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Latest blog articles about buying residential property
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Lyall Russell
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Discover the early winter property market slowdown in New Zealand, with insights on sales and prices. LJ Hooker offers expert advice for navigating the current real estate landscape.
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Lyall Russell
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How New Zealand’s New Property Rules Affect You: A Breakdown of the July 2024 Reforms
Explore the impact of New Zealand's property reforms from July 2024, including changes to bright-line rules, LVR restrictions, and DTI caps. Stay informed to navigate the evolving real estate landscape effectively.
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Lyall Russell
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Essential Questions to Ask When Buying or Selling Property
Essential questions to ask when buying or selling property. Get expert advice on property history, market analysis, zoning regulations, legal issues, and more.
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Lyall Russell
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Community Connections: The Role of Facilities in Shaping Property Values
Discover how local facilities shape property values and lifestyle choices. From schools to public transport, find out how facilities impact the real estate market.
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Lyall Russell
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Compact Living: Tips for Transforming Small Spaces
Transform your small living space into a stylish haven with these compact living tips. Maximise space, embrace simplicity, and invest wisely for a functional and efficient home.
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Lyall Russell
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The Changing Face of Property Investment in New Zealand
Explore the evolving trends shaping property investment in New Zealand, from sustainability and technology to changing demographics and alternative ownership models.
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Buying guides for your state or territory
When it comes to buying real estate each state and territory has different rules and regulations. To help you navigate the buying process in your local area we have compiled the following step by step guides to buying property.
These in-depth guides walk you through the different ways you can buy property, where to do your local research, where to home hunt, what government websites are useful, what must go in your contracts of sale, what costs you will need to pay as these vary across Australia and what happens at time of settlement.
Select your state or territory and get up to speed on all you need to know about buying property.
Checklists, eBooks and FAQs
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Moving into your new home is an exciting experience. It’s a fresh start in a brand new property that you can customise and call your own.
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Our open house inspection checklist is your ultimate evaluation tool. This handy checklist will guide you through what to look for in each room and space of the property you are inspecting to help you determine if this is the home for you.
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Discover the best way to thoroughly inspect an apartment, perfect for those inspecting a property for sale in person or remotely.
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Benefit from our expertise
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When it comes to buying property, an experienced LJ Hooker agent will help you through the process. Read our Buying FAQs for answers to common questions.
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Our quick guide will prepare you for what to expect when you buy property at Auction.
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An important thing to consider when looking to buy real estate, is how will you finance your purchase? Find out answers to commonly asked questions on Home Loans to help you with your research.
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