NZ Property Investor

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Surveys offer interesting insights into the behaviour and attitudes of the cohort they investigate. This year’s New Zealand Property Investor magazine sentiment survey captures a time and place in property, and the results are enlightening. When we l

CoreLogic’s Buyer Classification figures show mortgaged multiple property owners – MPOs, including investors – accounted for around 21 per cent of property purchases in May, a continuation of the historical lows for this buyer group’s market share th

In its monthly series of new lending fully secured by residential mortgages, the RBNZ’s figures show residential investor mortgage lending rose to $1.5 billion in April, with one-year fixed terms making up 45 per cent, or $666 million, of new lending

Disagreements between landlord and tenants in a Browns Bay rental have led to what adjudicator K Tan called an extremely sad ending. “I did not understand, and still do not, how a sixand-a-half-year good landlord/tenant relationship could turn so bad

Managing your investment property or properties can be a full-time job. Apart from the time commitment, landlords need to be up to date with legislation and have a firm but fair demeanour when dealing with tenants. Serious problems can arise from ten

Matthew Gilligan is a property investor, developer and tax adviser. He is managing director of chartered accounting firm Gilligan Rowe & Associates, where he heads the specialist property and asset planning divisions. Kris Pedersen of Kris Pedersen M

REINZ data shows the national median sale price declined slightly by 1.3 per cent year-on-year, from $780,000 to $770,000, and dropped 2.5 per cent compared with April, from $790,000 to $770,000. The seasonally adjusted figures show a 1.2 per cent dr

While the Reserve Bank continues to jawbone and claim we will be well into the 2025 calendar year before we see a cut to the official cash rate (OCR), it’s questionable how many people actually believe them. ANZ economists recently pulled their expec

Choosing a good real estate agent is key to successful flipping, says Diana Levinzon. It was a big lesson when she started out. She had an agency that struggled to sell the first property and Levinzon ended up going for a conjunctional with the first

When we look into the demographic of new home buyers we can see their priorities are changing with the times. What the buyer wants now is different from what buyers wanted 20 years ago. There are trending design elements proving popular with current

The latest buzzwords “build to rent” are used to describe large-scale residential developments owned and funded by institutional investors who offer long-term leases and secure tenancies to occupiers who in turn benefit from more certain tenures. But

The development community is often frustrated by the time it takes for consent authorities to process resource consents and fulfil their obligations in respect of subdivision consents. Consent authorities typically hold the power and there are no pre

Wellingtonians Mark and Adalynn didn’t feel they were too young to think about retirement at 30. They had big dreams and they wanted a $150,000 annual passive income by the time they hit 56. Here’s how Mark and Adalynn used property investment to mak

All PIAs are affiliated to the New Zealand Property Investors’ Federation (NZPIF) and contribute to essential national advocacy, education, networking and supplier benefits. Here are the top five benefits of joining your local PIA: 1. Advocacy and re

Tim Calder’s journey into property investment began early. As a teenager, he read about wealth creation through property and pursued relevant studies in high school and university. Despite his strong theoretical knowledge, he realised that real-world