Landlords fume over school plan

Temperatures are running high after a residential property investors federation with only 4000 members put forward -proposals to send all New Zealand's 180,000 landlords back to school.
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Carter must put HNZ house in order

National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley is surprised that the Housing Minister has been unable to provide reliable figures on the amount being earned by those collecting a taxpayer subsidy by living in a state house.
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Brokers get close to magical 40% mark

New research shows that mortgage brokers are increasing their share of the home loan market.
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ANZ Property Focus against ring fencing of losses

In a feature article in the lastest ANZ Property Focus published July 23, ANZ economists say they believe that ring-fencing investment tax losses lacks a sound economic rationale.

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Restructuring The Residential Property Investment Industry

A draft of the changes proposed by the New Zealand Property Investors' Federation.
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Property investors ignore gloom

Forget talk of a residential property bubble bursting - investors' confidence remains high, a survey has found.
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Home loan rate rises slow - briefly

Fixed rate changes slowed down markedly over the last week as the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s monetary policy review nears.
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Southern Region Tenancy Services Report for June 2006

Information on the performance targets of Tenancy Services.
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Property Investors’ welcome long overdue access to Tribunal decisions

The announcement by Minister of Housing Clayton Gosgrove that Tenancy Tribunal Decisions will be placed on the internet is great news for the rental industry.
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Brash backs DIY builders

National Party Leader Don Brash today announced that National will repeal provisions in Labour's new building legislation that stop New Zealanders from carrying out DIY renovations on their own homes.
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Leaky Homes First

New Zealand First Housing spokesperson Brent Catchpole has called on the Labour Government to direct some of its newly-discovered budget reserves at the thousands of homeowners who are suffering financially and health-wise as a direct result of having to live in leaking and rotting homes.
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Bid to exclude state tenants 'worrying'

Developers have begun placing covenants on land titles to keep state housing tenants out of newly established neighbourhoods.
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Review of the Unit Titles Act 1972

The Department of Building and Housing is undertaking a review of the Unit Titles Act 1972.
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Review of the Residential Tenancies Act

Reforms announced Minister for Building Issues, the Hon Clayton Cosgrove, announced (22 September) a package of reforms that will be the basis of an amended Residential tenancies Act.
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More Brits eyeing up NZ property market

New survey by British currency transfer specialist HiFix found that 5% of Britons looking to buy overseas were choosing New Zealand, making it the fifth most popular destination.
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Home prices rise $50,000

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.
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Help for home-buyers likely

Financially struggling Kiwis may be offered half shares in a property by the Government, under a scheme aimed at combating the country's plunging home ownership rates.
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Avoid getting screwed by the body corporate

Buying an apartment is like buying no other form of property. As a unit titled property, it means sharing ownership of the building and land outside your private unit.
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A swarm of rate changes

There is good news for the homeowners who are refinancing the $42 billion of fixed home loans that are maturing this year.
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Look to lock in rates

Finding a fixed rate loan at the right price can be crucial to whether you can afford your dream home or investment property. But if you have to delay completion of the purchase you face the possibility that you will lose the cheap rate.
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Bollard raises rates but tones down the rhetoric

While Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard raised interest rates as expected, the central bank's rhetoric wasn't as hawkish as expected.
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KiwiSaver could make refinancing harder

Increasing home loan rates are not the only thing hurting borrowers at the moment. One brokers says joining KiwiSaver could make refinancing even harder.
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Geneva to launch home loans

Geneva Finance says that is close to launching its own set of home loan products into the market place.
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Kiwibank campaign ends

Kiwibank has ended its two week price-cutting campaign designed to attract business from borrowers refinancing off maturing fixed rate deals.
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Landlords welcome Tenancy Tribunal orders being available online

The NZ Property Investors' Federation (NZPIF) welcomes the announcement today by Courts Minister Rick Barker, that Tenancy Tribunal orders are now available online.
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