Category Archive

The housing crisis has nothing to do with the RMA

Gareth MorganJanuary 28, 2015Property, Tax and Welfare

We have long written that the problem in NZ’s housing market, which more and more people are finally acknowledging, is a crisis, is a crisis of demand not of supply. Central to the causation of inflated demand are two factors. … Read More

Labour’s latest housing policy a useful reminder

Susan GuthrieJuly 30, 2013Property

Don’t get me wrong, I think far more radical changes are needed to get the housing market on a sustainable footing than Labour’s new policy on restricting foreign buyers. As long as we leave housing out of the tax system … Read More

Bold tax treatment of housing needed to end the bubble

Gareth MorganJuly 8, 2013Property, Tax and Welfare

Watching the political debacle unfolding over housing is as excruciating as watching the Black Caps play test cricket. Tentative steps forward, no application and not daring to do differently characterise both. Some policies are just too important to leave in … Read More

Those with means should buy ‘multiple houses’

Gareth MorganJune 19, 2013Economics, Investing, Property

Auckland’s property-market circus a golden opportunity for speculators as home buyers feel the squeeze. We all know Auckland is the battlefront for the current housing explosion. What perhaps we don’t all appreciate is the forces at work. In yesterday’s article … Read More

Reserve Bank solution misses the point

Gareth MorganJune 18, 2013Economics, Property

Remedy for New Zealand’s housing bubble needs to focus on curbing investors’ enthusiasm for property. The Reserve Bank has announced it will lift the ratio of deposits to loans in order to take the heat out of the housing market. … Read More

Don’t Blame Foreigners for Auckland House Prices Increasing

Gareth MorganMarch 25, 2013Economics, Property

Those ascribing the boom in Auckland house prices increasing to immigrants from Kolkata rather than Kaiapoi, have sunk into the gutter as they grasp for culprits to blame. Winston and his fellow xenophobes will be pleased but the serious question … Read More

Owning a house now out of reach for most – and it’s all our own fault

Gareth MorganMarch 5, 2013Property, Tax and Welfare

In recent weeks accountants and property investors were trading blows over the tax treatment of housing. As well, a survey was published which revealed most New Zealanders now believe owning your own home is out of reach for most. One … Read More

Better late than never – Reserve Bank edges ever closer to acknowledging mistake on mortgage policy

Gareth MorganJanuary 27, 2013Economics, Property

The consideration given by the Reserve Bank to controlling the bias in its policies that favour housing over all other lending types is most welcome (See NZ Herald article here). It is 20 years late but until they deal to … Read More

Blind Man’s Bluff

Gareth MorganOctober 8, 1992Property

Gareth Morgan, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments Like a herd of stuck swine, second hand house dealers have squealed with indignation at the Infometrics analysis of last week that pointed to the likelihood householders would be diluting their exposure to … Read More

No Clemency

Gareth MorganJuly 14, 1992Property

Gareth Morgan, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments Robin Clements’ defence of his affordability index is inadequate. My dictionary describes affordability as “the position of being able to do something without adverse consequences”. On this measure of basic English comprehension the … Read More

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