character area rules, and
earthworks rules. This gave the
inaccurate impression the project
did not meet requirements.
The project complies with both.
Further environmental enhancements
to improve the appearance
of the units, and provide further
screening, were added during the
resource consent process.
Landscaping will begin when
the units are in place.
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“Hiring Cameron to sell our home was by far the best decision we could’ve made
for selling our home. He’s not just a face on a bus. His communication throughout
our campaign was excellent, as was his honest and professional advice. We were in
safe hands from the moment we signed him as our agent, right through to handing
over the keys. We were singing his praises prior to auction day and then, wow!
Auction day was fantastic and it was great to see him and the auction team work.
We’ll be using Cameron and his Harcourts gold team again in the future. 10/10!”
- Mike & Diana -
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CAMERON BAILEY
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No.1 Harcourts Canterbury 2012-2020
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