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14-Feb-2018

Duncan King Law: Investment Property and the Property (Relationships) Act 1976

The Property (Relationships) Act 1976 (“PRA”) sets out the rules for how couple’s property is dealt with. The PRA applies to couples who are married, or in a civil union, or de facto relationship, a category which includes couples who don’t live together. The PRA divides property (which includes assets and liabilities) into relationship property, which is most often shared equally b... read more
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{{name}} - APIA Auckland Property Investors
22-Jan-2018

Discrimination has no place in residential tenancy

Reading through a recent tenant complaint to the Human Rights Commission has been a disturbing experience, to say the least. Taking the complainant's account on its face, it would appear that the landlord and the person holding herself out to be the letting agent have completely failed the fundamental obligation for a landlord (or anyone, for that matter) not to discriminate. W... read more
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12-Dec-2017

Nick Goodall: Impact of the 2017 Election on Auckland’s property market

As the year draws to a close, we’ve got a good understanding on likely changes to the property market and certainly which buyer groups are under the new Government’s property spotlight. In short, property speculators and foreign buyers are the focus. The Government has been clever in using the Overseas Investment Act to restrict foreign citizens buying existing property, but there’s... read more
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{{name}} - APIA Auckland Property Investors
20-Nov-2017

Tenancy adjudicators can spot your crazy a mile off

If ever there was a reminder for landlords to remain collected and evenly keeled, it is Wicjhita Holdings Limited vs Ross, Helena. Boy… what a case. Background Helena Ross’ tenancy from Wicjhita Holdings Limited (“WHL”) was subject to an earlier Tribunal decision which resulted in a termination and money order against the landlord, WHL. Application 4090334 to which this c... read more
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{{name}} - APIA Auckland Property Investors
08-Nov-2017

Is banning foreign buyers the answer to our housing crisis?

Per its election promise, Labour is pushing ahead with plans to ban foreign buyers from buying existing residential properties in an effort to calm the housing market to benefit first home buyers. By all indications, the government is working on legislative changes with the expectation that by the end of this year non-citizens and non-residents will not be able to purchase exis... read more
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{{name}} - APIA Auckland Property Investors
07-Nov-2017

What can property investors learn from Jeff Bezos?

Oh… so so much. There is something to be said about the man who manages to turn a garage operation into a global conglomerate in less than a quarter of a century. A lot of something to be said actually, and we are only scratching the surface today. One stand-out Jeff Bezos business philosophy has always struck a chord with me, and it should with you. On the fundamental ingredie... read more
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{{name}} - APIA Auckland Property Investors
18-Jul-2017

10 Podcasts that will make you a more successful investor

If you want to grow a successful portfolio and live a more accomplished life, you have to find ways to replenish and feed your mind constantly. Over the last few years, podcasts have emerged as a go-to tool for the busy investor who has a maxed-out schedule that is too tight to juggle in another business book. The great thing about podcasts is that they are easy to produce and even ... read more
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08-Jun-2017

Peter Lewis: DTI is but a band-aid solution to the bigger housing crisis

Reserve bank Governor Graham Wheeler has been working for some time to reduce the risk that he sees in the New Zealand banking system, mainly centred on house price inflation and low dairy product returns. Now that the milk market has turned up again, property prices and the related mortgage lending seem to be his main target. He has already attempted to restrain the demand for h... read more
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01-Jun-2017

Peter Lewis: Rent control is not the answer to fairer housing

We sometimes hear advocates for residential tenants claim that rents should be subject to price control. They say that rent controls provide long-term security for renters, and tilt the balance of power away from landlords towards the tenants. This, in their view, makes for a fairer housing market in which households with lower incomes cannot easily be pushed aside by landlords k... read more
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08-Feb-2017

Bogeymania: the great insurance misdirection

All the hype surrounding P contamination in rental property is leading many to assume that meth is the undisputed bogeyman for all landlords. The thing about the bogeyman is that it is a figment of our overactive imagination, irrationally based, and conveniently served up to distract us from what matters. Yes, meth contamination is frighteningly possible at rental properties. But j... read more
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