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Free Auction and Deadline Sale Reports
BUYING AT AUCTION OR DEADLINE SALE Selling property by auction or deadline sale has become almost the norm in post-Covid-19 Canterbury. What we are hearing from agents is that there are too few listings and too many qualified buyers contesting those listings that...
What Does the Level 4 Lockdown Mean for My House Sale or Purchase?
We are now officially in our first day of level 4 lockdown. The team at Kannangara Thomson are all up and running and able to work remotely from home. We remain ready and willing to help you with all your legal needs to the best of our ability in these trying times....
Free Deadline Sale Review
We have noticed a large increase in the number of property sales put to the market by deadline sale of late. So what is a deadline sale and how does it compare to the sale of a property by auction? In previous articles on this conveyancing lawyer blog, we have talked...
Interest Rates
The Reserve Bank surprised many by dropping the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 50 basis points in August. Many believed it would be 25 basis points, so it came as a bit of a surprise. Initially the banks only moved their floating rates and it took about a week before we...
LANDMARK DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEAL IN MSD V BROADBENT
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/landmark-decision-court-appeal-msd-v-broadbent-brent-selwyn Check out the link to my article on LinkedIn about the landmark decision of the Court of Appeal in New Zealand in the case of Chief Executive of The Ministry of Social...
Tragedy in Christchurch
In the wake of the horrific events on Friday the 15th of March 2019, we have all had occasion to reflect on what is happening in our little country. I thought (hell I think we all thought) that we were immune from this sort of horrendous hate crime way down here in...
Welcome Home Loans
This article is kindly supplied courtesy of the team at Advanced Mortgage Solutions. Their expert team can assist you with any aspect of obtaining a home loan and if you are looking for expert help from a mortgage broker in Christchurch, we can highly recommend Scott...
Conveyancing – What Do All Those Confusing Terms Mean?
There is a common misconception that conveyancing is 'easy' and that you should be able to get your house purchase done 'on the cheap' by anyone claiming to be competent in this field. In this post, we will try to bust a few of those myths and at the same time,...
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