While the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act has been passed, the provisions relating to pets have not yet taken effect. These changes are expected...
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I don’t want to diminish the seriousness of this piece by quoting Spiderman but the return of the 90-day no-fault termination from today brings...
If the RBNZ has won the war on inflation, how is it that your insurance bill is still such a shocker?! You’re not alone – many property owners...
So one of our members, G, recently went through a Tenancy Compliance and Investigations Team (TCIT) assessment and posted this on our Facebook: Looks...
The tried and trusted model for property investment in NZ has been to take a cashflow hit for at least the first few years (topping up the rental...
As Auckland Council moves away from the ‘Pay as you throw’ bin tag system to a rates-funded collection service, landlords need to...
The Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill, currently making its way through Parliament following the Social Services and Community Committee review...
Our sustained advocacy work has helped shape the latest iteration of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill, which now includes a new provision...
The latest CoreLogic Buyer Classification data indicates that mortgaged multiple property owners (MPOs, including investors) accounted for nearly 23%...
Pet clauses have been a contentious issue recently, particularly since these piggies jumped onto the Herald front page. Tribunal adjudicators remain...
This month, I thought it was well worth a specific look at housing patterns in Auckland. Values across the super-city have dropped by 6% from the...
In the ongoing conversation surrounding New Zealand’s rental market, it’s easy for emotions to run high. There are always stories of bad...
Here’s a question from Don, ‘My tenant and I signed a tenancy agreement, and he paid one week’s rent in advance, but the day before...
A question recently came up in our Facebook group from Brian: “I can see on the RTA (section 44A) that landlords can charge for ‘any expenses...
Needless to say, the hottest topic regarding the economy and property market in the past few weeks has been the official cash rate (OCR) cut, and the...
The age-old struggle of corporations versus the individual investor is a familiar tale in the property market. Traditional investors have long worn...
