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Today, New Zealand’s coalition government with National, Act and NZ First was finally announced. Some important decisions around tax and property investment have already been confirmed. Note that at time of writing we are still waiting on the detail around much of this, and we will..
Read ArticleProperty coach Steve Goodey, who is a friend and colleague of GRA, is holding a post-election property investment event in Auckland on Sunday 5 November that you might be interested in.I will be giving a tax update, and you’ll hear lots of inspiring case studies.Plus..
Read ArticleA number of clients have been asking us how the GRA directors are voting in the election, and we are happy to be upfront about this. Of course everyone has different perspectives and priorities, so we are in no way telling you what to do...
Read ArticleMarket Update - Election Special with National's Paul Goldsmith & Chris Bishop
by Matthew Gilligan 27 Sep 23National’s Paul Goldsmith & Chris Bishop were our guest speakers in the final webinar in GRA’s 2023 Market Update webinar series. We discussed National’s proposed tax policies, as well as what they plan to do about housing, social policy, health, and zoning rules. You can..
Read ArticleOn 22 September GRA held a webinar where I interviewed David Seymour about Act’s proposed policies ahead of the upcoming election. We discussed Act’s tax proposals, particularly in relation to property investors, as well as broader discussions on the Resource Management Act, MDRS and social..
Read ArticleWebinar 5 in the Market Update series is an Election Special with David Seymour. Due to a mix-up in schedules, we have moved the GRA-Seymour night to Wednesday the 20th of September at 5.30pm. Apologies to all for the change of plans. 5.30pm is a bit..
Read ArticleWebinar 4 in the Market Update series was a Finance Update with Kris Pedersen of Kris Pedersen Mortgages.Held on 29 August, Kris and I discussed finance for property investors including how to obtain finance with less than 35% deposit, managing interest rates in a high..
Read ArticleThe Tax Update Webinar with GRA’s head of tax, Anthony Lipscombe, was the third presentation in our Market Update Series and was held on 15 August. Anthony and I looked at the tax changes introduced by the Labour Government, with a particular focus on the..
Read ArticleThe second webinar in our Market Update series – Property Zoning & RMA – was held on 2 August. During this presentation, town planner Simon O’Connor and I discussed zoning and the MDRS rules, the Resource Management Act (and proposals to change it), as well..
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