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APRIL 2019 KAPITI COAST DISTRICT WWW.INTEREST.CO.NZ / [email protected] / P. 09 3609670 KAPITI COAST DISTRICT HOME LOAN AFFORDABILITY REPORT April 2019 Home loan affordability is a measure of the proportion of take-home pay that is needed to make the mortgage payment for a typical household. If that is less than 40%, then a mortgage is considered ‘affordable’. The following are typical assessments for households at three stages of home ownership. FIRST HOME BUYERS 25-29 YOUNG FAMILY 30-34 OLDER FAMILY 35-39 First home buyers earn a medi- Young family buyers earn medi- Older family buyers earn medi- an income for their age group, an incomes in their age bracket, an incomes in their age brack- and buy a first quartile house and buy a median house in et, and buy a median house in in their area. Both parties work their area. One partner works their area. Both partners work full-time. half-time. full-time. Mortgage payment as a Mortgage payment as a Mortgage payment as a percentage of the take home pay percentage of the take home pay percentage of the take home pay Take Home April 19 29.7% Take Home April 19 29.2% Take Home Pay Pay Pay April 19 17.6% April 18 30.3% April 18 26.8% $1,517.11 $1,334.99 $1,856.59 April 18 17.1% per Week April 17 26.9% per Week April 17 29.2% per Week April 17 19.4% April 14 - April 14 26.0% April 14 33.3% This report estimates how affordable it would be for a couple This report estimates how affordable it would be for a couple This report estimates how affordable it would be for a couple where both are aged 25–29 and are working full time, to buy a with a young family to move up the property ladder and buy their who are both aged 35-39 and working full time, to move up the home at the lower quartile price in Kapiti Coast District. next home at the current median price. property ladder and buy their next home at the current median It assumes they earn the median rate of pay for people of their It is assumed that one partner works full time and one works half price. age in their region, which would give them a take home pay of time and both are paid at the median rate for people of their It is assumed that both are paid at the median rate for people of $1,517.11 a week. age in Kapiti Coast District, and that they receive the Working for their age in Kapiti Coast District, and that they no longer receive It is assumed they would have saved $69,513 to use as a deposit, Families allowance. the Working for Families allowance. by putting aside 20% of their net pay each week for up to four That would give them total after tax weekly income of $1,334.99 That would give them total after tax weekly income of $1,856.59 years, earning interest on the savings at the 90 day bank deposit a week. a week. rate. It is also assumed they purchased their current home five years It is also assumed they purchased their current home 10 years ago To buy a home at Kapiti Coast District’s lower quartile price they ago for $315,000, which was the lower quartile selling price in for $270,000, which was the lower quartile selling price in Kapiti would need a mortgage of $410,487. Kapiti Coast District at the time. Coast District at the time. They would need to set aside $450.55 a week to cover the If they sold that home for the current lower quartile price in Kapiti If they sold that home for the current lower quartile price in Kapiti mortgage payments, which would be 29.7% of their take home Coast District of $480,000, they would have equity of $231,546 Coast District of $480,000, they would have equity of $289,598 pay. to use as a deposit on a new home. to use as a deposit on a new home. Mortgage payments are considered affordable when they take up If they purchased a home at Kapiti Coast District’s current median If they purchased a home at Kapiti Coast District’s current median no more than 40% of take home pay. price of $587,000 they would need a $355,454 mortgage. price of $587,000 they would need a $297,402 mortgage. On that basis it would be affordable for a young couple earning The repayments on this would be would be $390.15 a week which The repayments on this would be would be $326.43 a week which the median pay rate to buy a lower quartile-priced home in Kapiti would be 29.2% of their weekly income. would be 17.6% of their weekly income. Coast District. Mortgage payments are considered affordable when they take up Mortgage payments are considered affordable when they take up no more than 40% of take home pay. no more than 40% of take home pay. On that basis it would be affordable for the couple in this example On that basis it would be affordable for the couple in this example to move up to next rung of the property ladder and buy a home to move up to next rung of the property ladder and buy a home at Kapiti Coast District’s median price. at Kapiti Coast District’s median price of $587,000. 2 WWW.INTEREST.CO.NZ / [email protected] / P. 09 3609670 KAPITI COAST DISTRICT KEY DRIVERS OF HOME LOAN AFFORDABILITY April 2019 HOUSE PRICES INTEREST RATES AND MORTGAGE PAYMENTS The median house price was $587,000 in April, up from $578,000 The average bank interest rate for two year 2 Year Fixed rate last month. The median house price was $525,000 in April 2018 fixed mortgage rate was 3.974% for April, -57 basis points less than the 4.549% twelve months This Month 3.974% which puts annual growth at 11.8%. Five years ago the median was earlier. $390,000. The May 2019 RBNZ rate cut has seen softish A Month Ago 4.023% Dwelling sales in April were 92, up from March’s 91. They are now mortgage rates fall again, now to all-time low A Year Ago 4.549% levels. It is now quite uncertain how long these higher than the 102 sales twelve months ago and higher than the 101 Mortgage declining rates will be with us, and even whole- sales five years ago. Payment sale interest rates have been slipped to record (Weekly) The lower-quartile house price was $480,000 in April, down from low levels. We are now in a long term low rate First Home Buyers $450.55 $485,000 last month. Annual growth was 6.4%, from the $451,000 environment. lower-quartile house price in April last year. Our model assumes borrowers switched to a 2 Young Families $390.15 year fixed rate in June 2014, following the shift First Rung Buyers $326.43 reflected in RBNZ data. First Quartile Median House House Price Price Kapiti Coast District April 19 $480,000 $587,000 INCOMES (WEEKLY TAKE HOME PAY) March 19 $485,000 $578,000 April 18 $451,000 $525,000 First Home Buyers Young Families First Rung Buyers First home buyers are aged 25-29. A Young families are ages 30-34. A First rung buyers are ages 35-39. A household is on male and on female household is one make, a female household is one male, one female, April 17 $390,000 $481,657 both earning median incomes. There and a child aged five. One partner and school aged children. Both par- is no child in this household. Take works part-time. Take home pay is ents work full time. Take home pay is First Quartile House Price Growth MedianApril 14 House$315,000 Price Growth$390,000 home pay is gross pay less income gross pay less income tax. gross income less income tax. tax. National The growth in these are as follows: The growth in these are as follows: The growth in these are as follows: April 19 $402,500 $585,000 Weekly Change Weekly Change Weekly Change March 19 $405,000 $585,000 April 19 $1,517.11 2.17% April 19 $1,334.99 2.05% April 19 $1,856.59 2.06% April 18 $375,000 $525,000 April 18 $1,484.86 2.06% April 18 $1,308.18 1.76% April 18 $1,819.04 1.72% April 17 $1,454.84 1.59% April 17 $1,285.59 1.13% April 17 $1,788.20 1.20% April 17 $315,000 $540,000 April 16 $1,432.00 April 16 $1,271.27 April 16 $1,767.07 April 14 $290,000 $430,000 3 WWW.INTEREST.CO.NZ / [email protected] / P. 09 3609670 National New Zealand Auckland Region Auckland Central North Shore Auckland South Auckland West Wellington Region Wellington City Hutt Valley Porirua Katpiti Coast Wairarapa Northland Whangarei Waikato and Bay of Plenty Hamilton Tauranga Rotorua Hawkes Bay and Gisborne Napier Hastings Gisborne Taranaki, Manawhatu and Whanganui New Plymouth Palmerston North Wanganui Nelson and Marlbourough Nelson Cantebury Christchurch Timaru Otago, Central Otago Lakes and Southland Queenstown Dunedin Invercargill 4 WWW.INTEREST.CO.NZ / [email protected] / P.