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Housing market stalling?

The housing market is showing signs of flattening, after rebounding in the middle of last year, according to ANZ's latest property gauges.
27-01-2010 more >>

Tax plan slammed as 'an orchestrated attack on landlords'

Tax recommendations presented to the Government have been criticised as "an orchestrated attack on residential landlords" by the Property Investors' Federation vice-president.
21-01-2010 more >>

Land tax must be universal, say property investors

Real estate industry insiders have mixed views on some of the Tax Working Groups recommendations, which are designed to start taxing property investments harder.
21-01-2010 more >>

Misleading talk around property will lead to bad tax decisions

Press Release: The Property Investorsâ€™ Federation is concerned about the high level of misinformation around taxation of rental property.
20-01-2010 more >>

Investors face double-whammy in tax proposals

Residential property investors face a double-whammy under proposals unveiled today by the Tax Working Group which could raise $2 billion from a sector currently costing taxpayers $150 million a year.
20-01-2010 more >>

REINZ residential highlights - December 2009

House prices rose in 11 of the 12 regions throughout the country in December last year. Find out what else is happening in the main areas.
19-01-2010 more >>

IRD's views on depreciation challenged

The Inland Revenue is sticking with its controversial views on depreciation of residential rental property - but not winning a lot of support.
19-01-2010 more >>

House prices up but sales levels concerning

New Zealand house prices edged up in December as the property market continued to recover from its trough last year, though activity was at a "concerning" low level.
18-01-2010 more >>

Caution restrains bargain hunting

With a few grey clouds on the horizon, caution prevails for many property investors around the country.
15-01-2010 more >>

Home-building and hospitals push up November building consents

The pace of residential home-building continues to pick up, although few new apartments are being built and non-residential construction is down across most sectors, according to November 2009 building consent totals released this morning by Statistics New Zealand.
14-01-2010 more >>

IRD quietly raises changes to depreciation

The contentious issue around how depreciation of residential rental property items has resurfaced in a very low key manner.
12-01-2010 more >>

POLITICAL & REGULATORY REPORT for December 2009

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AMENDMENT BILL - 2nd reading commenced. The Government commenced the second reading debate of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill on 8 December. This process basically means that Parliament is asked to adopt the bill as reported back, with amendments from the Social Services Select committee.
11-01-2010 more >>

House values gain in 09

House values rose 2.8% last year after they hit a bottom in April, and steadily improved from there, according to QV Valuations.
11-01-2010 more >>

Commercial property investors will foot the bill of proposed land tax

Commercial property owners and investors will be left to â€œfoot the billâ€ of a proposed land tax, according to the Property Council of New Zealand.
31-12-2009 more >>

Property investors pay IRD extra $63m

Property investors have paid an extra $63.6 million since Inland Revenue started a crackdown programme.
23-12-2009 more >>

Mortgagee sales to stay high for another 12-months

Mortgagee sales are at historically high levels and numbers are expected to remain high in the New Year.
21-12-2009 more >>

Housing market plateauing

The residential property market is showing signs of plateauing, following the momentum seen over the past two months, according to the latest Mike Pero Mortgages/Infometrics Property Cycle Indicator.
17-12-2009 more >>

Tax changes will affect house prices

If the top rate of income tax is lowered house prices will fall 14%, along with the number of willing landlords, Westpac predicts.
16-12-2009 more >>

Attention Renovators

Planning to renovate a property over the holiday period? Here is an offer from Jane Eyles-Bennett you can't afford to miss.
14-12-2009 more >>

New tools for property managers from the Department of Building and Housing

The Department has updated the section on its website showing tools for property managers, designed to help you manage your properties more effectively, and get the best result for you, your client and the tenants.
14-12-2009 more >>

REINZ residential highlights - November 2009

The residential housing market continues to show signs of stability, according to the latest statistics from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ). Find out what's happening around the regions in the story below.
14-12-2009 more >>

House prices creep up a little more

The momentum driving the housing market in the last few months showed signs of ebbing, according to the latest crop of statistics.
14-12-2009 more >>

Sense of normality returning

The residential property market seems to be progressing "normally", with signs supply and demand are balancing out, according to the latest Harcourts MarketWatch.
11-12-2009 more >>

Hunter's Wines Christmas offer to PIA members

Hunters is offering a range of wines at an excellent price and freight free delivery to your door.
10-12-2009 more >>

Residential real estate balancing out

Residential real estate is reporting a better matching of buyers and sellers in the last month and there are reports of an upturn in residential construction according to the BNZ Confidence Survey.
09-12-2009 more >>

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