NZ Property Investor

The New Zealand Property investor magazine provides readers with information you can use to successfully invest in residential property. You can learn from the experts, read the stories of your fellow investors and keep up to date with the latest house prices and rental statistics.

NZ Property Investor

GLIMMERS OF HOPE • The post-lockdown world is a new and uncertain one, but despite the bleak economic predictions there are signs of light at the end of the property world’s tunnel.

NO MORE CONSENTS FOR LOW-RISK WORK • Adding a sleep-out, shed or carport to a property has just got easier with the Government’s announcement it will be scrapping consents for low-risk building work.

BNZ TIGHTENS LENDING POLICY • The Reserve Bank may have called on banks to be courageous in their lending, but BNZ is sticking to a tight lending policy for mortgage borrowers.

NZ PROPERTY INVESTOR EVENTS CALENDAR

LANDLORDS.CO.NZ  TOP FIVE – MAY • The NZ Property Investor website, landlords.co.nz has had a busy month. Here are the top five most-read stories.

MINIMUM STANDARDS • A new ruling shows it doesn’t pay for landlords to provide rental properties that aren’t in a reasonable state of repair.

MARKET, INTERRUPTED • As New Zealand gets used to life at alert level two, the property market is moving into new territory and that has brought a degree of uncertainty with it, finds Miriam Bell.

WHAT’S DRIVING HOUSE PRICES?

INVESTING IN A TIGHT CREDIT MARKET • Despite the credit crunch, there are many options for active investors, writes John Bolton.

METH LIABILITY • If a property tested negative for meth before a tenancy, then tests positive for meth after the tenancy, can a landlord hold the tenants liable?

WHERE DOES IT END? • With most banks dropping their rates further and further, there’s no end in sight for great lending deals, writes Ryan Smuts.

SOLID GOLD STRATEGIES • Former personal trainer Michael Burge has achieved significant success by doing his research and being savvy with his investments, as Joanna Jefferies explains.

MICHAEL BURGE’S BEST BUY

TIP OF THE MONTH

CREATING EXTRA VALUE • The addition of another bedroom is a tried and true strategy for increasing rent and adding value, Joanna Jefferies writes.

THE PROCESS OF ADDING A ROOM

WHAT’S THE VALUE INCREASE OF AN EXTRA BEDROOM?

SIGNIFICANT RENT INCREASES ACROSS NEW ZEALAND

ALTERNATIVES TO BANK FINANCING • Turned away by the banks? Second-tier lenders and peer-to-peer players offer opportunities for investors, writes Daniel Dunkley.

NAVIGATING UNKNOWN WATERS • The Covid-19 crisis has thrown the commercial property world into disarray and many landlords are floundering. Commercial property manager Jeff Brill gives a rundown of the current situation and offers some advice.

BRIGHT SPARKS • A married couple who work together as electricians have transformed a filthy Northland house into a money maker, as Joanna Mathers discovers.

HOW TO GET FINANCE • There are three key things investors should know about getting more money from their bank right now, writes Andrew Nicol.

GET-THROUGH STRATEGIES • In challenging times it’s important to have some basic strategies up your sleeve – not to thrive, but simply to survive, writes Mark Withers.

CERTAIN STRATEGIES FOR UNCERTAIN TIME • A downturn in the market presents many opportunities for investors willing to take the risk, writes Maree Tassell.

DEVELOPMENT PITFALLS • Developing existing property may look like a viable option right now, but Mason Reed explains some of the key issues that can arise.

BREATHING ROOM • Juli Anne Tolley looks at the impending ventilation and draught...