Budget hasn't put off property investors
Friday 28th May
Hi
It's now a week since the Budget where finance minister Bill English tried to put the kibosh on the residential property market.
We've just completed a survey at Landlords.co.nz and the results show that while investors are not particularly happy with what Prime Minister John Key and English have done, it's not enough to deter people from investing in bricks and mortar.
We will have full results from the survey on the site next week.
Looking through the data and the Budget in more detail, it's clear there's still plenty of work for property investors to do around their strategies and their property holding.
Perhaps one of the key points though is that much of this work will need to be done before April 1 next year when changes take effect.
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Happy investing,
The Landlord
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The Conference theme, ‘Improving with Age' will be enhanced by the business experiences of five of New Zealand's internationally renowned winemakers.
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