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Lack of pet-friendly rentals one of most common reasons animals are surrendered to shelters Newshub 4 hrs ago © Getty Images The SPCA claims the lack of pet-friendly rentals is one of the most common reasons people have to give up their pets and take them to shelters.  New Zealand has one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the world and Kiwis overwhelmingly consider their pets part of the family, according to the SPCA.  However, 33 percent of New Zealanders who do not currently own a companion animal and would like one, said they could not because their landlord did not allow them...

Auckland rental property bond lodgements plummet 30% in February: 4 possible reasons 4 May, 2021 02:00 AM 7 minutes to read Auckland bond lodgments dropped 30 per cent in February compared to last year. Photo / Peter Meecham Auckland bond lodgments dropped 30 per cent in February compared to last year. Photo / Peter Meecham The number of new Auckland residential bonds lodged with the state service for rental properties plummeted 30 per cent in February this year compared to last February, official statistics show. Bonds lodged is the best new tenancy indication but what woul...

Fruit, ready-to-eat meals, cars, petrol and rents – rising prices for a few products and services are a sign the days of low inflation are over. New statistics confirm, there's no such thing as a cheap lunch. Val Volevach works in freight forwarding; every day she sees the impact of the pandemic on customers trying to shift their products around the world. "It's been a busy year, because customers want everything delivered now." So, out buying some groceries to make chicken wraps for dinner for her partner and three-year-old son, she's philosophical about the prospect of rising prices. "...

The Property Investors' Federation is predicting rental prices could rise The Property Investors' Federation is predicting rental prices could rise 8 April 2021 The Government last month extended the bright-line test -- and closed tax loopholes for landlords, in a bid to discourage investors pumping up the heated housing market. A Federation survey indicated about 90 per cent of investors think it'll lose them about three-thousand-dollars per rental property. NZPIF Executive Officer Sharon Cullwick says landlords will want to recover that drop in income. She says 76.8 per cent of responde...

Also, unlike shares, a generation of property investors don’t feel scarred by the October 1987 share market crash, where the value of high-flyers like Equiticorp, Chase, Euro-National and Anzon dropped like a stone, often to zero. Land still exists, none of these companies do. ROSA WOODS/Stuff Kiwis love the emotional attraction of “bricks and mortar”. Aside from weighing pros and cons of residential property as an investment, as a country we also need to weigh the wider social and economic impacts. Please don’t shoot the messenger here, but residential property is not a productiv...