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[artemis]

However, crashy, the below from the TS website refers to a tenant staying beyond 90 days. If there is no agreement with the landlord, I guess that means applying for an order to evict and recover costs.

Short fixed-term tenancies
A fixed-term tenancy of 90 days or less is called...

[artemis]

Released, not leaked. Looking forward to seeing HUD advice on rent controls (and more) delivered to Ministers in January 2021.

[artemis]

Can increase rents more than once a year if there is a change of tenant in the year. There are rumours that the annual restriction may travel with the property, not with the tenancy as presently. Who knows.

Also, about bond data. Might work to indicate market rent in a slow rental market....

[artemis]

"Natural love and affection" - cash dropped into bank accounts or Kiwisaver, birthday presents, let's go shopping! Limited only by imagination, with a possible exception of impact on residential home subsidy....

[artemis]

Replacing louvres. Could be that gap/s exceeded the draughts standard. Can't have that, can we....

[artemis]

Not simple any more....

[artemis]

Renting to family is exempt from the Residential Tenancies Act unless formally opted in. Best IMO not to opt in, so a tenancy agreement with son as the tenant. He can have flatmate agreements with the others, various templates online. If flatmates are on the tenancy agreement they have extensive rights...

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"At some stage in 2024, supply should meet demand. And depending on appetite on both sides, we may see the accumulation of an oversupply. That’s increased affordability."

So says Kiwibank senior economist Jeremy Couchman. Hedging his bets with 'some stage', 'should, 'depending',...

[artemis]

For those that do Countdown online shopping, take a look at your combined list of all past orders. More than a third of my items are showing unavailable - well over a hundred out of a total of nearly 300. That is a whole lot more dramatic than empty physical shelves adjusted to minimise spaces....

[artemis]

The below page has two simple pie charts at the bottom showing March % selling and % buying. More selling rentals than buying in March. Worth keeping an eye on month by month.

Although the doc says Taupo it actually looks like central North Island, but am not sure.

https:/...