rental property

Investment Property Snapshot: Shoebox apartment in Auckland's CBD

20 Dec 18, 9:40am

Greg Ninness

Can shoebox apartments provide many happy returns for investors in the New Year?
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Banning letting fees is likely to save residential tenants $47 million a year

1 Nov 18, 4:54pm

Greg Ninness

108 comments

Residential tenants moving house will no longer pay letting fees from December 12
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Rents rising around the country but declined in Auckland over winter

15 Oct 18, 9:44am

Greg Ninness

44 comments

Rental growth strong in Wellington, Queenstown, Rotorua, Napier and Whanganui, but weak in Auckland and Christchurch
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Letting fees to go in time for peak new year house moving season

5 Oct 18, 7:24am

Jenée Tibshraeny

75 comments

Housing Minister Phil Twyford backs select committee recommendation for start of letting fee ban to be brought forward to December 12
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Landlords & tenants' chance to speak up on changes to Residential Tenancies Act

12 Sep 18, 11:46am

Greg Ninness

34 comments

Submissions being sought on proposed changes to standards for rental properties and the Residential Tenancies Act
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Investment Snapshot: Apartments leased to hotels can provide better returns

22 Aug 18, 2:18pm

Greg Ninness

19 comments

Investment Property Snapshot: With standard rental yields so low in Auckland, an apartment in a hotel could be worth a look for investors chasing rental income
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Slumlord's ex fined after her 'ostrich inaction'

18 Aug 18, 9:06am

Jenée Tibshraeny

9 comments

Augustine Lau's ex-partner sentenced for ignoring enforcement orders issued over sewage and asbestos contamination at crowded rental properties
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Upper Hutt and Whanganui have the fastest rising rents in the country

11 Jul 18, 10:10am

Greg Ninness

107 comments

The average rent has increased by $22 a week (+5.2%) in the last 12 months
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31 May 18, 1:38pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

2 comments

If the Government decides there needs to be more meth residue in a property for it to be considered contaminated, insurers won't have to cover the remediation costs of as many properties as they do now
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An 'exodus' of landlords

24 Apr 18, 10:10am

David Hargreaves

249 comments

Property Institute warns the Government's moves to 'ring fence' property tax losses will have a 'disastrous impact' on the market and significantly worsen the already existing rental accommodation shortage
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Beware the 'good idea'

29 Mar 18, 4:46pm

David Hargreaves

65 comments

David Hargreaves says while the move to ring-fence' investors' losses on rental properties for tax purposes appears logical we must be cautious about assuming that all the consequences will be good ones
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Govt pushes harder on property speculation

29 Mar 18, 11:31am

David Hargreaves

189 comments

IRD releases 'ring-fencing' paper; Revenue Minister encourages feedback on proposal to ensure investors can't offset losses on property investments against other income
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B&T says Auckland rents increasing more slowly

31 Jan 18, 2:27pm

Greg Ninness

7 comments

Average rents in Auckland increased by 4.2% to 4.3% last year compared to 5% or 6% in previous years, leaving some landlords out of pocket
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Divvying up the housing spoils

11 Jul 17, 10:28am

David Hargreaves

53 comments

Government shares out $1 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund among five councils - mostly in the top half of the North Island
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A 101 guide to buying property with mates

17 May 17, 2:37pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

107 comments

Generation Rent Investment Guide Episode 1: What you need to know about LVRs, KiwiSaver and liability before joining forces with others to buy property
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House prices falling in Auckland, rising strongly in Wellington, pushing yields in opposite directions

2 May 17, 1:36pm

Greg Ninness

36 comments

Residential property is a market of two halves for investors, with falling prices pushing up yields in Auckland, and strongly rising prices forcing yields down in Wellington
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Housing rents in Auckland up as much as 11.1% year-on-year

24 Feb 17, 2:12pm

Greg Ninness

70 comments

Queenstown rents up 26.7% compared to a year ago with increases in parts of Wellington also in double digits, Auckland not far behind, Christchurch rents declining
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Auckland's residential rental property market could be at a turning point

13 Feb 17, 2:43pm

Greg Ninness

38 comments

Yields starting to rise on residential investment properties in Auckland as rents rise and capital gains start to dry up
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Joyce urges 'more ambition' from councils on housing plans

1 Feb 17, 3:51pm

David Hargreaves

23 comments

Government says its Housing Infrastructure Fund has received indicative proposals for $1.79 billion of infrastructure; Ministers say few of the proposals so far would increase the development speed of proposed projects
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