Home-building and hospitals push up November building consents

The pace of residential home-building continues to pick up, although few new apartments are being built and non-residential construction is down across most sectors, according to November 2009 building consent totals released this morning by Statistics New Zealand.
14-01-2010 more >>

IRD quietly raises changes to depreciation

The contentious issue around how depreciation of residential rental property items has resurfaced in a very low key manner.
12-01-2010 more >>

POLITICAL & REGULATORY REPORT for December 2009

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AMENDMENT BILL - 2nd reading commenced. The Government commenced the second reading debate of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill on 8 December. This process basically means that Parliament is asked to adopt the bill as reported back, with amendments from the Social Services Select committee.
11-01-2010 more >>

House values gain in 09

House values rose 2.8% last year after they hit a bottom in April, and steadily improved from there, according to QV Valuations.
11-01-2010 more >>

January '10 Issue

At the beginning of a New Year where growth in the housing market is still tentative, predicting the year ahead requires psychic abilities. We do the next best thing and talk to experts on what they think will happen in 2010.
01-01-2010 more >>