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July 2019
Homesellers required to provide IRD number
Investors who flip properties are currently subject to the bright line test, but owner-occupiers are not. That is now set to change. By Miriam Bell Wednesday 19 [...]
Call to license landlords
There’s a fresh demand for the mandatory licensing of landlords – and this time it comes from property manager representatives. By Miriam Bell Monday 10 June 2019 [...]
Manage your value expectations
Property owners thinking of selling up are being told to manage their expectations as the latest QV data highlights that New Zealand’s housing market is slowing, but [...]
Avoiding a flyover at the Basin
by Tim Jones For a long time, since the final defeat of the Basin Reserve flyover proposal in 2015, all we’ve had to go on are private [...]
Economists predict new record low for OCR
Economists at one of New Zealand's major banks believe lending rates could get even cheaper by the end of the year. Monday, June 10th 2019, 4:18PM ASB [...]
Strengthen or demolish: petition seeks help for apartment owners
by Geraldine Murphy Following last month’s public meeting of residential owners in earthquake-prone buildings, Inner City Wellington has launched an online petition on Parliament’s website calling for [...]