Guide to New Zealand Housing

This guideline has been assembled by On Arrival to provide you with useful insights into the New Zealand housing market and to provide you with some key criteria to help you determine whether you should rent or buy a property.

We will give you an overview of the New Zealand housing market, from both a rental and purchase perspective and identify the key sources of information for you to obtain property information.

We’ll assist you with some helpful checklists to help you prioritise your property requirements, and lead you through the key considerations for completing your contractual agreement to rent or purchase your new home.

The contents of the guide are as follows:

INTRODUCTION

Overview of the New Zealand Housing Market

RENTING

Where to Rent

What can you expect from a Rental Property

Finding a Rental Home

Documentation

Types of Tenancies

Rental Payments

BondsProperty Inspection Report

Ending Your Rental

Rights and Responsibilities

Problems in Renting

Problems in Renting

BUYING A HOME

How to find your home

What Can I Afford

Where to Buy

The sale process

GLOSSARY OF REAL ESTATE TERMS

IN SUMMARY

PROPERTY PRIORITY CHECKLIST

This guide is approximately 3.8MB and is available for download as a PDF file.