Articles: Property Investment
To Fix Or Not To Fix? with Frank Newman
The latest monthly property report from the good people at the ANZ has some interesting commentary about the state of the property market and its prospects for recovery.
Facts Figures & Fortune Telling with Frank Newman
The latest sales information published by the NZ Real Estate Institute has reasonably encouraging facts and figures for property investors.
Picking Winners In 2012 with Frank Newman
The question is really can sharebrokers (can anyone?) Consistently pick stocks better than their clients or better than an outcome produced by mere chance?
Interest Rates In 2012 with Frank Newman
In his latest interest rate commentary (8 December), Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard pointed to dark clouds on the 2012 horizon.
Guru’s Going Going Gone
If one were to construct a list of tell-tail signs of a property investment boom, near the top of the list would have to be a proliferation of gurus promising riches to anyone who is prepared to stump up with the entry fee.
Property Decline, Half Way Through - Economist with Frank Newman
A recent article in The Economist magazine had some sobering (alarming) comments about global property prices, and specifically mentioned New Zealand as one of those at risk of collapse.
CBD & Online Relocation with Frank Newman
The sign in the window of a now vacant fringe central business district (CBD) store in Whangarei reads: “We have relocated to www………..co.nz”.
The Votes Are In And More Of The Same Is Likely with Frank Newman
The smiley face hoardings are down and the votes are in. The result is more of the same and through the vagaries of MMP National gained a greater share of the vote but ended up with a much slimmer working majority.
Pursuing Rogue Tenants with Frank Newman
One frequently hears landlords complaining about the difficulties they face recovering rent arrears and costs from tenants. Here’s a case of a landlord putting the system to the test and coming out with a good result.
Property Politics with Frank Newman
The roadsides are littered with smiley faced politicians, our screens flicker images of our leaders hugging babies with snotty noses, or having a private cup before a media audience.
Interest Rates And Legal Matters with Frank Newman
This week I want to briefly address the commentary surrounding the latest interest rate announcement by the Reserve Bank and pick up on an issue a reader raised about the services they are receiving from their lawyer.
Rates And Debt In The Kingdom Of Maurice with Frank Newman
All is not well in the Kingdom of Maurice. The newly elected mayor of our district has some big and difficult issues to deal with. Most are not of his making but they are his to sort out.
Property Syndicates Don’t Shape Up with Frank Newman
It’s often said people don’t learn the lessons of history.
That’s Fairly Interesting with Frank Newman
This week I dig into the “That’s fairly interesting” file on a range of property related topics.
Groins And Groans with Frank Newman
When told of the news last night, a stunned All Blacks great Waka Nathan said… ‘Christ, we’ve got problems ... it’s bloody terrible’.” – as reported in the Sunday Star Times, 2 October.
