MARKET UPDATE 2011: History in the making (MP3 files with Course Notes PDF)
Olly Newland, Brendan O'Donovan, Mark Withers
LIVE RECORDING and Course Notes: An up-to-date, straight-talking session with three genuinely experienced property experts.
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MARKET UPDATE™ is a chance to get some real-world and impartial advice about the way ahead for property owners and investors.
This special recording (with 30 page COURSE NOTES booklet) is a chance for you to get an understanding of the historic changes to our investing environment. Not just tax changes -- although they’re momentous and far-reaching -- but also the effect of events in world financial markets on NZ.
Get real-world and impartial advice about the way ahead for property owners and investors as we deal with local and offshore influences on our property market and financial sector. What’s the outlook? How will law changes announced in 2010 affect us as they roll out? What are the ’investing rules’ and strategies to best cope with and even benefit from these conditions?
These experts offer you the benefit of their wide experience as they interpret recent events and discuss opportunities that will present themselves to you.
Brendan O’Donovan, Westpac Bank’s Chief Economist, a well-respected and straight-talking expert commentator on markets and economic matters. Brendan will share the latest information available on economic conditions and the outlook.
Olly Newland, property investor. mentor and trader for over 45 years, the ’guru’ of TV’sProperty Climbers and best-selling author of six books on property investment includingThe Rascal’s Guide to Real Estate, The Day the Bubble Bursts and Climbing the Property Ladder.
Mark Withers, specialist property accountant and an investor, author of Property Tax -- A New Zealand Investor’s Guide and audio programmes: The 7 key traits of successful property investors. Mark’s observations and experience at the coal-face is priceless. He’ll share crucial updates about recent tax changes — the clock is ticking - and what other investors are doing (and can do) to deal with the market conditions.
Some topics for discussion on the night (course notes provided):
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Brendan:
- The ’economic recovery’ -- when will everyone feel it? (not just the big corporates and the primary sector)
- Why small and medium enterprises are still under pressure
- Regional analysis -- unemployment is centred in the north - why?
- What’s the role of debt in the holding back consumer confidence?
- The international scene - are we moving into a ’two-speed world’? (Boom vs struggle.)
- Quantitative easing (printing money) -- what’s the legacy of that? What effect for NZ?
- Property: how has the residential market been affected by the tax changes
- What’s the impact of the tax changes -- Q: Do the cuts in the tax rate overshadow the loss of building depreciation claims? Economists: Oh yes! (But what about the one-off ’value reduction’ effect of those changes?)
- Which sectors of the property market are likely to outperform the overall market in 2011-2012?
- What are the factors driving rents up? And how long will they last?
- Interest rates, inflation. liquidity, kiwi dollar forecasts?
- Is the Reserve Bank’s approach to interest rates working?
- Funding for property: are mezzanine funders/finance companies gone forever?
- What’s happening in the market? (residential and commercial)
- Where are the deals? Some examples of success and failure.
- What’s been the effect (on investors) of the rolling finance co. collapses?
- Mortgagee sales -- what do they do to the market? Winners and losers?
- Practical funding: where should investors go for loans?
- Advice for investors -- ’Buy now’? Really?
- Rents continuing to rise? Is there a housing shortage?
- What about commercial premises and deals?
- Are reports of a bounce much overcooked?
- Ground-shaking tax changes that affect most property investors
- What action steps do MOST property investors and landlords need to take in response -- and when? (Clue: Now!)
- Is that it? Any more surprises/tax changes signalled (no CGT but what about death duty?)
- What do the changes to gifting for Family Trusts mean? Is there an agenda to ’pierce’ trusts?
- How big a loss is the loss of building depreciation deductibility, really?
- What about depreciating chattels? What’s changed there?
- Goodbye LAQCs, hello Look Through Companies -- so why a whole new tax regime? (Fish-hooks aplenty!)
- How will the new Associated Persons/Tainting rules work in with LTCs?
- ... and more!
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