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Parents Buying Property for Their Children!!

by The Professional Trustee Team 12 Jan 14

Happy New Year to you all. I hope you have had a wonderful break and you're now getting back into the swing of things. Not that it is easy; I'm still feeling a bit under the weather with having to get back into the office..

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MANAGING THE MONEY AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF A WOMAN'S LIFE, PART 2

by The Professional Trustee Team 08 Nov 13

This is the second of two blogs on managing the money at different stages of a woman's life - you can read part one here. SINGLE AT 35  Frequently, from the age of 25 through to 35 our earning capacities increase. Regrettably, so do our expenditures..

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Managing the Money at Different Stages of a Woman's Life, Part 1

by The Professional Trustee Team 05 Nov 13

Irrespective of whether we love or hate the green stuff, or fear or revere the gold, the cold hard fact of the folding is money rules our everyday lives to a significant extent. Sure it can't make you happy and it can't buy you love...

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Fix or Float, the Question of the Day

by The Professional Trustee Team 23 Sep 13

What an interesting time we've been having in the land of money.  Seems all the points in my last blog about LVRs (August 2013) are coming true.   The Reserve Bank has used its new toy with all the effect I predicted occurring. Two of..

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Just like cooking programs dominate our TV space, articles on property occupy our print media. Not that there's anything new in this. There's nothing so dear to Aucklanders' hearts as real estate and the desire to discuss and critique all things property.  What is somewhat new,..

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Why time is not on our side for the Auckland Property Market

by The Professional Trustee Team 30 May 13

You would have to be living under a rock to not know that there is an Auckland housing crisis. Today in my video I discuss what this means to you and why Auckland needs to take action asap with the new Auckland Unitary Plan.   .

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IRD given more funds to hit Property Investors

by The Professional Trustee Team 22 May 13

Recently the IRD were given extra funds under the NZ Budget with a view to spending those funds, sourcing resources, to be applied (in particular) to reviewing land transactions. Extra resources must mean the chances of land transactions being reviewed will increase..  .

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2013 Government Budget

by The Professional Trustee Team 17 May 13

Today I'm going to talk to you about the Government Budget which was delivered yesterday, Thursday 16 May 2013. It's being called the Bland Budget because ultimately, it didn't really rock anyone's world.  It's not an election year and so no real goodies were handed..

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Difference Between Wills and Memorandum of Wishes

by The Professional Trustee Team 21 Mar 13

Today I discuss a very common topic that many New Zealanders get mixed up about. What is the difference between Wills and Memorandum of Wishes. Watch my video blog to find out. .

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