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Auckland property sales today
I’ve been given some information on Auckland property sales by someone who sold a property at auction today. He gave me prior notice, saying he would be… …selling a residential investment property...
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What sort of money is fueling Auckland property boom?
‘Kiwi-guy’ keeps repeating that Chinese “hot money” is driving Aucklands property price inflation. Labour’s move on Chinese hot money flooding Auckland property market is vindicated by real estate...
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Supreme Court judgement – computer files can be property
The Supreme Court has released a judgement that says that copied computer files can be considered property. Mr Dixon was charged with accessing a computer system for a dishonest purpose under s...
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Land tax
Obviously New Zealand has a problem with escalating land and property prices, especially in Auckland. Can anything effective be done about it? If so is it too late? NZ Herald reports that John Key has...
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Land tax too little too late?
Herald: The Land Tax proposal, too little too late? We haven’t got any land tax yet so it’s not even too little, it’s currently nothing but a possibility. The Herald also addresses the land tax...
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Bigger cots for rental homes?
David Farrar posts Little thinks increased cots don’t get passed on at Kiwiblog – yeah we all make typo mistakes, I don’t think he means that rental homes should have bigger cots for bigger babies. But...
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Housing supply versus demand
A summary of how we have arrived at the current housing situation from Dene Mackenzie at the ODT: Supply, demand key factors Dwelling consents, bank lending and net migration were three of the main...
View ArticleProperty prices down in Auckland, up in regions
House prices in Auckland are down slightly over the past quarter, and has also been flat to lower in Tauranga and Christchurch and other urban areas except for Rotorua, Palmerston North, Dunedin and...
View ArticleCan the new government stabilise house prices?
Presumably one of the things on the agenda of parties negotiating to form a new government will be property prices. Can much be done to control property inflation? It is a world wide problem. Is it...
View ArticleIRD chasing students, not speculators
Newsroom report that IRD have 64 staff dedicated to chase up student loan repayments from people who have moved overseas, and none working solely on property speculators who ignore the bright line...
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