{"id":365855,"date":"2026-04-06T06:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/365855\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:03:09","slug":"record-number-of-mum-and-dad-investors-look-to-sell-properties-amid-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/365855\/","title":{"rendered":"Record number of ‘mum and dad investors’ look to sell properties amid uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nConcerns about running costs, council rates and a shortage of good tenants remain high.
\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Quin Tauetau\n<\/p>\n

With the economy facing many weaknesses, including war in the Middle East, it is the mum-and-dad investors shouldering the impact.<\/p>\n

Independent economist Tony Alexander regularly surveys a group of 200 existing property investors.<\/p>\n

He says his findings show a record number of mum-and-dad landlords are planning to sell their properties.<\/p>\n

The survey found 38 percent planned to sell their properties and that just 12 percent were looking to buy.<\/p>\n

Alexander said professional long-term investors were staying, but small investors have been exiting the market.<\/p>\n

“The professional investors in residential property who look for a positive cash flow along the way who’ve done it perhaps for generations, those people are still there.”<\/p>\n

He said concerns about running costs, council rates and a shortage of good tenants remain high.<\/p>\n

Now the Iran war has added another layer of uncertainty.<\/a><\/p>\n

“If we look more specifically just at what’s happening at the moment of course it’s a concern about interest rates going back up again as a result of conflict in the Middle East and a new weakness in the economy.”<\/p>\n

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