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APIA Welcomes Government’s Proposed Changes To Tenancy Laws Supporting Pet Ownership

Monday, 15 April 2024, 2:25 pm | Auckland Property Investors Association

The Auckland Property Investors Association (APIA) today expressed its support for the Government’s proposed changes to tenancy laws to facilitate greater pet ownership in rental properties. The announcement, which outlines plans to introduce pet bonds ... More >>

Auckland Property Investors Association Welcomes Pending Tenancy Law Changes With Caution

Thursday, 11 April 2024, 12:43 pm | Auckland Property Investors Association

The Auckland Property Investors Association (APIA) responded to the government's announcement this morning regarding imminent changes to tenancy laws, expressing cautious optimism while also urging prudence among landlords. The proposed return ... More >>

Private Landlords Will Answer The Government's Call For Emergency Housing Relief Under The Right Policy Settings

Friday, 8 March 2024, 9:44 am | Auckland Property Investors Association

The government’s latest announcement on the pressing issue of emergency housing signals a notable shift towards fostering collaboration between the public and private sectors. In brief, the government is setting out to end large-scale use of emergency ... More >>

Auckland Property Investors Association Reiterates Support For Residential Property Managers Bill

Monday, 26 February 2024, 8:42 am | Auckland Property Investors Association

The Auckland Property Investors Association (APIA) stands firmly behind its endorsement of the Residential Property Managers Bill, advocating for the exclusion of landlords from the proposed regulatory framework for property managers while endorsing the ... More >>

Calls For Rent Freeze Premature

Friday, 3 February 2023, 8:55 am | Auckland Property Investors Association

The Auckland Property Investors Association Incorporated ("APIA") calls on its fellow tenancy groups to refrain from politicking so soon after the Anniversary weekend floods and instead focus on supporting those in the rental sector who are ... More >>

Landlord Association Backs Easier Pathway For Family Violence Victims To Exit Tenancies

Thursday, 1 December 2022, 6:37 pm | Auckland Property Investors Association

The Auckland Property Investors Association Incorporated ("APIA") supports the government's move to simplify the process for victims of family violence to withdraw from tenancies. The Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 made provisions for ... More >>

Kāinga Ora Could Do Better. And It Should

Friday, 18 November 2022, 11:15 am | Auckland Property Investors Association

The Auckland Property Investors Association Incorporated ("APIA") is urging the government to abandon plans to extend its own Healthy Homes Standards deadline for Kāinga Ora rentals. The Healthy Homes Standards became law in 2019 to overhaul ... More >>

Landlord Association Calling For Perpetual Interest Deductibility To Be Restored To Long-term Landlords

Wednesday, 9 November 2022, 7:16 am | Auckland Property Investors Association

The Auckland Property Investors Association Incorporated (“APIA”) calls for the government to immediately restore perpetual interest deductibility to any landlord who offers tenants long-term tenancy. In August, the government announced its intention ... More >>

Auckland Property Investors’ Association Welcomes Privacy Guidance

Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 9:06 am | Auckland Property Investors Association

The Auckland Property Investors’ Association Incorporated (APIA) has welcomed today’s release by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) its Privacy Act guidance for landlords and tenants. “Housing is an emotional issue for many Kiwis,” ... More >>

Property Investors' Association Urges Investors To Participate In The Consultation On Interest Limitation

Wednesday, 23 June 2021, 9:06 am | Auckland Property Investors Association

The Auckland Property Investors’ Association Incorporated (APIA) is urging all property investors to take part in the consultation on the “Design of the interest limitation rule and additional bright-line rules”. The submission deadline is 12th ... More >>

New President For The Auckland Property Investors’ Association

Monday, 11 January 2021, 11:59 am | Auckland Property Investors Association

The Board of the Auckland Property Investors’ Association Incorporated (APIA) has elected long time member Kristin Sutherland as its new President . Sutherland was elected onto the APIA Board in 2018 and served as Secretary from 2019 to 2020. ... More >>

Landlords are here to stay

Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 12:41 pm | Auckland Property Investors Association

Landlords welcome longer-term tenancies but remain cautious about other proposed tenancy law changes, results of the latest Auckland Property Investors’ Association member survey found. More >>

12 Landlording Myths that Hold Back Residential Tenancy

Thursday, 14 September 2017, 12:00 pm | Auckland Property Investors Association

The recent strident criticisms of residential landlords and their actions mostly rely on erroneous facts and incorrect assumptions. These errors effectively stall any progress in improving the residential tenancy laws and regulations in this country. ... More >>

Why Rent Controls Will Create Another Monster

Thursday, 1 June 2017, 2:50 pm | Auckland Property Investors Association

Calls for rent controls to be enforced on Auckland’s heaving rental market to stop price gouging will only create another beast, says Auckland’s landlord association. More >>

"Slumlords Bill" May Create Refunds For Illegal Tenants

Wednesday, 31 May 2017, 10:11 am | Auckland Property Investors Association

A crackdown aimed at weeding out slumlords could see "good guy" property owners forced to refund rents to tenants who have covertly sub-let illegal spaces, says New Zealand’s biggest group of landlords. More >>

Stop Calling Us 'Speculators'

Thursday, 6 April 2017, 4:07 pm | Auckland Property Investors Association

Auckland, New Zealand - 7th April 2017 - Labour’s housing spokesman needs to learn the difference between a speculator and an investor if he’s to be taken seriously, says New Zealand’s biggest group of property investors. More >>

$900 Billion Worth of Property And Nothing to Buy

Thursday, 28 July 2016, 3:30 pm | Auckland Property Investors Association

Auckland, New Zealand - 28th July 2016 - If it were a game of Monopoly, we'd have players tipping over the board, frustrated at the state of the Auckland property market. More >>

Falling interest rates causing cracks in nest eggs

Friday, 11 March 2016, 10:09 am | Auckland Property Investors Association

The Reserve Bank’s latest move to cut OCR serves as a reminder that New Zealanders have to start thinking more strategically about retirement, says the Auckland Property Investors Association. “Gone are the days when Kiwis can expect to simply live ... More >>

Foreign ownership needs closer scrutiny

Friday, 24 April 2015, 12:11 pm | Auckland Property Investors Association

Auckland, New Zealand - 24th May 2015 - The Auckland Property Investors’ Association is calling for closer scrutiny and better understanding of overseas-based property buyers in order to address the stress of the Auckland housing market. More >>

Capital Gains Tax misses the point

Friday, 17 April 2015, 2:10 pm | Auckland Property Investors Association

Auckland, New Zealand - 17th May 2015 - The Reserve Bank’s call for ‘fresh consideration’ on tax policy for properties misses the point in addressing the current Auckland housing imbalance. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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