Housing affordability in the spotlight
For the past year or so, housing has been shaping up as one of the major election issues for 2014.
Over the past few decades...
Plenty to be getting on with . . .
The Board has started that search, and in the meantime I’ll do the best I can to keep things progressing, and keep everyone updated...
All change over the past six years
It has been almost six years since I joined Registered Master Builders and this will be my last article for Building Today. It seems...
A smart business is better business
It has been a long time in the making but I am delighted to announce the launch of the Trades Business Academy.
There is a...
Retentions — securing a solution
The issue of retentions has been a very topical and hot subject since the Mainzeal collapse in February 2013. Subcontractors lost in excess...
Affordability — less is more
I was speaking at a luncheon recently on numerous topics, and one question that came up (and always tends to get raised) was housing...
Insurance — sum it up!
You may recall about this time last year I wrote an article on changes to the way properties were going to be insured as...
Moving forward with an eye on the past
The Registered Master Builders Federation is now the Registered Master Builders Association of New Zealand Inc.
This means we are flat out getting our house...
Another year coming to an end — let’s recap
Well, the end of 2013 has arrived and it has been quite a year on many fronts. Let’s recap a bit. On the...
LVR – the wider ramifications
Last month I wrote about the potential impacts of the Reserve Bank’s LVR policy on new builds. In this column I’ll present an update...