James (Host - Lighthouse Financial Advisor)

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Cheques and Balances · Buying Your First Home? 3 Ways Your Parents Can Help | Episode 524 · 16 Aug 2026 podcast

And like I guarantee you, so many parents out there are thinking about how it's gonna get hard to get on the property ladder in the future. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

That um they want their kids to be able to get onto the property ladder. voice-verified

So just talking about it, they might bring it up as well. voice-verified

Yeah, absolutely. voice-verified

So, Mike, let's move voice-verified

On to I guess what is happening right now in the property market and why are first home buyers buying right now? voice-verified

Um it looks like when we look at the data, first home buyers are like doing the best. voice-verified

I've ever done. voice-verified

No, they're not. voice-verified

Uh I was having a conversation with somebody just the other day being like they're still well belong their long-term averages. voice-verified

Uh let's talk about a couple of data points. voice-verified

So first home buyers are accounting for 27.7% of all New Zealand uh property purchases in Q1 2026. voice-verified

That's well above the long-term average of 22%. voice-verified

And around call it 25,000 properties were purchased by first home buyers over the previous 12 months. voice-verified

Which is the highest number, Mike, since twenty twenty one. voice-verified

It's twenty. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

Uh standalone homes made up nearly seventy seven percent of first home buyer purchases in twenty twenty six, which is also quite interesting because you kind of generally assume that, you know, they'll more likely go towards apartments or townhouses because they're a little bit cheaper. voice-verified

So do you think first home buyers are looking at the market differently from like existing homeowners? voice-verified

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