By Justin Hayward Last week Dr Bollard released his Monetary Policy Statement, confirming that there will be no changes to the OCR this month. However, from his comments we can assume that we are likely to see rate increases around the end of the year or early next year. There are no surprises there. However […]
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Rightly or wrongly my business has been brought into disrepute. Last night on TVNZ’s Close Up, a piece focused on Kerry Buddle, a former mortgage broker working in the Kapiti Coast area. She was portrayed by the show as borrowing money from clients for various projects, which appear to be fictitious. As a mortgage broker […]
RUNNING IS A BLOOD SPORT Tom Bretherton – 13 May 2011 A series of articles on what we do…and what we are about The 47th annual Rotorua Marathon was run on Sunday the 30 April 2011 with a bumper turnout of approximately 4000 keen runners and walkers. Our congratulations goes to all the […]
Ian Mellet a member of the Auckland Property Hub’s property professional’s panel shares this Property Law tip. Property Law – Conditions in your Agreement for Sale and Purchase. Legal Tip from Remuera lawyers, Quay Law. A finance condition should not be viewed as an option for being released from an Agreement for Sale and Purchase. Recent […]
By Jason Hogan (Landscape Architect) The perception of what constitutes good design, whether it is a landscape, a building, an item of furniture or other consumer product is of course subjective to a certain extent, superficially it comes down to individual preference. Good design however is really about quality, not fashion or style. Style relates simply […]
Over the last couple of weeks we have seen a significant drop in variable interest rates on home loans. This has come about largely because of the 50 point cut to the OCR earlier this month. It seems as though the banks were pre-empting a cut, and they passed this cut on almost immediately to […]
NZ Trust Law under review by Ian Mellett of Quay Law Based on current records, New Zealand has one of the highest numbers of trusts / family trusts per head of population in comparison to other countries. It is estimated that there are at least 237,500 trusts in New Zealand but this figure could be as high […]
The statement, from the award winning practice Mercer and Mercer Architects, in Auckland, New Zealand, “Clients are turned on by the buildings we design” has gone through the roof…literally… Snøhetta named one of the fifty most innovative companies in the world It’s not often that an architecture firm occupies a lone berth where no others […]
24 March 2011 BCL Blog for Auckland Property Hub ARTICLE 3 IS YOUR RENTABLE AREA CORRECT? T Bretherton – 24 March 2011 A series of articles on what we do…and what we are about Depending on which side of the fence you sit, as Landlord or Tenant, the lease of commercial premises is an asset […]
SEEC are excited to see our Australian neighbours pushing the limits with Melbournes Pixel Building receiving the highest ever Green Star rating awarded by the Green Building Council of Australia. SEEC have been involved in a number of Green Star projects throughout New Zealand. The Pixel Building by Grocon is the first Carbon Neutral office […]
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