Buying Resources

Latest blog articles about buying residential property

1 May 2025 | Lyall Russell | 5 mins

Modest Growth Signals Renewed Confidence in Property

New Zealand property values rose 0.3% in April 2025, continuing a steady recovery. LJ Hooker's Campbell Dunoon shares insights on market trends, interest rates, and what's ahead.

30 March 2025 | Lyall Russell | 3 mins

How Kiwis Are Changing the Way They Buy and Sell Property

Discover how Kiwis are innovating in property buying and selling, balancing affordability challenges with new methods like co-ownership and digital platforms, while valuing expert guidance.

16 February 2025 | Lyall Russell | 3 mins

Kiwis Still Dream of Homeownership Despite Market Challenges

Despite rising property prices, Kiwis remain committed to homeownership. Discover key insights from an LJ Hooker survey on buyer priorities, affordability challenges, and must-have home features.

How to Prepare Your Home for Santa’s Visit

30 January 2025 | Lyall Russell | 6 mins

Beyond the Address: How Location Impacts Your Home and Lifestyle

Understand how location impacts your home and lifestyle, and discover key factors that make a neighborhood desirable for buyers in New Zealand.

20 January 2025 | Lyall Russell | 6 mins

Multigenerational Living: Finding the Right Property

Considering a new property manager? Learn when and why to switch for better communication, effective rent collection, timely maintenance, and transparent management. Discover how LJ Hooker can help.

25 November 2024 | Lyall Russell | 3 mins

Preparing Your Home for Holidays

Counting down the days until your holidays start? There's more to just packing your bags and hitting the road before the r 'n r commences.

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Buying guides for your state or territory

When it comes to buying real estate each state and territory has different rules and regulations. To help you navigate the buying process in your local area we have compiled the following step by step guides to buying property.

These in-depth guides walk you through the different ways you can buy property, where to do your local research, where to home hunt, what government websites are useful, what must go in your contracts of sale, what costs you will need to pay as these vary across Australia and what happens at time of settlement.

Select your state or territory and get up to speed on all you need to know about buying property.

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Checklists, eBooks and FAQs

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Moving into your new home is an exciting experience. It’s a fresh start in a brand new property that you can customise and call your own.

Our open house inspection checklist is your ultimate evaluation tool. This handy checklist will guide you through what to look for in each room and space of the property you are inspecting to help you determine if this is the home for you.

Discover the best way to thoroughly inspect an apartment, perfect for those inspecting a property for sale in person or remotely.

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Benefit from our expertise

When it comes to buying property, an experienced LJ Hooker agent will help you through the process. Read our Buying FAQs for answers to common questions.

Our quick guide will prepare you for what to expect when you buy property at Auction.

An important thing to consider when looking to buy real estate, is how will you finance your purchase? Find out answers to commonly asked questions on Home Loans to help you with your research.

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