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[OPINION] Recessionary times

It is not the best out there for many businesses and property sector people. Sales are down across the board, our clients’ confidence is falling, and there is a lot of uncertainty.

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[OPINION] How to make 20% from commercial property

The great thing about commercial property is that there are a lot of ways to actively increase value.

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[OPINION] How the next Government can help tenants

We hear many ways each political party talks about the housing crisis, and their solutions to fix this. Adding a new tax and tougher RTA rules to rental property providers is obviously not the answer.

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[OPINION] New Zealand’s broken property market

I have a deep annoyance with broken systems. Especially when, with the right settings, they could be fixed.

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[OPINION] The country needs freedom from crazy council zoning laws

Over the past year or so, house prices in most parts of New Zealand have come back a bit, probably as a result of the relatively rapid rise in mortgage interest rates.

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[OPINION] Social stigma scaring off mom-and-pop investors

The social shaming of property investors by politicians is one reason ordinary Kiwis are nervous about investing.

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[OPINION] Kiwi property vs Kiwi shares

When I was growing up in Malaysia, there really was only one way to get ahead.

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[OPINION] When a Bill’s objective is vague, its provisions are rudderless

Parliament’s Environment Committee released its reports on the Natural and Built Environment (NBE) and Spatial Planning Bills last week.

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[OPINION]Housing crisis makes growth all about ‘up-and-out’ not ‘up-or-out’

If you want affordable housing, it isn’t a choice between whether people should be able to build townhouses and apartments downtown or subdivisions at the city’s fringes.

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[OPINION] Property investors just as guilty of short-termism as stock market investors

We make 20-year property investments then closely follow the news cycle, political opinions from all sides of the spectrum, and social media. We just can’t help ourselves.

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[OPINION] No-cause terminations not the answer

Will reversing no-cause terminations be the solution to removing anti-social tenants?

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[OPINION] Property always goes up or does it?

This has always been true. Then, one day, it was not.

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[OPINION] Ever increasing risk for property investors

Phenomenal rain in Auckland and other areas causing destructive flooding is life as we know it in a world facing pandemics, climate change, and other challenges such as earthquakes and eruptions.

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[OPINION] What to do when you are not buying property

With credit tight, tax rules unfair, weather events happening far too often, and an election coming up, many investors are choosing to remain on the sidelines.

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[OPINION] New Zealand LVRs not likely to be loosened this year

CoreLogic NZ's Chief Property Economist Kelvin Davidson shares his thoughts on the future of LVR restrictions for property purchasers.

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