Tenants and landlords understanding each other “I am heartened by recent evidence that the Government wants to help landlords and tenants understand each other’s point of view" said Andrew King, Executive Officer of the NZ Property Investors' Federation. 19-10-2018 more >>
Rental system is not broken "Landlords are very aware that housing in New Zealand is expensive and the CoreLogic data shows that they are doing their best to keep rental price increases as low as possible. This is completely opposite to the commonly held view that rental property providers are profiting at the expense of tenants", says Andrew King, Executive Officer of NZ Property Investors' Federation (NZPIF) 20-09-2018 more >>
Rents haven't been outpacing property costs or peoples wages CoreLogic research analyst Kelvin Davidson writes:
Residential property investors are clearly under the pump from the government at the moment, facing increased costs and regulatory pressures, including higher quality standards (e.g. insulation), increased tenant rights, and pending removal of negative gearing. 19-09-2018 more >>
Rental property WOF The Green Party has today relaunched a campaign to introduce a rental property Warrant of Fitness. 08-09-2018 more >>
Proposed standards need to be cost effective Government has released proposed standards for their Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill. This covers improved standards to rental properties that are additional to the rental property Minimum Standards Act that was passed in 2016. 04-09-2018 more >>
A landlord's wish list “Government has outlined changes they want to undertake to help tenants, but the NZ Property Investors' Federation (NZPIF) would also like to see changes to help those providing rental properties,†says Andrew King, Executive Officer of the NZPIF. 27-08-2018 more >>
The correct facts about tax and rental properties Westpac Economist, Dominick Stephens, says that property is more lightly taxed in NZ compared to other assets. He quotes a Tax Working Group study to make this claim. However financial consultants Morgan Wallace found large errors in the Group’s study and concluded that rental property is actually taxed more than other assets. 19-06-2018 more >>
Trend of rising rents continues Just released April rental statistics show that New Zealand rental prices have continued to grow over the past year. 21-05-2018 more >>
Questioning the Tax Working Group's property calculations The Tax Working Group (TWG) appears to be showing an unbalanced approach to rental property investment, by using incorrect calculations and inconsistent assumptions to assess relative tax rates for different asset classes. 20-04-2018 more >>
Rental prices continue to rise Just released March rental statistics show that New Zealand rental prices have continued to grow over the past year. 16-04-2018 more >>
Should letting fees be abolished? The NZ Property Investors' Federation (NZPIF) doesn't think legislation to prohibit the charging of letting fees is required. 23-03-2018 more >>
No immediate answers from Housing Stocktake “The NZPIF agrees with the authors of the Housing Stocktake released today that private rental housing will continue to feature prominently in our future housing landscapeâ€, says Andrew King, executive officer. 12-02-2018 more >>
Protection of tenant rights "It is important to protect tenant rights," said Andrew King, executive officer of the NZ Property Investors’ Federation. "However, it is not correct to say that tenants have no rights in New Zealand and that tenancy laws need to be rebalanced towards the tenant". 18-09-2017 more >>
Landlords offer stable tenancies A survey of 816 rental property owners shows that 49% would like their tenants to stay in the property for a very long time as they have no intention of selling. Another 12.7% would like them to stay for at least the next 10 years after which they may start thinking about selling the property. 15-09-2017 more >>
Facts not scaremongering In a Radio NZ interview today, Labour's housing spokesperson said that the NZ Property Investors' Federation (NZPIF) was scaremongering by releasing findings of a survey that showed that nearly three quarters of rental property owners would increase rents if some of Labour's housing policies were introduced. He also said that NZPIF did not explain why this would happen. 14-09-2017 more >>
816 landlords react to Labour's housing proposals The NZ Property Investors' Federation (NZPIF) received 816 responses to a survey of rental property owners giving their thoughts on a variety of matters currently affecting their industry. 13-09-2017 more >>
Labour needs to front up on housing policies To assist voters in their decision making on September 23, Labour needs to front up on the cost of their housing policies for rental property providers and their tenants. 11-09-2017 more >>
