President's May/June Report (24 May 2009)
RTA Amendments tabled again. QV Insider updates. Communication Meeting. Another special for NZPIF Conference.
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President's April Report (23 Apr 2009)
Drugs in rental properties. Responsibility for Outgoings. Submission on the Unit Titles Bill. Changes to Associated Persons rules. Monthly reports from Thomas Chin. HERS and NZBCD proposal.
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President's March report (24 Mar 2009)
Meeting with Minister of Housing. Assisting with revision of RTA Amendment Bill (no 2). Second survey on property managers. CHRANZ Aged Housing Workshop.
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President's February Report (17 Feb 2009)
Outlook for 2009. Property investors will find opportunities. Important to consider the hardship of others. Rents likely to rise.
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President's January report (29 Jan 2009)
The promise of the New Year. Opportunities this year for cash flow properties. Acknowledging our national sponsors. First Executive meeting on February 21.
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President's December report (23 Dec 2008)
Findings of the Survey for Ministry of Justice Review Team. Check the property market while in relaxed holiday mode. New style membership cards being designed. Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.
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President's November Report (01 Dec 2008)
New Minister of Building and Construction. Effects of the global economic crisis. Meeting of DBH National Customer Service Council. Survey for Ministry of Justice Review Team. 2008/2009 NZPIF Executive.
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President's AGM Report (29 Oct 2008)
Martin Evans reviewed the last year for members at the AGM held on October 24 in Rotorua. This, he said, has been a year of change during which the NZ Property Investors' Federation has shown leadership.
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President's September report (23 Sep 2008)
In Martin's absence, Andrew King writes about the Housing NZ 'P' case, tenant damage in Christchurch, importance of regular inspections and of checking the details of the cover your insurance policy provides you.
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President's August report (28 Aug 2008)
Positive response to Code from media. Rental market slow around country. MPs appreciative of NZPIF input to RTA Bill. Recent visits to PIAs.
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President's July Report (17 Jul 2008)
Code of Ethics launched. New Landlord of the Year Award. Comments to politicians on RTA Amendment Bill. Online transaction facility organised. High profile speaker’s tour of 7 Associations.
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NZPIF President's June Report (27 Jun 2008)
RTA Amendments tabled in Parliament. Annual Communications Meeting held. New National Sponsor - Generation Developments. 08/09 Agreement with DBH - New Landlord Seminars
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NZPIF President's May report (22 May 2008)
This month Martin Evans is re-elected as President of NZPIF for a further term. The fifth ANZ Property Investment Survey findings are released and NZPIF is involved in exploring future needs for social housing.
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NZPIF President's April Report (14 Apr 2008)
During April we have a campaign to tell non member investors that they can tap into a lot of experience and knowledge by joining a PIA. I gain information from a Tenancy Services Customer Meeting and I outline our plans for lobbying between now and the election
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Rental property buyers are not the root cause of New Zealand’s housing unaffordability problem (21 Feb 2008)
Commerce Select Committee members were told today by Martin Evans, President of the NZ Property Investors’ Federation.
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President's Address to AGM 2007 (25 Oct 2007)
It was an interesting and often worrying year for property investors. The government led by Treasury blamed us for fueling the economy and forcing house prices out of reach of first homeowners. We explained that homeowners buy with their hearts and investors buy using their heads. Homeowners will pay anything to purchase the house they have fallen in love with. Whereas the investor will back off and look for the next opportunity, which have been few and far between in this market.
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Property Investors - Responsible Business Operators or Public Enemy No 1? (22 Aug 2007)
With the collapse of seven finance companies in the last 16 months, including three in the last eight days, Martin Evans, President of the NZ Property Investors� Federation, says that the worry for investors in managed funds and shares is the prospect of who might be next.
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President's Report (07 Mar 2007)
The property market at last seems to be cooling. This is good news for property investors as Treasury and the Government try to hurry the downturn in the property cycle by suggestions of restricting our business.
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Making it easier to find absconding tenants (28 Feb 2005)
The NZPIF has presented a submission on information matching between Government Departments. We believe that No government agency or its processes should shield those who have broken laws or contracts or those who are deliberately avoiding their financial obligations.
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NZPIF Member Newsletter - Issue 1 - Spring 2004 (09 Dec 2004)
During the past couple of years the Federation has made significant progress on many fronts...
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NZPIF Depreciation Submission (21 Oct 2004)
Submission on the issues paper 'Repairs and Maintennance to the Tax Depreciation Rules'
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Proposed Credit Reporting Privacy Code (13 Oct 2004)
The NZPIF scored a significant win for its members with the recent release of the proposed credit reporting privacy code.
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Presidents Report (09 Mar 2004)
During the past couple of years the Federation has made significant progress on many fronts.
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NZPIF Partnership Programme (10 Jan 2004)
The NZPIF welcomes on board two new partners this year – Accounts on Line and First in First Served.
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ANZ/NZPIF Survey (09 Jan 2004)
During January and February 2004 the NZPIF and ANZ bank undertook a survey of Property Investors in NZ.
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NZPIF Media Programme (09 Jan 2004)
The NZPIF has employed a small firm to start to generate a series of Press releases and distribute these to the media on behalf of the NZPIF.
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Tenancy Services Developments (09 Jan 2004)
Over the past year the NZPIF has nurtured the special relationship we have with both Tenancy Services and the Ministry of Housing.
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