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Isolation has seen us all spending lots of time at home in our bubbles. Being isolated also makes it easier to fall into bad habits.

Property Brokers is working with its clients and tenants during the Covid-19 lockdown to ensure that all cases are dealt with in a compassionate way.

The Government has announced a freeze on rent; the rent levels are to be frozen for half a year due to the spread of the coronavirus in New Zealand.

One of the greatest challenges we face currently as an industry is coping with cadence of change, and the reality of the amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act.

Never has the property management industry been under so much pressure. There are changes in legislation, new levels of compliance, added costs, pressure from the media, staff burnout, influences on the bottom line and an increased turnover of investors. The pressure is coming from everywhere.

If you own a rental property, now is the time to determine if it meets the Healthy Home Standards. On 1 July 2019, this new regulation was introduced to lift the standard of rental properties throughout New Zealand, and we have until July 2021 to meet the new regulations.