The New Zealand Property investor magazine provides readers with information you can use to successfully invest in residential property. You can learn from the experts, read the stories of your fellow investors and keep up to date with the latest house prices and rental statistics.
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EXPERTS EYE THOSE MARKET HEADWINDS • The preoccupation with property prices never dulls, but now seems a good time to let analysts, economists and advisers give us a heads up on what we can expect for the rest of the year.
BUILDING COSTS HEAD FOR THE ROOF • With an already overheated housing market, expensive construction costs are expected to add further affordability challenges.
NZ PROPERTY INVESTOR EVENTS CALENDAR • Your monthly round up of property investment related events.
WHEN THE CHOCOLATES TURN SOUR • Sally Lindsay reports on the case of tenants who left leaving gifts, then took the landlord to court.
INVESTORS WEAR THE CREDIT CRUNCH • Mortgaged investors’ share of buying is steady despite the CCCFA changes, writes
THE SUN NEVER SETS ON CLAUSE QUERIES • Questions about sunset clauses can be difficult to answer, but there are some key steps investors can take.
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MARKET COOLS RAPIDLY • Sally Lindsay explains that property sales across the country dropped dramatically in January, to levels as low as post GFC.
WHAT’S DRIVING HOUSE PRICES?
MEET YOUR BEST FRIEND: DIVERSIFICATION • It’s time to explore different lenders, sources of income, and other investments, writes John Bolton.
ALL EYES ON THE OCR REVIEW • Some economists believe the OCR could top out at 3%, which would push one-year interest rates up significantly higher, writes Kris Pedersen.
A CLASSIC KIWI SUCCESS STORY • At just 19 Andrew Nicol dipped his toes in the property market, and he’s been swimming strongly ever since. Joanna Mathers tracks the career of one of the country’s leading property advisers.
ANDREW NICOL ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A NEW BUILD
ADD AN EXTRA BEDROOM • Over the next six issues of New Zealand Property Investor Magazine, Ilse Wolfe walks you through how to increase the cashflow on your investment properties.
DOWNWARD PRESSURE – HAS THE MARKET TURNED? • Will the credit environment – lending rules, banks’ attitudes, rising interest rates, LVRs and possible debt-to-income ratios – push down prices? Sally Lindsay investigates.
TIME TO LEND A THOUGHT TO COMMERCIAL • Luke Jackson from Resimac explores the new options for investors.
GO WITH THE FLOW • A property intended as an Airbnb has ended up being a buy-reno-sell after Covid-19 and a raft of other factors changed the playing field, writes Joanna Mathers.
RESENE EXTERIOR PAINTING TIPS
RISE OF THE SMALL OFFICE • Until recently small businesses had little sway with landlords … then the pandemic changed everything, writes Sally Lindsay.
SUNSET CLAUSES CAN LEAVE YOU IN THE DARK • It pays to be au fait with the details of property contracts – especially the sunset clause, writes Jenny Turner, of Wynn Williams.
TIPS ON BUILDING A PASSIVE INCOME OVER FIVE YEARS • Every month Andrew Nicol shares how investors are reviewing their portfolios – and the actions these real people are taking.
TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT INCOME RECOGNITION • It pays to understand the drivers of income in the land division and property development game, writes Mark Withers.
TREAD CAREFULLY AROUND COVID WORRIES • David Faulkner.
JOKE WITH A STUNNING PUNCHLINE • Bland niceness has turned into sought-after city as Lower Hutt comes into its own, writes Sally Lindsay.
CORELOGIC LOWER HUTT KELVIN DAVIDSON, CHIEF PROPERTY ECONOMIST
SPOTLIGHT ON SUPPRESSION ORDERS • Since the...