Cyclone Gabrielle
Cyclone Gabrielle Our thoughts are with all those affected, especially those who have lost loved ones. The extent of the damage is widespread across Hawkes Bay and Gisborne, and we know that many of our customers have been personally affected….
Waipawa Supermarket Rises from the Ashes

Congratulations to Jason Wray on the hard work it has taken to get to this point. Added Valuation provided Jason with insurance valuation advice prior to the fire and are continuing to assist Jason through the rebuild. It’s been a….
Added Valuation Advise Helps Protect Te Mata Peak

It was great to be able to provide quality and strategy advice to our client the Hastings District Council in their moves to protect the outstanding natural landscape of the eastern side of Te Mata Peak for future generations. We…
ROTARY AWARD FOR JOHN ROBINSON REID

At Added Valuation we are very proud of John Reid, who was on Thursday (25 June 2020) awarded the Paul Harris Award by Rotary for his continued commitment to the success of Taradale Rotary. John makes an incredible contribution to…
Information for Residential Landlords

As we know New Zealand has moved to COVID-19 Alert Level 4 as a serious attempt to control the transmission of this pandemic throughout our country. With the country now in lockdown the government changed rules concerning residential landlords and…
Is rising household income driving house prices?

The latest round of the Household Income Survey by Stats NZ revealed a 41 per cent increase in household incomes since 2008.That’s more than twice the rate of inflation. From 2008, the average annual household income rose just over $30,000…
HASTINGS RATING VALUATION INCREASE

The updated Hastings District Council Rating Valuations are now out. These reflect an overall increase in house values of 17.9% over the past 3 years to 1st August. The Rural sector rose 18.1% and the commercial sector rose 7.6% since…
Parklands stage release oversubscribed by almost 1000%

There were 220 applications for 24 residential sections in the latest release of sites in the Parklands Napier residential subdivision. The allocation was drawn by ballot. Congratulations to the lucky few and better luck next time to those who missed…
Rising Property Market Case Study

Since 2007, I have read with amusement many articles published, quoting statistical anomalies, and suggesting that the residential property market is starting to heat up. Normally that stuff is published by someone wanting to get some publicity. Well finally we…
Hawke’s Bay property values on the move!

It may have taken about six years for anything to happen in the Hawke’s Bay property market, but we are now starting to see real signs that not only are the number of sales rising, but property values are too….