Property Klondike grips the nation in 2003
Monday 5 January 2004
Property Management
Surge in rental demand in Palmerston North
New ring-fencing rules in play
Bad behaviour behind most 90-day notices
Rents ramp up in Capital’s tight market
Govt must regulate property managers - REINZ
The staggered rise of big city rents
Relationship break-up not cause to end tenancy, tribunal says
Residential property was a gold rush-like investment in 2003, but Andrew Macdonald finds change could well be in the wind for the housing bonanza.
By The Landlord
There were plenty of winners as the nation this year embraced a property Klondike fuelled by low interest rates and population growth.Real estate agents were circling, banks were rubbing their hands and home buyers were queuing up.
But change is in the wind.
Deutsche Bank senior economist Darren Gibbs says the residential property boom that engulfed most of this year may have peaked.
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Property News
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House Prices
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