All the major lenders have now put their floating rate loans up to 10.05% following the latest increase in the official cash rate (OCR) to 7.75%. 05-11-2007 more >>
At the Property Investors Federation's annual conference, held earlier this month, the Minister of Building Issues, Clayton Cosgrove outlined some key reforms to the Residential Tenancies Act. 31-10-2007 more >>
Investors in hard-sell property investment company Blue Chip Financial Solutions Ltd may be wondering if they made the right investment decision. 27-10-2007 more >>
Nobody could fail to notice the underlying threat to Treasury which was inherent in Alan Bollard's Official Cash Rate (OCR) announcement today 25-10-2007 more >>
Property develper Olly Newland, who gained and lost a fortune at the time of the 1987 sharemarket bubble and bust, believes New Zealand is about to repeat the experience. 23-10-2007 more >>
The NZPIF responds to the announcements made by the Minister of Building and Construction at the annual NZPIF Conference on 21 October. 21-10-2007 more >>
The NZ Property Investors' Federation (NZPIF) welcomes the announcement today by Courts Minister Rick Barker, that Tenancy Tribunal orders are now available online. 17-10-2007 more >>
Investor confidence slipped from record highs amid financial turmoil but has started to recover, according to a quarterly ASB survey 16-10-2007 more >>
Sunday Star Times journalist, Greg Ninness, lists some of the key indicators that could be pointers to an investment property's performance. 14-10-2007 more >>
The property market has hit the brakes for the third month in a row, with the latest official figures showing that the average sale price of a home falling below $400,000. 12-10-2007 more >>
The first Alert looks at the practice of selling the family home to a Loss Attributing Qualifying Company (LAQC) to generate tax deductions. 12-10-2007 more >>
Ruth Hill reports in the DominionPost that despite rocketing interest rates and the Government's best attempts to rein in rampant property speculation, house prices nationwide are still nearly $50,000 higher than they were a year ago. 09-10-2007 more >>
ACT – Reforms
In a speech to Wellington property investors (25 September) the Minister for Building & Housing Clayton Cosgrove highlighted some key reforms planned for the Residential Tenancies Act. 28-09-2007 more >>
Homeloan rates are continuing to move in the right direction for anyone seeking a mortgage at the moment. But it is still too early to declare that a new mortgage war has broken out. 28-09-2007 more >>
Nick Churchouse reports in the Dominion Post that predictions of a slowdown in the economy are cautious as activity bolds reasonably steady despite continued global activity. 24-09-2007 more >>
Anne Gibson reports that an analysis of the poor financial performance of Auckland's apartment market showed some units had had a quarter of their value wiped out. 21-09-2007 more >>
The first signs are emerging of a spring campaign amongst banks for home loan business. As reported in Good Returns Kiwibank was the first to move. 21-09-2007 more >>
First home buyers were literally shut out of home ownership through record unaffordability in August, according to a survey released yesterday. 17-09-2007 more >>
Anne Gibson reports in the NZ Herald that house prices are growing fatter but sales turnover is almost anorexic and agents are complaining about the skinny pickings. 14-09-2007 more >>
