Choosing Your First House Online? Check houses here at North Harbour!

March 28, 2020

House Prices

Finding houses that suit your income is always an important consideration. Interest rates are the lowest they’ve ever been and appear likely to stay that way so if you’re looking to invest, buy your first home, downsize or generally stop renting and own – it is still possible to build your dream home, affordably.

Available land for sale at North Harbour currently starts at $212,000 and our house and land packages start at $369,500 for a three-bedroom terrace home, and $399,513 for a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home. To view our current house and land packages available for sale, click here.

Choosing Your First House

Choosing your first house based on your income and getting something which you both love and can afford is easier than you might think. With interest rates at a record low it is now possible to buy a brand-new, four-bedroom home on a 400sqm block at North Harbour and pay the same on a mortgage per week as you would to rent an established home in our area. If you are eligible for the First Home Buyers Grant you can receive $15,000 towards buying a brand-new home. To find out more about the First Home Buyer’s Grant, and the new First Home Loan Deposit Scheme head to our First Home Buyer’s guide here. And, to find out more about how you can stop renting and own your own home, contact us.

Investing in Bricks and Mortar

The good news for first home buyers and investors is that investing in bricks and mortar is considered to be a good investment by financial experts. This article on Yahoo Finance for example, gives a good explanation how the current situation offers a lot of opportunities for investors especially in terms of great house prices, but cautions not to be guided by the news cycle too much and to make sure you still buy in an area with good infrastructure, where there is a need for housing and potential for growth, so you can get good tenants, such as North Harbour. To find out more about investing in property at North Harbour watch our video here.

Buying a House at North Harbour

Given the current circumstances, we want to make the business of buying your new home at North Harbour as easy as possible. You can already view sales plans, house and land packages and general information on our website www.northharbour.com.au, and we’re working on having video tours of all our display homes online soon. You can view our walk-through of the popular Hamptons-style Lisbon 31 display home here. 

If you’re keen to find more information about house prices, particularly with interest rates so low, or information on buying houses and North Harbour in general we have plenty to offer on our website and other channels:

• YouTube Channel: We have over 100 videos online here and will be adding more every week
• Blogs: We have almost 200 blogs on our website, all with heaps of information on everything from house and land packages to the First Home Buyers Grant
• Facebook: All our latest updates will be posted on Facebook

You can also contact us as normal by phone, 07 5433 1111, or email . Our office is open 10am-5pm every day until further notice.

Importantly, we can work with you through the buying process by phone, email and electronic document transfer if you prefer.

There are currently a few changes to our lifestyle options:

• Access to the Mountain Bike Trail remains open 7 days from 6am–7pm
• All five of our parks are open (Village Park, Reflections Park, Riparian Park, Habitat Park and Heritage Park but please practice social distancing and be aware of the new directives on limited gathering numbers from Government)
• North Harbour Cafe is providing takeaway & deliveries 
• Bite Markets is currently closed until further notice
• Sunrise Yoga in the Park is cancelled until further notice
• All parkruns in Australia are currently closed, including North Harbour parkrun until further notice.  You can find out the latest parkrun information at www.parkrun.com.au

If you need further information, please contact us.