ANALYSIS: In Ōtautahi- Christchurch, school zones are so hot, folks will move, and even buy a second house to make sure their kids are in the best ones.
Any Christchurch agent will tell you the number one thing that determines the price and desirability of a home in our second largest city is proximity to the best state schools.
One agent told me it’s been that way for as long as she’s been in the business, more than 10 years, and she expects it will remain that way for years to come.
Bailey's Canterbury branch manager Leah Chambers, who manages residential real estate agents in Merivale and Fendalton, reckons folks specifically look for property zoned for Christchurch Girls, Christchurch Boys, Burnside, and Cashmere High School.
If they live outside those zones, they may even sell the family home and move into zone when their kids reach high school age.
