Property Market
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What's happening with Timaru house prices?
Council area of Canterbury
Author: Ed McKnight
Our Resident Economist, with a GradDipEcon and over five years at Opes Partners, is a trusted contributor to NZ Property Investor, Informed Investor, Stuff, Business Desk, and OneRoof.
Reviewed by: Laine Moger
Journalist and Property Educator with six years of experience, holds a Bachelor of Communication (Honours) from Massey University.
What's happening to Timaru house prices?
The average price of a Timaru property is $529,855 (CoreLogic, June 2024).
Timaru house prices are up 0.54% over the last three months (REINZ). And they are 1.24% up over the last 12 months.
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Quick Facts
- The average price of a Timaru property is $529,855 (CoreLogic, September 2024)
- Over the last 3 months property prices in Timaru have gone up 0.54%
- Timaru property prices increased 6.47% per year (on average) in the 20 years between September 2004 - September 2024 (REINZ)
- The average rent in Timaru is $450 per week (Tenancy Services, April 2024)
How are Timaru property prices changing?
Timaru house prices soared after the Covid-19 pandemic began. House prices started out 28% below the eventual peak of the market.
However, after that peak in September 2022, house prices fell 8.05% before bottoming out in June 2023.
Today, Timaru house prices are down 1.06% compared to their peak. That means prices have risen 7.81% since the bottom of the market.
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Where is Timaru in its property cycle?
At the absolute bottom of its property cycle, Timaru was 19.45% undervalued.
Today, property prices in Timaru are overvalued 2.75%.
That suggests there is neither a buying or selling opportunity in Timaru.
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Timaru suburb prices
I track the value of 16 suburbs in Timaru. The most expensive suburb is Gleniti, which has an average house value of $760,450. While the most affordable suburb is Kensington, which has an average house value of $440,950.
I track the value of just 1 suburb in Timaru. It's called Kensington and you can see how the average property value is changing in the graph below.
I track the value of 16 suburbs in Timaru. The most expensive suburb is Gleniti, which has an average house value of $760,450. While the most affordable suburb is Kensington, which has an average house value of $440,950.
Over the last 24 months of all Timaru suburbs (June 2022 - June 2024, Temuka had the fastest-growing house prices. They have gone up 6.57% over that period.
The suburb that fell the fastest over that period was Oceanview. Property values in this suburb fell by 0.87% over those 2 years.
What is the Timaru rental market like?
Here's how rents are changing in Timaru. Over the last four years (April 2020 - April 2024) the median rent has gone up $105 a week. That's 6.87% a year (on average).
Over the last 12 months, rents have gone up. They are up 4.65% ($20 a week) year on year.
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Are properties selling above or below CV in Timaru?
One of the most common questions I get asked is: “Ed, are properties selling above or below their Capital Value (CV)?”
Some call it the RV (Rateable Value) or GV (Government Value).
Why do people care? Well, if you go on TradeMe (or another website), you’ll almost always see the council’s valuation for the property. So even if the seller hasn't advertised a price, you can get a feel for what the property might sell for.
This table shows whether the average property is selling above or below CV across Canterbury.
Other property markets to look into
If you found this article useful, then you might also like our analyses on the other property markets in New Zealand. You can read all about the Canterbury property market here.