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		<title>City suites are on the rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 09:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Older investors are helping fuel a resurgence in the inner-city Auckland apartment market.
The sector is bouncing back after two years suffering from leaky building fears, over-supply and banks refusing to lend the same percentages on &#8220;shoebox&#8221; apartments as other properties.
Last year&#8217;s Auckland City Council valuations showed inner-city values had dropped by 3 per cent, compared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National plans big rental law shake-up</title>
		<link>http://www.propertyinvestor.info/news/national-plans-big-rental-law-shake-up/233/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew King</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government is about to overhaul laws governing the lives of more than one million tenants.
The previous Labour Government wanted to introduce pro-tenant provisions, but the new National-led Government plans to scrap the most contentious of these so the balance is more even, and to pass sweeping reforms.
Moves to limit tenant liability for property damage, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Say hello to the good buys</title>
		<link>http://www.propertyinvestor.info/news/say-hello-to-the-good-buys/238/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew King</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It might be a recession, but for those who can afford the deposit the housing market is the most affordable it has been in four years.
The latest figures show the average home buyer will pay nearly $118 less per week on their mortgage.
Reduced house prices and tumbling mortgage rates mean buying a house is cheaper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real estate market wooing investors</title>
		<link>http://www.propertyinvestor.info/news/real-estate-market-wooing-investors/241/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew King</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Low fixed-term deposit returns from banks and falling house prices might drive investors to consider becoming landlords.
Andrew King of the Auckland Property Investors Association said rental property was a realistic alternative to fixed-term deposits and other forms of investment but only if people were not looking for immediate capital gains.
Don&#8217;t seek that for at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rental house of horrors</title>
		<link>http://www.propertyinvestor.info/news/rental-house-of-horrors/245/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew King</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unwary landlords can find themselves caught up in a host of financial complications and be burned when they discover the cost of owning a rental property.
Property tax expert Mark Withers is warning the new wave of &#8220;accidental&#8221; or &#8220;reluctant&#8221; landlords &#8211; homeowners renting out their properties because they can&#8217;t sell for an acceptable price &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage rates tipped to stay high</title>
		<link>http://www.propertyinvestor.info/news/mortgage-rates-tipped-to-stay-high/251/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew King</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is tipped to cut the official cash rate this month, but mortgage holders and first home buyers are warned not to expect lower interest rates yet.
ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley expects the Reserve Bank to drop the OCR 100 points to 6.5 per cent at the scheduled meeting on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renters ruling the roost</title>
		<link>http://www.propertyinvestor.info/news/renters-ruling-the-roost/160/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>newshound</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tenants still have the upper hand in the rental market, and real estate agents are urging clients to inject their properties with the wow factor, or drop the rent if they want to fill them quickly.
Andrew King, vice-president of the New Zealand Property Investors&#8217; Federation, says it&#8217;s common to experience a flood of rental listings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The great coastal sell-off</title>
		<link>http://www.propertyinvestor.info/news/the-great-coastal-sell-off/165/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>newshound</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of New Zealanders are offloading their holiday homes and seaside baches &#8211; and some are going to desperate measures to sell up.
Estate agents report bargains galore for coastal property investors, with some homes and baches selling below government valuations.
Economic commentators debate the benefit of owning a second home in a holiday hotspot.
Some say it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landlord group&#8217;s code sets high standards</title>
		<link>http://www.propertyinvestor.info/news/landlord-groups-code-sets-high-standards/169/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>newshound</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Landlords have developed their own set of rules, barring them from renting dirty places, telling lies or making racist remarks to tenants.
The national landlord membership and lobby group, the Property Investors Federation, has released a guide which it wants members to show to tenants.
Federation vice-president Andrew King said most members were already following the code.
&#8220;There&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More pain on horizon</title>
		<link>http://www.propertyinvestor.info/news/more-pain-on-horizon/171/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>newshound</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortgagee sales are tipped to quadruple in two years, and at least one expert is predicting an Auckland surge much sooner.
Property watchers say many homeowners are struggling as high interest rates, tightening credit, job losses and falling values hit home.
Bernard Hickey, managing editor of interest.co.nz, predicted the number of mortgagee sales would double to quadruple [...]]]></description>
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