As we move into 2026, New Zealand’s property market is at a turning point. After several years of slow growth and high mortgage rates, economists expect interest rates to gradually ease through 2025 and 2026. The Reserve Bank is likely to reduce the Official Cash Rate from 2.5% to around

The 14th of February 2023 will go down in local history as one of the worst natural disasters to hit our region as Hawke’s Bay endured the fury of Cyclone Gabrielle. The unprecedented level of devastation and loss faced by the community in the aftermath has been immense. The primary

When Damon told me that this issue of The Profit was going to feature 150 years of Hastings City and look at some of our longest established business, I thought it appropriate to dig into the Harvey family history, as there has been a long association with the Harvey family

There is nothing like a natural disaster such as Cyclone Gabrielle to once again have the spotlight shone firmly on ensuring your property is adequately insured in the event of loss and damage. The way Kiwi homes were insured largely changed following the devastation of the Canterbury earthquakes with a

Williams’ Harvey undertakes a retail shop occupancy survey of the Hastings City CBD twice a year in April and September. Undertaking the most recent survey it was apparent that much of what the Hastings District Council (HDC) set out to achieve under the ‘Hastings City Centre Vibrancy Plan’ is coming

In November last year the NZ residential property market was running hot, as it was locally, evidenced from ever increasing values, the peak of which appeared to be in the latter part of last year. One could only wonder how long the upward trend could be sustained especially as there

You would need to be living under a rock in New Zealand if you did not realise the property market is running hot. Against all the predictions and crystal ball gazing buying, selling and developing property went into overdrive as soon as we got out of lockdown last year. Initially,