I was always taught in relation to saving and investing that it is not the amount that counts, it’s where you put it – it’s allocation. Time is an investor’s...
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The key to surviving in a downward market is having a strategy and set of buying rules that you commit to regardless of circumstance. In this, and in any...
Over the course of the last few years, investors had made a lot of money buying properties off-the-plan. The overall idea is simple enough: an off-the-plan...
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...
With interest rates having remained suppressed for as long as they have, chances are many investors are not entirely prepared for the coming rate rises. And...
Since making her investment debut 16, Lisa Dudson has been a busy lady. These days Lisa is being celebrated in the business community as a prolific...
Yes, you read that right. Two things only this week. Lets be honest, two major changes to investors’ cash-flow are going to be enough to drown out most...
Prices seem to be on everyone’s mind, yours, mine, the Reserve Bank’s… But hey! At least in the myriad of incessant and unending stories...
**7th April 2015 Update** For a copy of APIA’s submission click here. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is a politically independent body charged...
A month into the new banking era of mortgage lending caps, I am already hearing anecdotal tales of quieter open homes, vacated auction rooms, and buyer...
The incessant hum of LVR restrictions and other macro-prudential tools to curtail the seemingly out-of-control Auckland housing market by the Wheeler led RBNZ...
I scratch my head every time a first-home buyer gets into the media and paints her position as nothing more than a Dickensian victim; marginalised by society...
If there’s somethin’ strange in your neighbourhood Who ya gonna call? Price-Buster If it’s somethin’ weird and it won’t look...
Jesse asks the APIA Expert Panel: Can I buy two properties on the one mortgage? Lena Li, ANZ Mobile Mortage Manager, Answers Generally speaking, we lend base...
Paula asks the APIA Expert Panel: Why do some people choose loan repayments at principal and interest or interest only? How do they decide which is better for...
We often get asked by newbie investors what the Official Cash Rate is and how it affects property investors. Leaving the nitty-gritty details to the real...
