The NZ Property Magazine has been given a makeover for its 50th birthday. The magazine has a new name – NZ Property Investor, along with a new look.

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To help celebrate the 50th issue, NZ Property Investor is giving you the chance to win $1000 in cash. Subscribe now for a chance to win, and also receive a free magazine holder.

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Every issue will continue to bring you all the news, tips and statistics that you need to keep your property investments humming in 2008.

This issue has the first of a new series, Investing 101, designed to help readers become property investors, with a practical guide to residential property investment.

It also comes with the 2007 index, your guide to the top stories of 2007.

Also featured in the January 2008 issue:

• News: Building boom driving property prices down; Blue Chip investors warned; new IRD warning regarding LAQC use
• Housing commentary: Indicators are clear – we are into a buyer’s market
• Ask an expert: Have your burning property investment questions answered
• Outlook 2008 - new year, new strategy: Where successful investors are putting their money in 2008
• Profile: Ron Hoy Fong on learning the hard way; he talks about debt tofu and family
• Renovating for profit: How to make the best use of colour when renovating rental property
• Agents and legal dealings: When deals go bad, part two
• Investor psychology: Counter-cyclical investing - going against the crowd
• Proportional ownership: What is it and what can it offer property investors?
• Development profiles: Queenstown’s Pinnacle Quarter apartments
• Commercial property: With residential property’s low yields, now could be the time to look into commercial property
• Due Diligence: Nigel Fletcher looks at the importance of carrying out due diligence on commercial investments
• Tenancy tribunal: Decisions from the tenancy tribunal
• Economics: Housing market tamed
• Accounting: Weighing tax code benefits
• Investing strategy: Winning in 2008 and beyond
• Mortgages: Avoid the credit squeeze
• Regional review - Central Auckland: We look at what type of investment property will provide the best returns when buying in the big smoke
• Property Investors’ Federation: News from around the regions
• Toolbox: A new website lists and rates real estate agents on the basis of user feedback
• Mortgage commentary: Mortgage rates may not be significantly lower than their current levels until 2010
• Rental statistics: the latest rental returns by region and suburb
• House prices: Median prices and total sales by region
• Property books: Top 10 books for property investors from 2007, plus all the latest books from the Good Returns bookshop
• And much more