NZ Property Investor

The New Zealand Property investor magazine provides readers with information you can use to successfully invest in residential property. You can learn from the experts, read the stories of your fellow investors and keep up to date with the latest house prices and rental statistics.

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Developers set for legal challenge against Auckland Council • Developers are poised to take legal action against Auckland Council over its proposed eye-watering hike in development contributions, particularly for greenfield projects, writes Sally Lindsay.

What's happening in the market • Sally Lindsay explores the drivers influencing property in Aotearoa.

Nearly there • While further OCR cuts are likely, we may be nearing the low point for interest rates, writes Kris Pedersen.

Investor-targeted listings drop off • Market slows down as investors wait for a shift.

QA • Our experts address your property queries

Pet peeves • There’s a lot of concern about what the new rules around pets could mean for landlords, as Matt Ball explains.

INVESTING IN LUXURY • Scott Unsworth and Greg Owen have built up a highly successful short-term property portfolio and have built a luxury accommodation business in its wake, writes Joanna Mathers.

FADE TO GREY • The coalition government has changed the rules around productive land, in order to facilitate future housing development. Is it a silver bullet or a fast-track to grey suburban sprawl? Sally Lindsay and Joanna Mathers investigate.

HOW THE FUNDING WORKS

BUSINESS AS USUAL • Investors don’t have high expectations of the year ahead, but their concerns around availability of credit and high interest rates have reduced, according to our 2025 survey.

ON THE UP

ALPINE GATEWAY • Taupo is a popular spot for holidaymakers, being the closest city to the North Island ski fields. But the rental market is softening as investors become more realistic about asking prices, as Sally Lindsay discovers.

KEEPING MAINTENANCE COSTS DOWN • Caleb Pearson has tips for keeping maintenance costs down in rental properties.

From passion project to full-time property flipper • Christchurch-based Sarah Marwick turned her lifelong passion for property into a full-time business – completing 10 successful flips (and counting) with her husband, thanks to smart systems, sharp instincts, and the support of the Property-CEO community.

Winter-proofing essentials • Five ways to create a warmer rental, courtesy of Rachel Radford from Builderscrack.

Outdated to outstanding • Following the success of earlier exterior improvements in 2024, Tommy’s returned to complete a full interior renovation of the lower flat in Khandallah.

Rethinking development contributions • Property Council’s Leonie Freeman outlines a smarter path forward for growth when it comes to development contributions.

Pros and cons of new builds • New builds can be useful for investors, but it’s important to look below the surface of that gloss before you decide to buy, writes registered property developer Eve Prouse.

COUNTERCYCLICAL INVESTING • Investing when no-one else is can be a power move, as Debbie Roberts explains.

Watercare woes continued • Simon O’Connor from Sentinel Planning in the second of a two-part piece on the red-zoning by Watercare of development land in Auckland.

The compliance cliff • Sarina Gibbon investigates why good landlords are quietly leaving the market.

Four scary words • Does the phrase ‘plus GST if any’ fill you with fear? Should it? Mark Withers investigates.

Teacher and single mum becomes an investor • Real investors, real salaries, real problems…...