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Hastings & Napier Commercial Property Market Rents & Yields Summary

Rental Growth

• The decline in rental growth has eased in the last six months of 2008, with the All Property index showing 0% in Hastings and -0.1% in Napier.
  
• The year on year figures show a 2.8% decline for Hastings and 1.5% decline for Napier which are significant movements from previous periods. The largest fall has been the office sector.

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Investment Yields

• Investment property yields continue to weaken, with the All Property Yield down 40 basis points (bp) in Hastings from June 08 finishing the year at 8%. Napier is down by 10bp over the same period.  
• The Industrial sector is bearing up the best in the Hastings market. The retail sector has shown the greatest change and this is in stark contrast to the retail market in Napier which, due to the tight retail supply of Emerson Street, is proving the most resilient. The sector most under pressure in both cities is the office sector

Property is now yielding over 300bp above Government Bonds in Hastings and 250bp in Napier. This yield gap should help stabilise further softening of property yields at the prime end.

The Morice average rent & yields summary property index returns are based upon a sample of actual properties that have been selected to be representative of the Hastings & Napier commercial property market. These have been valued on hypothetical terms to reflect the likely market rent for that property if let in the current market, subject to prevailing market conditions. A consistent approach with establishing relative values ensures that reliable trends and indicators can then be identified.

Commercial Property Index Returns

Year Ending 31 December 2008

*Note: H=Hastings, N=Napier

Comparative Data

• Investment markets across the board have experienced significant negative returns. Commercial property in both Hastings and Napier have also returned Negative All Property total return’s of -3.1% and -1.1% respectively. The retail and office sectors in Hastings have both had a challenging year producing negative total returns. In Napier the office sector has shown the weakest performance. Retail in Napier has shown the best performance out of the alternative sectors for both cities.
  
• The annualised returns of 3 and 5 years are still showing good positive returns especially compared to other asset classes, but they are markedly down from last years numbers.

Outlook

• Investment markets across the board have experienced significant negative returns. Commercial property in both Hastings and Napier have also returned Negative All Property total return’s of -3.1% and -1.1% respectively. The retail and office sectors in Hastings have both had a challenging year producing negative total returns. In Napier the office sector has shown the weakest performance. Retail in Napier has shown the best performance out of the alternative sectors for both cities.

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Data Sources: NZSX data provided by the New Zealand Stock Exchange. Securities and Commodities data provided by Bloomberg. Inflation and Bond data provided by the Reserve Bank. Global Property Returns supplied by IPD.

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