National will cut back on the excessive red tape in the building industry and instead drive quality by encouraging warranties, better standards and improved skills, says National’s Building and Construction spokesman, Nick Smith.
11-09-2008 more >>
Three banks have now moved to cut mortgage rates, after Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard this morning surprised the market with an aggressive 0.5 per cent cut in the official cash rate. 11-09-2008 more >>
Sweeping new real estate reforms were passed by Parliament last night, bringing in a consumer-friendly era for house buyers and sellers. 06-09-2008 more >>
landlords have developed their own set of rules, barring them from renting dirty places, telling lies or making racists remarks to tenants 05-09-2008 more >>
Financial markets and commentators expect to see a further cut in the official cash rate of interest next week. The Reserve Bank is due to announce its latest decision on the rate on Thursday 11 September. 05-09-2008 more >>
The report covers Housing Affordability, Lawyers and Conveyancers Act, Housing Policies of the Kiwi Party, National Party, NZ First and Green Party, the Housing NZ Appeal against the Tenancy Tribunal decision and a table of legislation. 29-08-2008 more >>
Positive response to Code from media.
Rental market slow around country.
MPs appreciative of NZPIF input to RTA Bill.
Recent visits to PIAs.
28-08-2008 more >>
The Bank of New Zealand is proposing to make more than half its mobile mortgage managers redundant in the face of the continuing property slump 25-08-2008 more >>
Home investors and buyers are in a frenzy over an estimated five-fold increase in mortgagee sales in the last year, but bargain hunters are set to be disappointed. 25-08-2008 more >>
The feature article in the August 20 ANZ Property Focus replies to a commentator who believed the ANZ economists were not taking basic economic laws sufficiently into account 22-08-2008 more >>
Lenders are continuing to tweak their rates downwards as they react to the cut last month in New Zealand's official rate of interest and look forward to further falls. 22-08-2008 more >>
More people think house prices will keep falling - yet a growing number also think it's a good time to buy one, according to new housing confidence survey. 19-08-2008 more >>
National is making noises about Government help to the owners of leaky buildings, but is unlikely to meet local government demands to pay a big share of the repair bills 18-08-2008 more >>
A growing number of homeowners and property investors are being forced by their bank or finance companies to sell their properties through a mortgagee sale 18-08-2008 more >>
A nutritionist, mortgage broker, real estate agent and office receptionist told how they were all victims of the mortgage scam run from a Mt Albert real estate office. 14-08-2008 more >>
New Zealand's first reduction in official interest rates for five years has delivered some cuts to mortgage rates. But some rates have gone up, underlining the fragile state of the mortgage market. 08-08-2008 more >>
Cautious vendors are more likely to enlist a professional real estate agent to sell thier properties in the prsent housing market rather than sell it themselves, a study finds 05-08-2008 more >>
