Media reports on the Auckland property pricing boom have focused mostly on its effect on owners and prospective first-time buyers. That makes sense, of course – property is an intensely personal business.
Auckland has one of the most spectacular natural settings of any city on the planet. It’s the commercial powerhouse of one of the world’s best performing economies. And, compared with many other fast-growing cities around the world, its infrastructure is performing reasonably well.
Late last year, some welcome changes to the standard form contract used when buying or selling residential property came into effect. This contract is the one used by most real estate agents and is often referred to as the ADLS Form (Auckland District Law Society).
The 13th year of the Business Intelligence Series continued with the third seminar in the 2015 series on 19 August on a topic hot on everyone’s lips at the moment: Inside the Bubble : Issues for Auckland’s residential property.
Four speakers, Matt Currie, Director at Arrow International (NZ) & Arcus Property, Murdoch Dryden, Director at Dryden Property, Wayne Silver, Director at Willis Bond and John Dalzell, Chief Executive at Waterfront Auckland were on hand to share their many years of expertise with the audience. Jeff Walters, chaired the seminar.
Lowndes is excited to announce that experienced property lawyer, Kathryn Hickling, is joining our team. Kathryn Hickling is a specialist commercial property lawyer with over 13 years experience in top tier Australian and New Zealand firms.
Development costs can be reduced through scale and intensive building of a greater range of quality properties.
Developers are used to building four-bedroom houses on large sections but that has to change.
Following the high-profile conclusion of the Canterbury Earthquake’s Royal Commission inquiry on the CTV Building late last year, employees around the country are concerned about the safety of their buildings. Contact Energy, the Inland Revenue Department and the Accident Compensation Commission are among the organisations that, conscious of their health and safety obligations, all vacated premises assessed as vulnerable in the event of an earthquake.