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Property Institute wants LVR exemption for first home buyers
Sunday, 25 September 2016, 9:56 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute wants LVR exemption for first home buyers Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, has repeated his call for the Reserve Bank to exempt first home buyers from the Loan-to-value restrictions following news ... More >>
Property Institute proposes bold new housing solutions
Sunday, 11 September 2016, 8:58 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, is calling for Government, Local Government and the Reserve Bank to work together to introduce a range of new measures to address the Auckland housing crisis. More >>
Property Institute welcomes LVR tweak
Monday, 5 September 2016, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, says today's decision, by the Reserve Bank, to relax Loan to Value (LVR) restrictions on investors building new homes is an important step in the right direction. More >>
Property Institute welcomes Unitary Plan revisions
Tuesday, 9 August 2016, 10:43 am | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, has welcomed proposed changes to the recently released draft Unitary Plan saying that the recommended amendments will address the worst excesses of the proposed Plan and transform it into a world-class ... More >>
Property Institute says Unitary Plan recs go too far
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 3:32 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, says that a range of very positive recommendations in the Auckland Unitary Plan Independent Hearings Panel final report have been completely overshadowed by a number of bizarre and divisive ... More >>
Property Institute slams ‘political response’ by RBNZ
Tuesday, 19 July 2016, 1:05 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, is asking the Government to consider removing the Reserve Bank’s ability to influence housing policy in light of what he describes as ‘a politically motivated response to house price ... More >>
Property Institute welcomes Labour Housing policy
Monday, 11 July 2016, 10:20 am | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, has welcomed many of the housing initiatives proposed, today, by the Labour Party and says that their focus on the need to collaborate with the private sector is a particularly positive ... More >>
Property Institute questions timing of statement
Friday, 8 July 2016, 10:05 am | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, has questioned the wisdom of the timing of this evenings Reserve Bank statement to the Wellington Branch of the Institute of Valuers - warning that it will almost certainly lead to ... More >>
Property Institute slams idea to ‘crash’ market
Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 9:12 am | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, has slammed a proposal calling on the Government to take measures to deliberately ‘crash’ the Auckland Housing market by 40% – warning that such an outcome would be ‘economically catastrophic’. More >>
Property Institute applauds $1 Billion Infrastructure fund
Monday, 4 July 2016, 10:41 am | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, is applauding the Government's decision to establish a $1 billion infrastructure fund to help Councils to pay for roading and water infrastructure and says that the move will go a long ... More >>
Institute proposes competing Development Authorities
Monday, 27 June 2016, 10:46 am | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, is asking the Government to consider setting up multiple Urban Development Authorities in Auckland rather than the single Authority which is being proposed. More >>
Property Institute rejects single Auckland Urban Authority
Thursday, 23 June 2016, 11:53 am | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, is urging the Government to exercise caution before setting up a single 'Urban Development Authority' for Auckland and is proposing a more innovative approach to the issue. More >>
Property Institute supports directive to open up land
Thursday, 2 June 2016, 1:26 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, has come out in support of today's move, by Housing Minister Nick Smith, to require Councils to open up enough later to cater for the growth in our fastest growing centres - but has ... More >>
Property Institute says Budget ‘misses opportunities’
Thursday, 26 May 2016, 3:33 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute says Budget ‘misses opportunities’ Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, has given today’s budget a qualified pass mark describing it as ‘a largely responsible mixture of worthy initiatives ... More >>
Property Institute warns of ‘unintended consequences’
Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, has reacted with concern to news that the Reserve Bank is actively investigating Debt-to-income limits as a means by which to reduce house price inflation. More >>
Property Institute cautions against price-to-income cap
Thursday, 28 April 2016, 2:47 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, has responded with concern to suggestions that the Government may be considering the introduction of a price-to-income cap to address house price inflation. More >>
Property Institute rejects land tax proposal
Tuesday, 26 April 2016, 2:07 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, is urging the Government to consider options other than a land tax if figures to be released over the next few days show that foreign property investors are affecting the Auckland ... More >>
‘No quick fix’ to Auckland housing price
Tuesday, 26 January 2016, 9:59 am | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, says that there is ‘no quick fix’ to Auckland house prices following claims that Auckland is now the world’s fifth most expensive city in which to buy a house. More >>
Property Institute supports RMA reforms
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 4:04 pm | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, has applauded Government plans to overhaul the Resource Management Act (RMA) but says that the changes being proposed don't go far enough to quickly resolve the Auckland housing crisis. More >>
Property Institute warns of ‘unintended consequences’
Thursday, 29 October 2015, 10:05 am | New Zealand Property Institute
Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, is questioning a proposal, from Treasury, to further restrict mortgage lending by banks and has repeated his warning of ‘unintended consequences’ made earlier this year. More >>
