Are rents up or down?

[donna]

This came in an email.... national rents are up, as are rents in Wellington, that's a surprise.



regards,

Donna...

[MS1353]

Dear experts,
Is it possible to rent a property which is 2 level (one level 3 bed+bath+kitchen) and other level (studio+bath+kitchenette) separately? 2 level separated internally by door and each of them has their own entrance to driveway. what consideration I need to take care of this ?

[mrsaneperson]

I really rolled my eyes this morning when i received an email from my tenant saying she was deducting $15 from her water bill as she thinks the intermittent use of a skill saw for a small deck repair over 2 hours jumped up her power bill. Here is the email, the names have been changed to protect the...

[John Martin]

I am an Australian citizen and have an investment property in New Zealand. I am currently on a disability support pension which is calculated based upon an income and assets test. I am seeking to reduce my income to maintain my pension level.

Can I place the property rent directly into...

[Dan80]

Hi All,

Always wondered not only what rent you can charge for what area, type of property, number of rooms but also how much you can increase the rent by each year?

Well, using MBIE data (based on bond lodged forms) I have created the below report which tells us what the...

[sparxNZ]

Hi all.
We have a commercial accommodation business and would like to expand, it may be possible to purchase an adjoining empty section out back which could be subdivided.
It is doubtful that we could get resource consent to operate a lodge commercially on that property, so we are considering...

[Perry]

Lost of fun watching this one!

European Union asked to waive immunity for Wellington rental stoush
19 April 2018...

[TurnipOrange]

If I rent a property which has a house and land for my business, Say 50% is the house and 50% is the land for my Income. Would the Land part of the Rent have GST I could Claim back?
Thanks for any help

[wfa]

Hi there

I'm just starting out in the commercial world and have a very basic question:

When doing rough calculations to determine yield, do you include or exclude GST? for example if the rent is stated as $70k pa net + GST, would you take the $70k, or $70k + GST as income to...

[Rosco]

In my opinion property investors should be investing based on the numbers. A critical element is obviously rent and it's likely increase over time. Auckland has a huge shortage of houses, therefore simple economics dictates that with high demand and low supply that prices should go up. Interesting...

[kmor110]

Hi all,
In theory, say that you are investigating purchasing a property next door to a property you own. You are effectively speculating on their future value as a package. For example, the mortgage payments on a roughly 800k residential property, with rental potential of about 32k p.a. is negatively...

[Luke6]

Hi,

I've recently purchased my first property and plan to live there as well as bring on a flatmate or two.

I've tried looking around the forums but haven't really found any thread specifically regarding this. If there is a thread I've missed please feel free to redirect me...

[Propertytrader]

Hello guys i just bought an apartment with a tenant on it,the tenant has been there for over one year, and i reckon the rent has not been increased since then.

I would like to know how do i do a rental valuation or should i just increase the rent by a bit.

Is 1 bedroom apartment...

[mia61]

Hi everyone, glad to be apart of this exciting forum. I have a facebook page that I just started to advertise houses for to sell/rent/buy property New Zealand. I have a few abandoned houses that I posted up that have looked empty for awhile or in need of a makeover. I will look for more to keep posting...

[RoyalRoseProperties]

As Much As You Want — Unless You Want Actual Tenants.
One of the more challenging parts of managing rental properties is deciding where to set your rental amounts. Charge too much, and you’ll have unwanted vacancies. Charge too little, and you’re leaving money on the table and potentially...