by Denise Marsden | Jul 22, 2010 | General property Law, Sale and Purchase, Subdivisions
We recently have been involved with development funding with one of the main banks. The requirements for the pre-sales contracts included: • Purchasers needed to be NZers (residents or citizens) and independent third parties • Each purchaser could only acquire one...
by Denise Marsden | Jul 22, 2010 | General property Law
Big changes here for boarding house owners (and those looking at acquiring boarding houses in the run up the Rugby World Cup). They will now be subject to the Residential Tenancies Act in a number of scenarios. For example, boarding house owners will now...
by AlexanderDorrington | Jul 22, 2010 | General property Law
No major policy changes are expected here. It’s more about modernising the Act to reflect how land transacstions are actually done now. There are 24 areas for change identified.
by Denise Marsden | Jul 22, 2010 | General property Law, Unit Titles
The Department of Building and Housing has published a Unit Titles Amendment Bill consultation document dated 20 November 2012. They are seeking views on some proposed amendments to the Act and Regulations. Written submissions are due by 1 February 2013. The review...
by Debra Dorrington | Jul 19, 2010 | Sale and Purchase
Certificates of Title Remember when you bought a property and the lawyer gave you a handwritten title on paper that was thick and waxy and felt really important? You could see the history of the land you were buying from the many entries on the title. It was...
