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Are you obliged to tell authorities about an inheritance if you're earning a benefit?
House and car insurance tipped to rise by up to 10 per cent
Rising cost of replacing vehicles and house construction expected to be passed on.
New Health Ministry guidelines out on apartment isolation
Self-isolating residents should get family members or friends to get their rubbish.
Blind sales: Desperate buyers snap up homes without even looking at them
About 43,000 bids online for 1500 successful sales worth over $2 billion since August.
NZ's hidden abuse: The economic harm stopping Kiwis from making their own money decisions
Economic harm often happens alongside domestic abuse.
Tower proposes $30m share buyback
Floods in Napier and Westport weighed on its profits.
Watch: Inside Auckland high-rise when water mains burst
'The whole place is flooded. Don't know where I'm staying the night' - tenant.
Diana Clement: When should you take more risk with your investments?
OPINION: Age, experience, health, ability to earn and attitude to risk all factor in.
Mary Holm: Can a keen young saver borrow to invest?
The faster you climb, the greater the danger.
Lack of guidance on lease changes sees landlords 'fill the void'
Sick of chasing officials for advice on law changes, Property Council publishes its own.
MPs question if apartments suitable for Covid isolation
Body Corporate Chairs Group asked key questions about apartments' suitability.
New rental rules: Can landlords ask if tenants are vaxxed?
Landlords 'must be able to demonstrate legitimate need to know', says commissioner.
Podcast: Does ethical investment pay?
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Diana Clement: The basic financial questions we are asking online
OPINION: Cryptocurrency, KiwiSaver and loans all rate high.
Life insurer to factor in Covid jab status for policies
Adviser expects other insurers will also follow suit.
Mary Holm: 'I always take financial advice from US celebrities ...' Yeah, right!
While many shun oil and gas, Taranaki resident takes the opposite approach.
Why insurers aren't giving rebates for car cover this lockdown
Last year two insurers refunded nearly $27 million to customers.
Rental crackdown: What landlords can and can't ask tenants
Lists out of what landlords can and can't legally ask tenants.
Tower to charge more to insure properties with high flood risk
One in 10 customers face a higher premium cost.
'Extremely distressing': Finance boss on Nido investors losing 87% of their money
'Extremely distressing to fall so far short of the possibility envisaged' - Neil Tuffin
First home buyers at record high levels
'Very active' first home buyers are now a third of the market in one region.
Diana Clement: Barometers of a pandemic - booze, betting, beauty and bars
OPINION: Drinking is up, while beauty treatments are down.
Lawyers slam 'intrusive' new Inland Revenue power
Law Society wrote scathing letter to Attorney General about rushed tax law change.
Mary Holm: How to get into the investing game
You're better off playing, than waiting too long on the sidelines.
ANZ CEO's bumper pay packet and what John Key earns to chair NZ's largest bank
Plus how much retired Westpac NZ CEO David McLean made in his last year.
Stephen Tindall reveals why he's investing in green businesses
Where Tindall's investment company K1W1 is putting its money.
Australian tenant criminal history checker makes NZ pitch
"You can have full confidence in getting a New Zealand criminal history report from us."
'I may be forced to sell 85 Auckland rentals': Ockham boss
Tax changes will "accidentally smother the build to rent sector" - Ockham's Mark Todd
Law firms pitch to challenge IRD wealth project
Wealthy Kiwis targeted by IRD project seek legal pitches for possible court fight.
Barfoot & Thompson Auckland house sales plummet by 41% in October
Lockdowns severely restricted agency activities at the city's biggest realtor.
'We can't force them': Real estate authority on vaccinations for 16,000 agents, managers
How many of our 16,000 agents and managers are vaxxed? No one knows for sure.
Diana Clement: Have you considered investing in commercial property?
OPINION: There are many ways to invest.