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Dramatic, deep gullies and high, windswept hills are features on the Wellington landscape. The property market in the capital city, however, seldom moves that dramatically.

The capital city was recently the proud host of New Zealand’s first Women into Wealth seminar, which attracted more than 50 women from around the country.

When Kiwis were asked in a recent survey what their top New Year’s resolution regarding their properties was, more than half the participants had resolved to move houses to escape the mess, and in the hopes of leaving their problems behind.

The latest property gauges released by ANZ for December have a negative ring to them in terms of housing prices. The eight gauges are used to assess the state of the property market and whether warning signs are emerging.

New Zealand’s largest listed investor in prime commercial office property, AMP NZ Office Trust (ANZO), has an unconditional agreement to acquire a newly-built $77 million Wellington office and retail complex with 100% of the office space occupied by a government tenant.

Median residential rent levels across the country have risen by $10 a week over the last quarter to $290 a week, according to the latest report from the Massey University Real Estate Analysis Unit.

While conceding the real estate market has “cooled”, the head of New Zealand’s largest real estate company, Harcourts, says the company’s latest statistics paint a more positive picture than the hype.

The Affordable Housing: Enabling Territorial Authorities Bill introduced to Parliament this week has been slammed by property developers.

Property traders currently struggling to find the cash for short-term ventures may need to look further than in the past.

The Commerce Commission says real estate agents need to heed the warning contained in a recent court case relating to pricing practices to avoid breaching the Fair Trading Act.

Release of the Real Estate Institute residential property statistics earlier this week was accompanied by commentary comparing its figures with those released just prior by Quotable Value.

Weekly home loan report: Given that the Reserve Bank held the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 8.25% following its final rate review of the year last week, it is not surprising that there have been few movements in home loan rates since then.

The residential property market “rebounded” in November after several quiet months, with higher sales and a median price of $352,000, according to the Real Estate Institute.

The Inland Revenue Department has again warned property investors that it is cracking down on those who sell the family home to a Loss Attributing Qualifying Company to generate tax deductions in circumstances where this constitutes tax avoidance.