The Property Academy Podcast

In this episode, we discuss the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand's latest report, which gives data about how the property market operated during July 2020.  The New Zealand median house price is up $85,000 on the same month last year, and volumes are up 25%, showing pent up demand still alive and well. We also dig into the REINZ Tony Alexander Real Estate Agent survey, which indicates how the property market is operating on the ground.  Finally, we discuss our upcoming Live Podcast Tour, which is happening mid-September in: Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Click on the links to register for your free ticket.

In this episode, we discuss 7 ways that you can stay motivated towards your property investment goals.  These include: filling your social media feed with property investment-related content, putting your goals in visible places, project managing your goals by breaking them down into quarterly, weekly and daily tasks, as well as celebrating your successes.  Finally, we discuss our upcoming Live Podcast Tour, which is happening mid-September in: Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Click on the links to register for your free ticket.

In this episode, we discuss the Auckland property market and how the Covid-19 induced shutdown has the potential to impact that property prices there. Our read of the situation is that there will be small to no impact on Auckland property prices ... but that we will see volumes hit severely in next month's figures.   Finally, we discuss our upcoming Live Podcast Tour, which is happening mid-September in: Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Click on the links to register for your free ticket.

In this episode, we discuss the 4 major government announcements that have been released over the last week ... all of which impact the New Zealand property market.  These announcements are: a) the extension of the Wage Subsidy scheme to provide an additional 2 weeks worth of stimulus to businesses across the country; b) the announcement of the new election date; c) the extension of the mortgage deferral scheme; and d) the expansion of the Large Scale Asset Purchasing Programme, implemented through the RBNZ. Finally, we discuss our upcoming Live Podcast Tour, which is happening mid-September in: Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Click on the links to register for your free ticket.

In this episode, we discuss the latest version of Kiwibuild, with the government promising to give funding to developers who aren't able to make the required number of presales to get bank funding.  Here, the government will guarantee the required level of funding for the developer to start their project, with some restrictions about who the developer can sell units too.  Finally, we discuss our upcoming Live Podcast Tour, which is happening mid-September in: Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Click on the links to register for your free ticket.

In this episode, we discuss the new residential tenancies act, which has officially passed and will be implemented in 6 months from now.  Here, we talk through some of the speeches given during the second reading of the act, which indicates different party policies and approaches relating to the act.  Finally, we discuss our upcoming Live Podcast Tour, which is happening mid-September in: Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Click on the links to register for your free ticket.

In this episode, we are again joined by Amber Arkell from Survus Landsurveyors and Good Title to talk about what can go wrong within a cross lease.  Amber specifically touches on the fact that a cross lease conversion can take up to 8 months to complete, which is why you need to conduct a conversion before you actually need to. If you wait, it'll be too late≥  Finally, we discuss our upcoming Live Podcast Tour, which is happening mid-September in: Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Click on the links to register for your free ticket.

In this episode, we are joined by Amber Arkell from Survus Landsurveyors and Good Title to talk about the fundamentals of cross leases and what investors need to know about them. Of particular interest, Amber references the Opportunity Knocks report, an article written by Dr. Michael Rehm showing the value discount on Cross Lease and Unit Title properties. This shows that for Auckland based cross lease properties, they are 7-18% cheaper than they would be had they been freehold.  Finally, we discuss our upcoming Live Podcast Tour, which is happening mid-September in: Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Click on the links to register for your free ticket.

In this episode, we answer a question coming from a listener of the show about what Andrew would do differently if he was starting out from scratch again on a modest income.  The main takeaway is that if you don't have equity, i.e. a deposit, that you've got to get one ... and you've got to build equity quickly. That would likely come from renovations and attempting to recycle their deposit as much as possible.  However, that would change if he already had equity and commitments. If you've already done the hard yards by paying down a mortgage then he'd focus on newer properties and building a portfolio that way. Finally, we discuss our upcoming Live Podcast Tour, which is happening mid-September in: Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Click on the links to register for your free ticket.

In this episode, we discuss a recent case from the Tenancy Tribunal, which showed why it paid for one investor to specify the number of tenants on their lease.  We also walk through how this tribunal case exemplifies some of the principles we often talk about on the show. Finally, we discuss our upcoming Live Podcast Tour, which is happening mid-September in: Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Click on the links to register for your free ticket.