Rental market squeezed after quake (07 Sep 2010)
The Canterbury earthquake will put pressure on the city's residential rental sector, as the pool of available homes shrinks and home owners whose properties have been condemned look for short to medium-term accommodation.
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Choice declining for buyers (03 Sep 2010)
Choice for buyers in the Auckland residential property market is declining, with properties for sale at their lowest number in seven months.
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Hunters Wines special offer to property investors (02 Sep 2010)
Hunters Wines is one of the sponsors of the 2010 Conference. It is offering two special six bottle packs to property investors as well as a range of other wines. Delivery can be to your home prior to the Conference or free to your hotel during the Conference weekend
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Showcase Auckland hotel Westin Lighter Quay in chaos (01 Sep 2010)
One of Auckland's top hotels, the Westin Lighter Quay, is in chaos as unit titleholders and receivers square off over access to and revenue from 114 of its 172 rooms and its bar, restaurant and retail areas.
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Housing consents fall (31 Aug 2010)
The residential property sector has slipped in July after edging into positive figures in the previous month, however commercial property development continued its precipitous decline.
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Economist pushes out dates for next OCR hikes (29 Aug 2010)
One economist has pushed out the date for the Reserve Bank’s next official cash rate hike citing recent downgrades to its forecasts for global GDP growth, including in Australia and New Zealand.
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Property investors need be careful with family trusts (27 Aug 2010)
Property investors need to take a more active role in overseeing their family trusts to ensure they are both compliant and achieving their objectives, according to New Zealand Trustee Services director Jonathan Cron.
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Review may give investors some depreciation relief (26 Aug 2010)
Commercial and industrial property investors should still be able to claim significant depreciation allowances, an asset depreciation expert says.
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Latest immigration numbers good for housing market (20 Aug 2010)
Immigration figures out today are stronger than expected and are seen as being positive for house prices. Economists have been concerned that weaker than forecast immigration in recent months, and an outflow of people to Australia may have further hurt the housing market.
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Property investors targeting private sellers (18 Aug 2010)
An annual property survey shows that investors have slowed down with their buying and selling , for the first time in several years.
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PM makes a case for compulsory super (17 Aug 2010)
Prime Minister John Key is setting out a compelling case for compulsory superannuation and says public opinion has shifted since it was rejected in a 1997 referendum.
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Dr Don's gloomy outlook for house prices (17 Aug 2010)
The world economy looks sick and if that continues it is hard to see house prices going up according to managing director of Huljich Wealth Management Dr Don Brash.
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REINZ residential highlights - July 2010 (13 Aug 2010)
Sales activity and price appear to differ quite dramatically in different parts of the country, with each market showing unique characteristics. Find out what's happening in the 12 main regions below.
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House sales fall to decade low (13 Aug 2010)
New Zealand residential property sales plummeted to its lowest level for a July in a decade, as rising interest rates, slower population growth and tax changes took their toll on the market, according to figures released by the Real Estate Institute.
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NZPIF conference packed with benefits (12 Aug 2010)
From the opening on the morning of October 16 in Blenheim to the close at 1.00pm on Sunday, delegates to the 2010 New Zealand Property Investors Federation (NZPIF) Conference will have the chance to hear at least 12 different speakers on property investment.
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Provincial property posed to prosper (12 Aug 2010)
Provincial areas look set to prosper in the property market over the next two years, with the export led economy helping economic prospects according to the QBE LMI 2010 Housing Outlook Report.
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IRD favours depreciation for commercial building fit-outs (11 Aug 2010)
Hoteliers, retailers and commercial office interior decorators look likely to get the reprieve they were looking for from new depreciation rules they feared would drastically raise the cost of maintaining modern premises.
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Inaugral Investment Game Secondary Schools competition produces young millionaires (10 Aug 2010)
The NZ Investment Game enables players to experience the risk and challenges of the investment market without risking their homes and livelihoods.
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Market back to the future of 2008 (09 Aug 2010)
The residential property market looks to have travelled back to 2008, minus "the sky is falling" sentiment and values only easing backwards rather than racing.
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QV main urban areas commentary: July 2010 (09 Aug 2010)
Property values in the six main centres either flat-lined or declined in July, according to the latest figures from Quotable Value.
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Confidence in property market remains stable (09 Aug 2010)
Confidence in the housing market remains stable despite much of the current negative comment, according to the latest property survey. However the expectations around where house prices will go vary markedly across the country.
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Mortgagee sales continue to stay high (08 Aug 2010)
Mortgagee sale numbers continue to remain high at the moment, and there are now more home owners ending up with forced sales as opposed to property investors.
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Auckland house sales still in doldrums (04 Aug 2010)
Auckland house sales stayed in a slump last month as winter kept the market in a malaise.
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Asking prices fall $22k in four months (02 Aug 2010)
Asking prices for residential property have fallen almost $22,000 in four months, falling nearly half of that in July from a month earlier, according to Realestate.co.nz.
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Tauranga: Investing in sunshine (30 Jul 2010)
Traditionally touted for its relating lifestyle, Tauranga City offers more than the sun and surf to active investors, writes Adrienne Jervis.
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