Article tagged with 'rental market'
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Call for rent caps after freeze ends
21 Sep 2020 - Rents are set to go up for many as the Covid-19 prompted freeze on rent increases comes to an end later this week, but tenant advocates are now calling for rents to be capped.
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Ex-partner’s behaviour not a tenancy breach
15 Sep 2020 - Tenant responsibility for the behaviour of other people on the premises can have limits depending on the circumstances, a new Tenancy Tribunal ruling indicates.
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Moving rent tech out of the past
02 Sep 2020 - Recent tenancy law changes mean residential landlords will need to stay firmly on top of their rent collection processes – and a newly launched app aims to help them do that.
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Consents no longer needed for low-risk work
31 Aug 2020 - Good news for those wanting to add a sleep-out, shed or carport to a property: today’s the day that consents are no longer needed for low-risk building work.
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Online rent talk attracts ComCom attention
31 Aug 2020 - Think it’s okay to post about increasing rents on social media? Well, think again. That’s the warning contained in a Commerce Commission letter sent to property investor representatives last week.
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Steady Southern star
31 Aug 2020 - Covid-19 and the closure of Tiwai Point might pose some challenges for Invercargill but the southern city’s market still has a lot to offer investors, writes Miriam Bell
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No rent growth for first time in three years
25 Aug 2020 - The gap between the supply of available rental properties and demand for them is closing and that means rental growth is slowing.
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Routine inspection pays off
24 Aug 2020 - Meth contamination was just one of the breaches uncovered during a routine property inspection that led to a firm Tenancy Tribunal ruling in favour of the landlord.
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Changes to RTA now in force
19 Aug 2020 - The Government’s controversial tenancy law reforms are now law after the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2020 received Royal Assent on 11 August 2020.
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Greens propose more landlord regulations
10 Aug 2020 - Rental Warrants of Fitness. Licensing for landlords and property managers. They are ideas long held dear by the Green Party and, sure enough, they both feature in the Green’s new housing policy.