Thinking of Buying a Home with Someone Else? Consider How You’ll Own It.
Purchasing a home is a significant investment, and with a housing market on the continued rise (dips aside), it is often not something that can be done alone.
In our latest blog we explore the risks and benefits for each party considering undertaking a joint purchase.
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Vacant Possession
Moving into your new home and discover the vendor has left some unexpected items behind? Within this blog we explore some of the remedies that are likely available to you.
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New Tax Disclosure and Mandatory Financial Statements for Trusts
Trustees, if you’re still coming to terms with the Trusts Act 2019, the new Tax Administration (Financial Statements – Domestic Trusts) Order 2022 (the Order) is set to further increase compliance obligations. The Order sets out minimum standards and new disclosure rules for financial statements prepared by trusts.
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Requisition Provisions
Requisition Provisions are becoming more relevant lately. But not for the reasons you would perhaps think...
In our latest blog we explain the relevancy of requisition provisions to your Sale and Purchase Agreement, and how they may impact the release of settlement funds.
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Light on the lending horizon?
Attention: First home buyers/borrowers, turns out you might be able to continue to pay for your Netflix account after all!
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Making Sense of Cross Leases
Cross leases are a complicated form of property ownership in New Zealand but don’t knock them until you understand them!
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Vendor Warranties and Compensation Entitlements
Every now and again following pre-settlement inspection, issues arise…
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Why you should get a LIM
What actually is a LIM?
LIM stands for “Land Information Memorandum”. If you’re still not feeling much wiser, we don’t blame you…
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Helping your kids 'get on the property ladder?'
As house prices around the country continue to soar we are seeing more parents wanting to help their kids step onto the property ladder. Read on to learn how you can help your kids get on the property ladder?
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Unconsented Works…
You attend an open home and the agent greets you with: “Hi, thanks for coming, take a pamphlet and oh, we have some disclosures - the property has unconsented works”.
You inspect the works in question and they look fine so no big deal, right….?
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What the Multi-offer?!
The market is hot out there and the agent says those dreaded words - it's a 'multi-offer'.
Read on to find out what this means…
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The differences between a bank deposit and a deposit on a property
When your deposit isn’t the deposit…
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