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11 January 2015

Time to set some goals?

If you’ve been ignoring money for too long then this year might be the opportunity to get it sorted.

11 January 2015

Will there be a 'Market Correction' in 2015?

It is a scary question and one for which I don't have a reliable answer. There will be a market correction at some point in the not too distant future.

05 January 2015

Property Investor | The downside of leverage

A few clients have rediscovered recently that it isn’t always easy to release equity when selling property.

05 October 2014

The pros and cons of using more than one lender

Investors often make the mistake of assuming that individual loans relate to specific properties. The bank doesn’t see it the same way.

05 October 2014

Understanding the term structure of interest rates

Would you be better fixing for 1 year at 5.60% or fixing for 2 years at 5.80%? That depends on your view on interest rates.

19 September 2014

What’s the best approach to selling your home?

At some stage of your life you will be confronted with the reality that in order to buy that next property that you and your family hanker after, you will need to sell your existing home.

26 August 2014

Don’t get confused by rateable valuations

The newspapers are full of commentary regarding the mass rating reassessment being carried out by the Auckland Council in partnership with the valuations company QV. It is important to understand what is going on and what impact it will have upon the property market.

11 August 2014

Keep an open mind when searching for property

The property searching process has often been likened to a filter funnel. In some ways no different from the decision process of buying a car or a piece of white ware.

09 July 2014

The turmoil of moving house

The process of moving house is fraught with challenges, problems and emotional turmoil.

19 June 2014

Riding the waves of the property market

The property market is well recognised as having distinct cycles. However, I think there is also a kind of wave-like nature to property markets.

08 June 2014

Rent or buy? A perplexing question

If you were to judge this question purely based on what you read in the media then the answer would always come down to the financial decision.

09 May 2014

Is now a good time to buy?

The short answer is yes. However as ever something as significant and life-changing should not be acted upon based on one piece of advice without a good degree of supporting facts.