Economic growth is an upper limit on property prices
There are two main ways to make money when you invest in property: income (such as rent) and capital gains. Broadly speaking, income yields from property aren’t spectacular...
Category: Property
Where are people getting advice about direct property and what sort of advice are they receiving?
On May 24 I wrote my first “tweetstorm” (follow me on Twitter here). I made a number of observations about the FMA’s recent snapshot of NZ’s 1,800 Authorised Financial...
Home ownership
New subscribers to the NZ Wealth & Risk mailing list receive a Build Your Own Financial Plan series of emails. This series consists of more than a dozen regular...
Safe as houses?
I have many questions about investing in residential property. I have my own ideas about some of the answers, but I wish I could have answers that...
Life isn’t a game of Monopoly. There are many different ways to invest money
My children recently pulled out our Monopoly board. They’re too young to play, but had fun fooling around with the toy money and the playing pieces. As I...
Can’t afford a home in the current property market? You can still get into a good long-term financial position.
The people I have in mind for this article are young couples. They might have a young family. Both have reasonable jobs. They can afford to rent a...
Safe as houses? Three qualities that make investing in property riskier than many people think
Investing directly in property is very popular in New Zealand and Australia. Many (most?) people think that investing in property in this way is the best way to...
