We understand that the Insurance Council of New Zealand is seeking judicial review of the decision by the Christchurch City Council to adopt its Earthquake Prone...
In early December we will run our first webinar of the Property Developer Webinar Series. It is free and will take place on Wednesday 5 December...
The Department of Building and Housing has published a Unit Titles Amendment Bill consultation document dated 20 November 2012. They are seeking views on some proposed...
Buller District Council and Swordfish Co Limited, a property developer, have been before the High Court a couple of times debating whether or not the council...
The Auckland High Court recently considered an application from Lihua Limited, against Body Corporate 366611, Theta Management Limited and BCS Limited.
On 11 October 2012 the Supreme Court held that council owe a new duty of care. It has come about from the litigation about the Spencer...
A recent proliferation of webinars on the new agreement for sale and purchase and GST has raised some interesting points. Zero rating will still apply to...
The government’s measures to increase their tax take through the targeting of the property industry looks set to continue. First we had the erosion of depreciation,...
Fee simple ownership is true exclusive ownership and possession of the land and buildings on it. It's ownership of what is below and above the ground...
We have set out below a short summary of the changes in the new 9th edition. There are some changes specific to unit titles and commercial...
By 1 October 2012 new body corporate operational rules are required under the Unit Titles Act 2010. Most bodies corporate have started to prepare replacement rules.
For the first time in a very long while pre-sale contracts for residential properties are hitting the market. Residential developers and their banks have been keeping...