One of the emerging stars in NZ’s property market is Dunedin – which is being recognised as a region of growing potential. Dunedin’s population grew 2.7% in the year to March 2019, well ahead of the national average. Employment opportunities are on the rise in Dunedin, particularly with large service industries. Enrolments at the University…
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Investment Highlights The projected annual net operating cash flow return yield to LP’s is 7.0% A combined property of 1,693m2 only 300m from Hastings CBD Includes two fully tenanted buildings and 30+ carparks 301 Railway Road The 301 Railway Road main building comprises an early two storey residence estimated to have been constructed around 1920.…
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I have a love-hate relationship with my indoor rowing machine. I love it because I can stare at the monitor and precisely track my pace stroke by stroke and watch the metres tick down. And then at the end, the utter feeling of exhaustion – almost falling off the seat, but knowing I’ve just got…
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From a property perspective what was relevant in this years budget was the noticeable absence of anything specific for property. Certainly, Kiwibuild was not mentioned at all. Perhaps they think the job has been done to some extent: • The % of houses being sold to first home buyers is increasing – have first home…
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The process of buying a property in New Zealand is not complicated, but it is involved. Once you have found a property you wish to purchase, there are several steps in the process to secure it. It’s important to know what happens and when – so you can be confident and get it right. Plan…
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Recent articles on the property market have begun to turn their attention to Hawke’s Bay as a region of growing potential – and has even referred to it as ‘the new Tauranga’. It’s backed up by the stats: Hawke’s Bay is experiencing higher-than-anticipated population growth. “The region is experiencing some of the strongest house…
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Our last interest rate article discussed the long term historical average rate sitting below 5%. We now have an OCR rate cut of 25 basis points, providing more evidence that rates will not be rising beyond 5% for the foreseeable future. What is perhaps more interesting is there is a widely held view that we…
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Three weeks ago, people were hesitating to make property investment decisions pending the government’s announcement on a Capital Gains Tax. I think most of us were expecting a CGT, at least on residential property – but there was nothing. Political genius, opportunism, planned? Call it what you want – Capital Gains Tax is essentially off…
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One of the most common property portfolio flaws we see is chasing yield at the cost of capital growth. As long term investors we believe the goal should be to maximize capital growth, because capital growth is what carries us to our wealth goals. Yield is absolutely critical to the survival of the portfolio, but…
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Capital Adequacy – What Is It & How Will it Affect the Market?
Capital adequacy is the Reserve bank telling banks that in tough financial times the capital they are holding on their balance sheet could be insufficient to weather a major economic event, such as we saw during the Global Financial Crisis. Adrian Orr is pushing that this needs to happen and the Reserve bank are currently…
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