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20-01-2024 more >>
Budget 2023 continues the Government’s commitment to tackle the housing shortage
Budget 2023 continues the Government’s commitment to tackle the housing shortage by delivering 3,000 more public housing homes, supporting more people at risk of homelessness, building more houses for Maori and those impacted by recent severe weather events.
19-05-2023 more >>
Large rent increases in January not maintained
February rental statistics from the Bond Centre have been released.
16-04-2023 more >>
Supply of rentals decreasing
Sue Harrison says that the survey of members in February this year, highlights the changes in members’ attitudes since 2021 when the same survey was carried out
23-03-2023 more >>
Proposals for methamphetamine regulations which will apply to residential tenancies
A discussion document is on the Ministry website and submissions are welcome up to 20 February 2023
24-11-2022 more >>
OCR increased to 4.25 percent
The Committee agreed that the OCR needs to reach a higher level, and sooner than previously indicated, to ensure inflation returns to within its target range over the medium term.
23-11-2022 more >>
Housing: blame the Government
Tim Horsbrugh, President of Wairarapa PIA, has this article published in the Wairarapa Times
17-09-2022 more >>
Housing and tax
Paul Conway, RBNZ Economist, has stated that the Tax Working Group in 2018 showed that the tax system had historically favoured housing as an investment asset. Peter Lewis, Vice President of NZPIF challenges this statement
24-07-2022 more >>
Official cash rate increased to 2.50% today
The Monetary Policy Committee today increased the Official Cash Rate (OCR) to 2.50 percent. The Committee agreed it remains appropriate to continue to tighten monetary conditions at pace to maintain price stability and support maximum sustainable employment.
13-07-2022 more >>
Changes to Healthy Homes standards come into force 12 May
Check these changes to see if you need to do extra work on your rental.
12-05-2022 more >>
Summary of the NZPIF plan to fix the rental crisis in NZ

02-05-2022 more >>
Tenancy Services and REINZ host a Privacy Week Webinar 12 May
You are invited to participate in this webinar - Navigating privacy changes in property management.
19-04-2022 more >>
Understanding the effects of the changing market
In December 2021 and January of this year, NZ Property Investorsâ€™ Federation, in association with the NZ Property Investor, surveyed members Â throughout the country to understand how the changes in the housing market are affecting members.
04-02-2022 more >>
Confusing consultation paper
The Government has released a 143-page discussion paper on removing mortgage interest tax deductibility on investment properties and the extension of the Bright line test.
12-06-2021 more >>
Government rejects first home buyers, tenants and rental providers
The First Home Buyers Club, Tenants Protection Canterbury and the NZ Property Investors Federation have presented a letter to Government requesting them to reconsider removing mortgage interest costs on rental properties.
12-05-2021 more >>
Government housing package backs first home buyers
This is the media release from the Prime Minister, Minister of Housing, Minister of Finance and Attorney General
23-03-2021 more >>
Planning your maintenance
Your property is a major asset, and like any asset it is in your own best interests to maintain it well and so preserve and enhance its value. Peter Lewis, Vice President of NZPIF, discusses the issues.
16-03-2021 more >>
Different ways to change a tenancy agreement
Tenancy Services has updated their website content to describe and distinguish different ways to change a tenancy agreement. Landlords and tenants should decide together which approach best suits their situation. The type of change to a tenancy agreement will have an impact on the healthy homes compliance date and Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 law changes that apply.
15-03-2021 more >>
Reply to opinion piece by Bernard Hickey in Sunday Star Times 7 February 2021
In an opinion piece in the Sunday Star Times on 7 February, Bernard Hickey once again made unfounded, inaccurate and untrue statements about rental property providers in New Zealand.
15-02-2021 more >>
ANZ sees some cooling in the housing market in time - November Property Focus
Housing demand has remained strong, spurred by low mortgage rates and a speculative dynamic but ANZ does not think this is sustainable
26-11-2020 more >>
Catch up with maintenance with Daich Coatings
Spring has sprung and summer is almost upon us. The holiday break is an excellent time to catch up on maintenance and it may come as a surprise that some of those tasks in the too hard basket may be easier than you think.
18-11-2020 more >>
Andrew King clarifies comments attributed to him in a NZ Herald article 7 September
Andrew King says the NZ Property Investors Federation has always seen the landlord/tenant relationship as a service provider/customer one.
07-09-2020 more >>
ASB Housing Confidence Survey - three months to April 2020
Confidence in rising house prices whipsawed by COVID-19. Perceptions of whether itâ€™s a good time to buy also decline as households batten down the hatches. Interest rate expectations flick back to lower for longer.
27-05-2020 more >>
Delay ring-fencing laws and help 300,000 Kiwis
â€œDelaying this law until the 2021/22 year would help the 300,000 rental property owners who are expected to cushion their tenants financially without Government assistance during this Covid 19 lockdown says Sharon Cullwick, Executive Officer of the NZ Property Investorsâ€™ Federation (NZPIF).
20-04-2020 more >>

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