Christchurch City councillors have this morning adopted a landmark draft plan for the rebuild of the quake-hit central city and will open it for public consultation. The plan is expected to cost about $2 billion. Light rail, a smaller central business district (CBD) and a new swimming centre are among features of the draft plan adopted…
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I am sorry for the lack of content that I have been posting on this blog for the past 12 months. The reasons for this are a number of things. Firstly I left the real estate and housing industry full time and only kept this blog website up for the pure passion I have for…
Is Energy Efficient Design Woth It Or Is It Really Just a Fad?
Sustainable living is not only a growing business and news trend, it is also the direction home design and construction must move towards as valuable, limited resources become increasingly sparse for our growing population. Energy efficiency in the home building industry will remain the focus of some progressive, forward thinking companies, but not all of…
Keeping Your Home Healthy – Heating And Insulation
During the colder times of the year dampness, draughts and a lack of insulation make our homes more difficult to heat. The World Health Organisation recommends that houses are heated to a minimum of 18 degrees celsius to provide a healthy and comfortable environment. Indoor temperatures below 16 degrees increase the risk of respiratory disease. Insulation study The University…
Real Estate Bosses Talk About The Real Estate Market
The property market last year left a lot of amateurs and professionals scratching their heads in puzzlement as the expected failed to happen. Real estate agency heads give their reading of the housing market in the first quarter of 2011 – their predictions cautious but optimistic, with rising rental prices seen as a positive indicator…
Christchurch Earthquake Facts
for more information on the facts visit rebuildchristchurch.co.nz 4 SEPTEMBER EARTHQUAKE FACTSHEET • The fault that caused the earthquake on 4 September 2010 has been named the Greendale Fault. It is a previously unknown fault under the Canterbury Plains. • The rupture on the fault broke through to the ground surface from many kilometres below…
Christchurch Earthquake Accommodation Assistance
If you were forced out of your earthquake-damaged home you are set to get financial assistance and help finding accommodation from the Government. Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee this morning announced an assistance package for those displaced from their homes due to severe earthquake damage. It includes financial assistance of up to $330 a week…
The Key to Influencing Others
Do Nice Things For Others One of the best ways to influence someone is to do something nice for them. Many successful salespeople who make a habit of taking their prospects out to breakfast or lunch. During the breakfast or lunch, they do not talk about their products or services unless the client brings it…
RBNZ Holds OCR at 3%
Householders such as myself with mortgages partly floating will be happy at the news today that the OCR is unlikely to be jumping up a huge amount over the next two years. This means that we are likely to see maybe .5 – 1% increase this year and maybe the same next year as the…
Buying Land
Perhaps, before we start asking questions maybe we should provide an answer. “They ain’t making no more of it.” That’s what my grand-daddy told me and his grand-daddy told him, and as far as I’m aware, they were right. Now I’m not near slick enough to pretend I know the ins and outs of commercial…
2010 QV Market Round Up
I wish to say that 2010 has been a challenging year for most people in Christchurch. What is for most people the biggest asset they own the Canterbury Earthquake of September 4th Damaged many to a point where it starts to hurt peoples wealth which makes it hard for anyone to move forward with real…
The Art Of Timing In Negotiating
Timing is everything in negotiation. A negotiation can be made or unmade by the time at which it takes place. When buying or selling anything in life it becomes important to learn the art of the timing as this can make or break the deal. It all comes to when you make your move. There…
Smaller Companies Can Sell Your House As Good As Those Big Ones
Take a ride with me to the days before the silicon chip took over how our modern world looks. It is the time before computers or the internet. Where agents manually scanned lists to see what was on the market for sale. It’s important to have a big office handle your transaction. A big office…
How To Avoid Some Home Purchasing Pitfalls
If you are interested in property development or you are buying properties for your own use there are some common mistakes that anyone can make. This is especially true of new buyers who may have never purchased properties before and who may not know what to look for and what to avoid. By avoiding these…
Happy New Year 2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. I hope we are all being safe and looking forward to the year ahead. While we are on holiday lets take some time to reflect on a few of the things of 2010. The last year has been a good year. I bought a new lifestyle block, got into the advertising…
New Zealand Real Estate Sales Volume at Record Lows.
Real Estate in NZ is very very slow still with both record low sales and the medium price dropping by 1% in the last quarter. The big issues have been the Canterbury Earthquake and the general slow up of the economies recovery. The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) has reported 3903 properties were…
Reserve Bank of New Zealand Hold OCR a 3.0%
The Official Cash Rate has this morning been left on hold by the Reserve Bank at 3 per cent. Such a hold was widely expected, with market economists all but unanimous that Reserve Bank Governor Bollard will not raise the official cash rate again until March next year. The average expectation among 11 forecasters polled…
Positive Thinking
A Roadmap towards Positive Thought-Patterns INTRODUCTION Life is effort-return phenomenon. People make efforts to actualize returns. There is nothing more frustrating than putting in lots of effort and getting no desired results. The secret to the wasted efforts lies dominantly in a person. A survey indicated that 75% of businesses are failed in their initial…
The First Five Days Of The Christchurch Earthquake
Here is a Rolling Tally of the first 5 days of Action in detail of most of the major events that have happened. for the most up to date pictures visit rebuildchristchurch Wednesday September 8th 2010 (Day Five) 9.31pm: There’s been a 3.9 aftershock, 30 km south-east of Darfield, at 9.14pm. 9.20pm: Inland Revenue has…
Christchurch Earthquake Pictures
for the most up to date pictures visit rebuildchristchurch [nggallery id=4] Christchurch after 4 days of cleaning up after New Zealands Largest and most widly destructive earthquake. After day 4 All the best and I hope if your home is destroyed or damaged, like ours, that you get it fixed safely and timely and wish…
Christchurch Earthquake Photos
for the most up to date pictures visit rebuildchristchurch [nggallery id=4] for the most up to date pictures visit Rebuild Christchurch [book id=’1′ /] pictures after day three Related Blogs Business of Consumer Book Publishing 2010 Now Available at … Soldiers take apart and rebuild a Jeep in just 4 mintes …
Massive Christchurch Earthquake
for the most up to date pictures visit Rebuild Christchurch I will update this when we have had time to think, everyone here in Christchurch are in shock. This is a huge event. if you felt it, leave comments below. From NZH – Here is the first four hours of events 8.37am Christchurch Hospital reports two…
Will The Real Estate Market Spring Into Action This Spring?
Spring is typically the key season for real estate but untimely headwinds this year will make for a weak property market. Property prices are expected to track sideways at best this spring, with an expected influx of new listings on the market, allowing buyers plenty of time to smell the roses, according to analysts. The…
South Canterbury Finance Bail Out – It could be a good thing in the end!
Watching John Key & co deal with South Canterbury Finance yesterday was exciting. The Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance forked out $1.6 billion under the Crown Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme. Good move. The NZ government are admitting liability and paying out depositors who trusted government regulators would protect them. Regulatory responsibility has been a series…
Being Authentic and Transparent – When is this going overboard!
All this talk about Twitter and Facebook engagement, how you need to be authentic and transparent, let people behind the scenes, tell stories. This is all well and good, and enough (some might say too much) has been written about the what and the how. We should talk more about the why. Not the why…
The 2011 Rugby World Cup Economic Benefit to NZ
This event is going to be huge. The 2011 Rugby World Cup will be a highlight for New Zealand and it going to come at the right time. The spot light is on New Zealand here. We are a Tourist Nation so lets shine. But before we go to that look at the estimated economic…
2011 Rugby World Cup Christchurch Games
Christchurch – Tournament Highlights Christchurch’s RWC 2011 quarter-finals weekend is going to be massive. As well as these two top games, Stadium Christchurch will feature five pool matches and the region will be home-base during the tournament for teams from Australia, England, Argentina, Scotland, Georgia and Russia. Christchurch is at the heart of New Zealand…
2011 Rugby World Cup Game Schedule
Here is a list of all the games to be played in the New Zealand 2011 Rugby World Cup 2011 Rugby World Cup Match Schedule Date No Pool Match details Location Stadium Fri Sept 9 1 A New Zealand v Tonga Auckland Eden Park Sat Sept 10 2 B Scotland v Play-off winner Invercargill Rugby…
Fast Company Influence Project 2010
Hi all, A bit of an odd blog post for me but this is a little mission I have going on with my friends and online buddies to see how far we all can go. But in doing so I think you can also get involved and test yourselves. Fast Company magazine is running their…
Save The Planet, Save Ourselves. Go Green And Win
Green living helps make us live healthily. It saves money and also environment. It is essential to live Green in order to save the earth from global warming. It is our responsibility to save our earth and it is in our hands to save the earth. But we don’t know what are the ideas are…