The NZ Economy &
Property Market
What's happening now? What's
ahead in 2010?
Westpac chief economist Brendan
O'Donovan, property investor Olly Newland
and chartered accountant Mark Withers share their views - and some
strategies.
Thursday
12th November
7.30-10.30
pm Rendezvous Hotel (was Carlton)
Mayoral
Drive, Auckland
JOIN
US for an up-to-date, straight-talking session with three
genuinely experienced property experts. MARKET UPDATE™ 2010
is a chance to get some real-world and impartial advice about the way
ahead for property owners and investors.
Historic events and changes to the world economy have created great
turbulence, with offshore influences affecting our local market and
financial sector. What's the outlook for the year ahead? What are the
rules and strategies to best cope with and benefit from these
conditions. "is special evening offers you the benefit of these
experts' wide experience as they interpret recent events and discuss
opportunities that will present themselves to you.
FEATURING:
BRENDAN
O'DONOVAN Westpac Bank's Chief Economist, a well-respected
and straight-talking commentator on financial and property markets and
economic matters.
OLLY
NEWLAND property investor and trader, the ‘guru' of TV's
Property Climbers and best-selling author of six books on property
investment including !e Rascal's Guide to Real Estate and Climbing the
Property Ladder.
MARK
WITHERS specialist property accountant, investor, author
of Property Tax - A New Zealand Investor's Guide. Mark's experience at
the coal-face is invaluable.
Discussion
Topics include:
- Was that IT? Is the recession really over? What happened to the BIG
slump, the ‘inevitable' crash and ‘Financial Armageddon'?
- Why do people keep saying the current small recovery WONT last? Are
they right?
- Real estate agents report getting 2007 prices for houses over the
winter (but on thin volumes). Will vendors' expectations - and a flood
of new listings - kill the recent rush? Is it really just ‘a window'?
- Confidence is rebuilding -- but how solidly? Consumer confidence vs
business confidence.
- How long a lag is there between the ‘official' recovery and us
feeling it on the streets?
- Residential property: Buy, sell, hold, build? Are we really short of
houses? What happened to last year's ‘oversupply'? Is migration our
only hope? Ex-pat Kiwis returning home -- just fair-weather whanau?
- Will we really see a construction boom led recovery?
- Interest rates -- the outlook for 2010 ... and beyond. What are the
options? Fix, float, hedge your bets? Still time to de-leverage?
- Commercial property: How solid is the bounce? Yields for well-tenanted
property are still low, but why so many vacancies? Won't that affect
values? What will a retail-sector recovery actually look like?
- Tax changes -- there's lots of talk about ‘levelling the playing field'. Is
political momentum building for a Capital Gains Tax? What other changes
could they make to strangle property price growth: deductibility of
losses. Overseas experience of CGT and tax treatment of property
expenses. Goodbye LAQCs?
- Does something have to give? Who is really trying to shut down the
property investment party?
- Working with the new Associated Persons rules.
- Rents -- what are they doing? Where to now? How are they affected by
unemployment/job losses?
- What's our dollar doing at US.72c? What effects?
- Finance and banks -- our banks seem strong, but finance companies are
increasingly endangered or dead. What game are the banks playing? Is
raising mortgage finance going to get any easier?
- It's time for your Questions -- and straight Answers.
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Tickets are limited and available NOW (please book early to avoid
disappointment).
$79 per seat or $69 each for two or more.
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