Auckland’s property investors association will hold a special meeting to inform members about its litigation with new association, ‘the Traders’.

When property markets start their downward spiral, no urban centre in New Zealand offers better opportunities than the city of sails.

A burgeoning renaissance in the central North Island town of Murupara is seeing property investors make good gains – but some say there is a cost to the local community.

Home Loan Report: Mortgage rates are still all over the place although the trend towards reductions, rather than increases, has grown over the past week...

The latest property gauges released by ANZ for January have a glimmer of hope to them, much like a Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale; just when you thought there was no hope... The eight gauges are used to assess the state of the property market and whether warning signs are emerging.

The outlook for borrowers isn’t very good this year with high mortgage rates, however there is a slight glimmer of good news emerging.

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Tax officials are taking another look at cracking down on the “ring fencing” of property losses.

Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard said: “The outlook for the New Zealand economy remains broadly consistent with the view outlined in the December Monetary Policy Statement (MPS).

Harcourts has taken over management of a significant proportion of the properties formerly under the control of beleagued investment group Bluechip.

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While the rate of house prices growth is flattening there is some good news for property investors and landlords.
Informetrics says that rental inflation edged higher over the final quarter of last year and that tenant demand for rental accommodation remains relatively strong.

The residential property market ended 2007 with another national median sales price drop to $345,000 in December, down from $352,000 in November. The national median sales price increased 4.54% in the year to December 2007 compared with 11.86% for the 12 months to December 2006.

The Real Estate Institute sales figures for December are now out. To read what's happening in your region and around the country use the links in this story.

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