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Today (20 December 2023) the coalition government announced that the bright-line test will be reduced to two years from 1 July 2024. This is what Nicola Willis had to say:"Today I am announcing our immediate decision to bring the brightline test for residential property back to..

In November 2023, I was interviewed by Blandon Leung of MortgageHQ.We discussed my journey into property investment, common challenges faced by investors, my investment philosophies, and my predictions for the 2024 property market. You can watch the video below..

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..

Property 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..

A 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...

Webinar 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..

On 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..

National’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..

Webinar 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..