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Landlords should be focusing on higher yields

Over the next few years, capital gains will be harder to come by for property investors, which means the “nuts and bolts” of being a landlord are likely to become more important.

Mon, Jun 13th 2022 10:40AM

Seven months of profits gone

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Housing confidence crashes

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Price retreat as sales escalate

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Huge surge in number of properties for sale

A massive increase in the number of properties on the market comes at the same time as sales plummet.

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Huge surge in number of properties for sale

Tougher insulation rules date for new homes could be pushed out

A six month extension is being proposed to the date at which better insulation for new houses will be required.

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Tougher insulation rules date for new homes could be pushed out

Lending on new mortgages plummets

Mortgage lending to investors fell sharply last month as the housing market takes a nosedive, the latest Reserve Bank figures show.

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Reserve Bank predicting house price fall of 14% as market turns rapidly

In its Monetary Policy Statement outlining a 50 basis points Office Cash Rate increase to 2%, the RBNZ says it expects a total fall of 14% in house prices by early 2024.

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Reserve Bank predicting house price fall of 14% as market turns rapidly

Illegal car removals costs landlord thousands of dollars

A Hamilton tenant who claimed his landlord removed two ‘classic Japanese’ cars from his rented home without his knowledge or permission has been awarded $1500 compensation and $2000 in exemplary damages.

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Illegal car removals costs landlord thousands of dollars

Rents rise and rise

Rents charged by residential landlords in most parts of Auckland has risen by about 3% year-on-year to hit $616.32 a week, figures to the end of March show.

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Beating the long-term average

More than $2.6 billion of commercial property was sold across the country in the second half of last year beating the long-term average.

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The next property frontier

Private space tourism took a giant leap forward last year and this has pundits wondering about hotels and other buildings popping up any time soon.

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CBD retail and recovery chances

CBD retail has been the most tested sector since the onset of the pandemic.

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Interest rates biting investors as market correction kicks in

Rising interest rates are really starting to hurt the housing market.

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Interest rates biting investors as market correction kicks in

Massive housing shortage turning but rental crisis looming

Westpac expects Auckland’s housing shortage to be wiped out by the end of next year.
Across the rest of the country it will take four to five years.

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Massive housing shortage turning but rental crisis looming

New mortgage lending still slim

Investors are still sitting on the sidelines of the residential housing market.

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Falling house prices slowly entrenching

In line with Barfoot & Thompson’s data showing Auckland’s steep decline in house sales and prices, CoreLogic’s House Price Index shows a 1.6% drop in Auckland’s house prices.

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Auckland sales and prices plummet

House sales in Auckland dropped nearly 50% last month.

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Two cities drop out of the $1 million market

The Bay of Plenty and Wellington have tipped out of the $1 million house price club.

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Two cities drop out of the $1 million market

Investors federation has plans to fix rental crisis

Changes to the rental housing industry, while intending to improve opportunities, have made renting much worse for tenants and the New Zealand Property Investors Federation has a five point plan to fix it.

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Investors federation has plans to fix rental crisis

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Sally Lindsay

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