Taranaki Property Investors' Association

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Social housing coments unfounded

Comments from the State Housing Action Network that the Government is abdicating its responsibility to social housing tenants are completely incorrect, Finance Minister Bill English says.
08-04-2015 more >>

Resources from the March 29 Communications meeting

Resources and power point presentations from the day have been distributed to participants but here is a list of items which can be sent to you.
08-04-2015 more >>

Investors say no strong evidence to change Reserve Bank rules

Reserve Bank has released a consultation document on their proposal to separately classify residential rental property loans from owner occupied residential loans. The NZ Property Investors’ Federation has now examined the consultation document and made a submission on the Reserve Bank’s proposal.
01-04-2015 more >>

Submission to the Reserve Bank 31 March 2015

Reserve Bank has released a consultation document on their proposal to separately classify residential rental property loans from owner occupied residential loans. The NZ Property Investors’ Federation has now examined the consultation document and made a submission on the Reserve Bank’s proposal.
01-04-2015 more >>

Nationwide residential property values for March have increased.

These residential property values have increased by 7.7% over the last year
31-03-2015 more >>

NZ economy -balancing risks

Risks and opportunities for the NZ economy are finely balanced says BusinessNZ Planning forecast
30-03-2015 more >>

Rental activity classed as a business in new Reserve Bank statistics

The Reserve Bank is publishing a new set of household balance sheet statistics compiled using international standards.
27-03-2015 more >>

$500,000 boost for emergency housing providers

Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett today announced details of the Government’s funding boost for emergency housing providers, and a comprehensive funding review of the sector.
26-03-2015 more >>

Salvation Army decides against buying Housing NZ stock

People’s Lives must be enhanced by housing transfer, says Salvation Army
23-03-2015 more >>

Salvation Army decides against buying Housing NZ stock

People’s Lives Must Be Enhanced by Housing Transfer, says Salvation Army
23-03-2015 more >>

Target those in real need

The Healthy Homes Bill was defeated last week and Peter Malcolm of Closing the Gap is completely wrong to say that Government rejected this bill to save landlords money.
23-03-2015 more >>

NZPIF announces a new partner - Unovent® A cost revolution in home ventilation

The Unovent moisture reduction system is a game changer.
20-03-2015 more >>

Cutting red tape

The Rules Reduction Taskforce has recently been appointed by the Minister of Local Government and they do want to hear about all the rules which get in the way of good ideas
19-03-2015 more >>

Property investors meet in Wellington this month

Representatives of the 20 Property Investors’ Associations (PIAs) affiliated to the NZ Property Investors’ Federation (NZPIF) will gather in Wellington at the Airport Conference Centre on 29 March
19-03-2015 more >>

Reserve Bank targets property investors

On March 5 the Reserve Bank announced that new rules for loans for property investors were on the way
19-03-2015 more >>

Research into landlord motivations

This week MBIE asked for proposals to conduct research on the drivers of landlord motivation to upgrade and maintain their rental properties, where children in those properties may be at risk of rheumatic fever.
19-03-2015 more >>

Working smoke alarms contribute to safey of people and property

A joint statement by NZ Fire Service and NZPIF
17-03-2015 more >>

More mortgage restrictions?

Westpac economist Dominick Stephens comments on the housing market
16-03-2015 more >>

Call for property investors to pay more tax

Towards the end of last year, an organisation called the Financial Services Council (FSC) launched a campaign to reduce the tax obligations for Kiwisaver savings and some term deposits
15-03-2015 more >>

Reserve Bank holds OCR at 3.5%

This statement was issued by the Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler today
12-03-2015 more >>

Building work tops $15 billion in 2014

More than $15 billion worth of building work was carried out in 2014, Statistics New Zealand said today
04-03-2015 more >>

QV homeguide App now available

QV and CoreLogic have jointly launched New Zealand’s first truly independent property App - QV homeguide
03-03-2015 more >>

Political report for February from Thomas Chin

The following is a summary of political and regulatory news or comment affecting the residential rental property industry.
27-02-2015 more >>

Building consents up in January

The number of new dwellings consented was 3.6 percent higher in January 2015, compared with January 2014, Statistics New Zealand said today. Excluding apartments, this number was 6.8 percent lower.
27-02-2015 more >>


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