There has been a lot of media interest in landlords providing warm and dry homes to tenants added to recently by policy announcements in this election season. On 31st May 2016, Parliament unanimously passed the Residential Tenancy Amendment bill that addressed smoke alarms and insulation. Smoke Alarms The requirement for smoke alarms came into effect…
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Point’s sister company Erskine + Owen, New Zealand’s first Buyers Agent, recently launched its residential syndication program. Residential Syndication provides a new path way for investors to expand their property portfolio. Today’s market has multiple challenges for property investors, LVR restrictions and the general tightening of retail bank lending requirements have in some instances made direct…
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No landlord wants the horror – or cost – of realising their property has been used as a ‘P lab’. And there’s now even more reason to be proactive about checking for signs of drug production, with insurers toughening their stance. NZ’s largest insurer IAG (parent of NZI, AMI and State) has increased the excess 7…
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