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PROPERTY STILL POPULAR IN LOCKDOWN • Up in Auckland, level three lockdown continues. It’s certainly hard to fit in home schooling alongside work, but at least the weather is getting better and we can take to the beaches on occasion!
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THE INFLATION BEAST IS BACK • Kiwi inflation spiked higher in September, and is up nearly 5% over the year. Inflation is running at its fastest pace since 2011.
LOW LEVELS OF HOUSES FOR SALE PREVAILS • The falling number of property listings continues to inhibit the market.
WILL BTR WORK? • An Auckland landlord responds to the build-to-rent story from the October 2021 issue of New Zealand Property Investor magazine.
END OF SOARING HOUSE PRICES IN SIGHT • Independent economist Tony Alexander believes the country has entered the end game for the period of soaring house prices whether people think in terms of three decades, post-GFC, or since May last year. The gains for these three periods have been 680%, more than 170% and 37% respectively.
EVICTED AFTER ABUSE • A tenant who threatened to kill a Wellington City Council housing employee has had her Paparangi tenancy terminated by the tribunal.
Financial Freedom Awaits
WINZ BENEFICIARIES AND SOCIAL HOUSING • A reader wonders whether houses with rents paid by WINZ qualify for mortgage interest deductibility tax exemption.
THE ONLY WAY IS UP ... FOR NOW • House prices are still rising, even as lockdown levels continue to restrict the entire country, writes Sally Lindsay.
WHAT’S DRIVING HOUSE PRICES?
LIVING BEYOND OUR MEANS • New Zealanders have $320+ billion of household debt. What does that mean for house prices and the wider economy asks John Bolton.
HAVE YOU REVIEWED YOUR RATES? • Ryan Smuts looks at the direction mortgage rates are taking and what this means for mortgaged investors.
THE WINNING FORMULA • Fiona Baker might just be the perfect landlord and she’s inspiring friends and family to take the same path, Joanna Mathers discovers.
TIP OF THE MONTH
BUBBLE BUSTERS? • The removal of interest deductibility and rising interest rates are a double whammy for investors. But will they lead to a levelling of the property market? Sally Lindsay investigates.
SO WHAT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED?
HOW TAX CHANGES WILL AFFECT YOU
SUMMER SPRUCE UP • As we head into the warmer months, it’s a great opportunity to look at property maintenance. The Block winner Caleb Pearson with his top tips.
TEAM EFFORT • The 2021 NZPIF/Resene Renovation of the Year winning entry was a team effort restoring a 1910 Timaru bungalow to its former glory.
BITE-SIZED RETAIL SPARKLES • Although retailers have lost hundreds of millions of dollars during the country’s lockdowns, investors are still keen on bricks and mortar stores, Sally Lindsay discovers.
WHAT’S NEXT FOR NZ PROPERTY? • Debbie Roberts looks ahead at what factors will impact the property market in the near future.
MARKET IMPACTS OF NEW RULES • Mark Withers looks at the finalised bright-line and interest deductibility changes and their potential impacts for investors.
TIME TO SHUFFLE THE DECK? • Does your portfolio need a review and redirection? Maree Tassell looks at alternative investment scenarios and their merits.
HOW DO WE MEASURE HHS SUCCESS? • Will Alexander looks at the Healthy Homes standards’ impacts so far and wonders how their success will be measured.
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