31.9 per cent of New Zealand households (1.4 million people) are living in rented homes according to Stats NZ. Rents have risen faster than incomes. Further, more than 40 per cent of renter households now spend over 30 per cent of their income on housing. Before exploring the potential policy changes, a small tweak might…
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How We Secured This Property: We first heard of this property in Hastings through an agent in our network around September last year. We expressed interest but as it was a re-build we waited for progress to be substantially under way and a lease document to be finalized with the proposed tenant. This was done…
Read MoreThe NZ Government has decided they would rather pass a housing package through the eye of a loophole than confront the obvious supply side constraints in the housing market. But this camel has more than one hump and the unintended consequences of their policies are likely to hurt the people the package is designed to help. How…
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