Articles: Property Investment
Oh Dear Oh Diary
It’s been a week of mixed messages from the property sector, and more importantly, a week that has some troubling news for rural communities like ours.
Flex or Fix with Frank Newman
They also make the interesting comment that, “…we are drawn to the historical evidence that shows the average
recovery time following a financial crisis has been 7 years, which is later than
typical cyclical recoveries.”
The Promise of Better Government
“Clearly central government wants to avoid a situation of having to bail out councils in the future - a problem that would be many times worse than the collapse of the finance companies”
Interest Rates On Hold, For A While Yet with Frank Newman
The Reserve Bank has left the Official Cash Rate (OCR) unchanged at 2.5 percent, and confirmed the low interest rate outlook.
Let’s Look On The Bright Side With Frank Newman
The February ANZ property Focus report has some interesting facts and figures and commentary about the state of the residential market.
Greece Closer Than You Think with Frank Newman
Last week Greece was given a 130 billion Euro lifeline by the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Forecasting 2012 with Frank Newman
The latest ASB Bank Quarterly Economic update has some interesting comments about the international and local economies, and predictions of what may lie ahead. Here are some extracts from that report.
Local Government In For A Shake Up with Frank Newman
The smoke signals are plain to see – there will be significant reform of local government in the near future. Those within central government are now openly expressing their concerns and frustrations with a poor performing local government sector.
To Fix Or Not To Fix? with Frank Newman
The latest monthly property report from the good people at the ANZ has some interesting commentary about the state of the property market and its prospects for recovery.
Facts Figures & Fortune Telling with Frank Newman
The latest sales information published by the NZ Real Estate Institute has reasonably encouraging facts and figures for property investors.
Picking Winners In 2012 with Frank Newman
The question is really can sharebrokers (can anyone?) Consistently pick stocks better than their clients or better than an outcome produced by mere chance?
Interest Rates In 2012 with Frank Newman
In his latest interest rate commentary (8 December), Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard pointed to dark clouds on the 2012 horizon.
Guru’s Going Going Gone
If one were to construct a list of tell-tail signs of a property investment boom, near the top of the list would have to be a proliferation of gurus promising riches to anyone who is prepared to stump up with the entry fee.
Property Decline, Half Way Through - Economist with Frank Newman
A recent article in The Economist magazine had some sobering (alarming) comments about global property prices, and specifically mentioned New Zealand as one of those at risk of collapse.
CBD & Online Relocation with Frank Newman
The sign in the window of a now vacant fringe central business district (CBD) store in Whangarei reads: “We have relocated to www………..co.nz”.
