The following answers reflect our current understanding of rental business operation under the COVID-19 Protection Framework. In putting these...
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This question is from Alan (paraphrased to suit this format): What are the rules for hosting open homes under the traffic lights? What can I ask...
We all know what the reintroduction of loan to value ratio (LVR) rules has done for investor demand in the residential property market – after a peak...
This question is from Mark (paraphrased to suit this format): The Ministry of Justice has advised that its bailiffs will not be enforcing my...
This question is from Phil (paraphrased to suit this format): Knowing that landlords should not be asking tenants for their vaccination status (for...
This question is from Anna (paraphrased to suit this format): (To a landlord who leases his property to social housing agencies) Do you disclose to...
This question is from Samara (paraphrased to suit this format): My fixed-term tenancy is about to end next month. The landlord asked me if I want to...
This question is from Coral (paraphrased to suit this format): I instructed my property manager to renew a fixed-term tenancy and increase rent by...
I previously wrote about maintaining optimism in the short-term rental market as things will rebound very quickly once restrictions lift. In this...
Over the past couple of months, we at CoreLogic have developed a new measure for assessing the relative risk of a more serious property downturn in...
This question is from Nic (paraphrased to suit this format): If I serve a 90/63 day notice under s51, can my tenant return serve a 28-day notice to...
This question is from Brian (paraphrased to suit this format): Can I ask prospective tenants whether they are vaccinated or intend to be vaccinated...
This question is from a tenant (paraphrased to suit this format): I rent from my grandparents who also live at the property. My grandfather has...
This week’s question comes from Kevin S: As we are unable to perform our routine 3-monthly property inspections under Level 3, is there...
Property investors are often encouraged to act with the end in mind. For many of us, that means working towards our retirement, or to at least...
This week’s question comes from Debbie: I am curious how, as PCBUs, landlords should handle the issues of vaccination and safety at a...
