Gisborne offers highest returns for rental property investment in New Zealand
AUCKLAND, Thursday 11 February 2016. Gisborne, followed by Otago and Manawatu/Wanganui were the best performing regions for residential rental property
investment in January, according to an analysis of data by Realestate.co.nz, New Zealand’s largest website dedicated to property. The analysis looked at every region in the country to identify
which offered the highest returns for would-be landlord investors.
Gisborne returned an impressive average of 5.78% on residential rental property investment in January, based on an
average asking price of $258,515. Otago returned 5.54%, and Manawatu/Wanganui returned 5.12%. The national average for
rental property returns for the month was 4.10%.
Brendon Skipper, CEO, Realestate.co.nz says “The results will surprise some people. There are clearly some very attractive rental property investment
opportunities in some parts of New Zealand that don’t ordinarily attract intense national media interest when it comes
to property – based on our calculation of average asking price vs weekly rental price, excluding all external costs.”
“While data shows the best performing region for rental property is Coromandel, we believe its unusually high average
return of 9.88% is skewed by short-term holiday rental properties. Of greater interest for potential investors are the
significant rental opportunities that exist in quite diverse parts of the country, in particular Gisborne, Otago, and
Manawatu/Wanganui,” says Skipper.
The rental property ROI data was calculated by comparing the average asking price of properties for sale by region
across New Zealand in January 2016 with the average annualised rent in each location. The data assumes 100% rental
occupancy, and does not account for inflation, mortgage interest payments, property management or maintenance upkeep
fees.
The full data is available at Unconditional.co.nz, here: http://unconditional.co.nz/blog/rental-roi-jan2016/, with a supporting table inserted at the front of this media release.
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