Property's been the golden-goose egg in New Zealand for as long as we've known. It was your retirement plan, your income stream, your lifeline, and what you worked towards.

The plan was simple: buy a house, pay it off and/or rent it out, and by the time you stopped working you had something solid behind you. It was our version of the American Dream.

But with the house market in a state of volatility or decline, interest rates and insurance going up, and capital gains tax becoming a hot-topic, is planning your life around the property ladder outdated? or is it a financial trap?

So is property still the asset it was, or should we starting widening our view elsewhere?

Opes Partners Resident Economist Ed Mcknight joins Tim Beveridge now for the One Roof Radio show.

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Property's been the golden-goose egg in New Zealand for as long as we've known. It was your retirement plan, your income stream, your lifeline, and what you worked towards.
The plan was simple: buy a house, pay it off and/or rent it out, and by the time you stopped working you had something solid behind you. It was our version of the American Dream.
But with the house market in a state of volatility or decline, interest rates and insurance going up, and capital gains tax becoming a hot-topic, is planning your life around the property ladder outdated? or is it a financial trap?
So is property still the asset it was, or should we starting widening our view elsewhere?
Opes Partners Resident Economist Ed Mcknight joins Tim Beveridge now for the One Roof Radio show.
LISTEN ABOVE

Home is where the heart is, and there’s no question that Kiwis LOVE property. Newstalk ZB’s OneRoof Radio Show is a full-house of property talk, tips and tricks. 

Leading industry experts join us to discuss and debate the latest in market trends, investments, DIY and much more. Step inside The OneRoof Radio Show and make yourself at home.

Home is where the heart is, and there’s no question that Kiwis LOVE property. Newstalk ZB’s OneRoof Radio Show is a full-house of property talk, tips and tricks. Leading industry experts join us to discuss and debate the latest in market trends, investments, DIY and much more. Step inside The OneRoof Radio Show and make yourself at home.

Home is where the heart is, and there’s no question that Kiwis LOVE property. Newstalk ZB’s OneRoof Radio Show is a full-house of property talk, tips and tricks. Leading industry experts join us to discuss and debate the latest in market trends,...

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Ed McKnight: The property ladder is still worth climbing and holding on to

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