Legal information for property buyers and sellers
A heavily tagged, unoccupied house in west Auckland has infuriated neighbours and exposed loopholes in council rules, The Aucklander reports.The state of the Glendene house, adjacent
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The New Zealand economy feels a lot like a 'Zombie Nation' that wants to keep extending the loans and pretending that eventually everything will eventually go back to normal.Parts of our financial system and many property owners...
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ASB has announced it will be the first major New Zealand bank to offer asset rich but cash poor customers reverse equity mortgages.Reverse equity mortgages have proved controversial in the past, particularly among borrowers concerned...
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Fletcher Building is making changes to subsidiary Fletcher Building Finance to comply with Reserve Bank requirements.The company said it was restructuring wholly-owned Fletcher Building Finance (FBF), which would no longer lend...
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The National Property Trust's June quarter distributable earnings per unit are 4.8 per cent down on a year earlier, as vacancy rates increased.Distributable earnings for the quarter were $2.29 million or 1.18c per unit, down from...
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After having done three painless property transactions with Property Law Service, I had them do my will. I was really impressed. Peter Totman took my ramblings and turned them into a clear, concise document that included everything I wanted. Contrary to popular belief, they managed to make things shorter and simpler. I will be doing my Contracting-Out Agreement with them next.