NZ Herald 14 January 2006
Q&As: Should man, 53, go with bank and seminar rental recommendation?; Young couple ponder buying share of family farm; Should Mary answer all readers’ letters?
Q&As: Should man, 53, go with bank and seminar rental recommendation?; Young couple ponder buying share of family farm; Should Mary answer all readers’ letters?
Can’t see the forest for the houses?Also: Christmas shopping. Quick question: Which of the following grew fastest in the last year: New Zealand house prices, New Zealand shares, hedged overseas shares (hedging removes the effects of foreign exchange movements), or unhedged overseas shares? Surprise, surprise, it wasn’t house prices. Bigger surprise still: house prices came last.
Q&As: $29,000 rental in Gore not the thing for a risk-averse man; More on tax on a second job.
Q&As: Woman in Australian shouldn’t sell her house here; Is the house price boom like the great tulip bulb bubble?; Couple disagree over rental property v shares.
Borrowing is not all bad — it depends why we borrow. Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard has been telling us off because we keep raising our mortgage debt. But, from the individual’s point of view, how bad is that? It depends on why we borrow.
Q&As: The pros and cons of self employment and income splitting; Comparing shares with property is tricky; How movements in the dollar affect investment in international share funds.
Q&As: Share funds v rental property; Income splitting by the self-employed — is it OK?
Q&As: Don’t be rushed into buying an apartment; 2 Q&As on how student loans can be invested; A finance company has its say.
Q&As: Grandparents don’t need a trust to save for their grandchildren; New Zealand’s tax on capital gains is confusing; Depreciation on rental property.
Q&As: Should a youg woman put her savings into her rental mortgage or diversify?; How to get through to Inland Revenue; Take care when depreciating rental property.