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    <post_id>571</post_id>
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    <post_title><![CDATA[Wellington Property Market — Why this Summer Could Be the Turning Point]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[For the past few years, Wellington’s property market has been a bit of a rollercoaster. Between compliance fatigue, rising insurance and rates, and cautious investors, activity slowed, and the market lost some of its shine. But if you’re looking for opportunity, now is exactly
the time to be paying attention.]]></post_content_short>
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    <post_content_url>https://www.ifindproperty.co.nz/resources/blog/markets/wellington/2025-could-be-the-turning-point/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-11-13 04:13:00</post_date>
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  <posts>
    <post_id>472</post_id>
    <post_category_id>49</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Covid-19 Update + Wellington Focus]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Nick, Peter and Suzanne hopped on a Webinar to discuss recent happenings with property and Covid-19 as the country prepares to exit level
	4. We then dove into the Wellington market and look forward to see what life holds for the capital.]]></post_content_short>
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    <post_content_url>https://www.ifindproperty.co.nz/resources/blog/covid-19/covid-19-update-wellington-focus/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2020-04-21 23:24:00</post_date>
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  <posts>
    <post_id>455</post_id>
    <post_category_id>37</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Hutt Valley and Porirua City Property Update - August 2019]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Steady growth across the region. Low number of listings coupled with multi offers continue to drive property prices up. Cross leased
	properties becoming more complex to insure.]]></post_content_short>
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    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.ifindproperty.co.nz/resources/blog/markets/wellington/hutt-valley-and-porirua-city-property-update/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2019-08-23 09:47:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>453</post_id>
    <post_category_id>37</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Wellington Market Update - August 2019]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The Wellington property market is continually on the move. First home buyers are out in force and there is still a strong demand for
	investment properties in good locations.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.ifindproperty.co.nz/media/website_posts/453/Wellington.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.ifindproperty.co.nz/resources/blog/markets/wellington/wellington-market-update-august-2019/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2019-08-04 22:52:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>434</post_id>
    <post_category_id>13</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Case Study: Add bedrooms to increase yield and value]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[How a Wellington-based investor secured a property the entire market had missed - literally, it had been on sale for a year - and stands to make a fortune in doing so.]]></post_content_short>
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    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.ifindproperty.co.nz/resources/blog/case-studies/case-study-add-bedrooms-to-increase-yield-and-value/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2018-06-15 07:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>433</post_id>
    <post_category_id>13</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Case Study: Full time professional investing from Australia]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[How a full time health professional working in Australia was able to assemble the RIGHT team and secure a good buy and hold investment property in Wellington.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.ifindproperty.co.nz/media/website_posts/433/upper-hutt-720x450.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.ifindproperty.co.nz/resources/blog/case-studies/case-study-buying-from-australia/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2018-06-13 00:54:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>429</post_id>
    <post_category_id>4</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Have you thought of investing in Wainuiomata?]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[As it turns out I'm not the only one with Wainui on the brain lately and a LOT has been happening there, particularly in the last few months the investors should take note of.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.ifindproperty.co.nz/media/website_posts/429/Wainuiomata.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.ifindproperty.co.nz/resources/blog/markets/wellington/have-you-thought-of-investing-in-wainuiomata/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2018-02-22 10:39:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>428</post_id>
    <post_category_id>37</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Wellington Market Strong and with Opportunities]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[For those of you looking to invest in a solid market with good returns, Wellington is still the place to be. I would like to give you an update on the Wellington market as I see it and offer some slightly different views.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.ifindproperty.co.nz/media/website_posts/428/Wellington-Strong.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.ifindproperty.co.nz/resources/blog/markets/wellington/wellington-market-strong-and-with-opportunities/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2018-02-22 10:19:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>426</post_id>
    <post_category_id>13</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Case Study: Make your first home a profitable rental property]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[How I recently helped a young couple looking for their first home. This couple had become very frustrated after missing out many times in a market where most properties were going to tender or auction. They were looking for a property that would be suitable to live in now as well as to hold long term after they have moved on.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.ifindproperty.co.nz/media/website_posts/426/1508137111431.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.ifindproperty.co.nz/resources/blog/case-studies/case-study-make-your-first-home-a-profitable-rental-property/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2017-12-19 02:24:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>424</post_id>
    <post_category_id>13</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Case Study: How an expat in Qatar bought his first property]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[No more excuses! This investor worked with iFindProperty step by step over several months to discuss how property works, get lending approval, put a team together and work out his critieria and finally secure a property... from the other side of the world.]]></post_content_short>
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    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.ifindproperty.co.nz/resources/blog/case-studies/case-study-how-an-expat-in-qatar-bought-his-first-property/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2017-10-25 04:02:00</post_date>
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