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Sales

Sales prices lower than expected

This can change development yield, consent pathway, purchase price, funding, construction cost, settlement timing, or legal risk. Treat it as a decision point, not background noise.

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What it looks like

  • Offers come in below feasibility, buyers hesitate, competing listings discount, or agents revise expected prices down.

Likely causes

  • Market changed
  • wrong product
  • overestimated GRV
  • too much competing stock
  • finish/specification mismatch

Immediate action

  1. 1Pause the affected decision or commitment until the issue is understood.
  2. 2Record the issue in the risk register with date, source, owner, and next action.
  3. 3Send the relevant documents to Real estate agent, Valuer, Developer and ask for written advice.
  4. 4Update feasibility, programme, budget, and decision register if cost, time, yield, consent, title, finance, or sales assumptions may change.

Step-by-step solution

  1. 1Define the problem in one sentence and identify which project decision it affects.
  2. 2Check the controlling documents: Sales tracker, Comparable sales, Feasibility, Marketing report, and related project records.
  3. 3Ask the responsible professional to confirm whether the issue is real, minor, manageable, or project-changing.
  4. 4List the available options: redesign, renegotiate, seek consent, add cost allowance, change programme, change sales strategy, or abandon.
  5. 5Price and programme each option using the current feasibility model.
  6. 6Make a written decision with source references and approval from the developer or project owner.
  7. 7Notify affected parties such as lender, lawyer, consultants, builder, agent, buyer, or council when required.

What not to do

  • Do not rely on a seller, agent, or builder comment when a planner, lawyer, accountant, engineer, surveyor, valuer, lender, or council needs to confirm it.
  • Do not hide the issue from the feasibility just because the project looked profitable yesterday.
  • Do not waive due diligence, lodge consent, sign a contract, approve a variation, or promise settlement while the issue is unresolved.
  • Do not give legal, tax, finance, planning, engineering, or council advice to others unless a qualified professional has confirmed it.

Source / Where to check

Relevant professional advice

Planner, surveyor, architect, engineer, quantity surveyor, lawyer, accountant, lender, valuer, real estate agent, and other project specialists must confirm site-specific decisions.

Inland Revenue property guidance

Use IRD property guidance for tax topics such as income tax, GST, rental income, property sales, and entity records. Confirm project-specific treatment with an accountant or tax adviser.

Cost impact

High because revenue reduction directly reduces margin.

Programme impact

Medium to high if sales period extends and holding/interest costs increase.

Risk level

High

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