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The effect of the Canterbury earthquake on the property market
QV (Quotable Value) have released information on property values in Canterbury for a period that predates the earthquake and two months afterwards. The summary of their report is reproduced below. The...
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LIM Reports and earthquake related information
Today the Council’s Answers to questions raised at recent Council community meetings webpage was updated with information about the information to be placed on LIM reports. All of that information is...
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New Rateable Values
The CCC has issued a media release detailing how the new rating values will be set for those areas most affected by the earthquake. “Council valuers will now update the existing rating valuations,...
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EQC response to questions from CCC
The CCC has added more to its web page Answers to questions raised at recent Council community meetings. The CCC put a number of unspecified questions to both the EQC and the Insurance Council of New...
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Red Zones and rateable value
Today’s Sunday Star Times has an article Offer to red zone owners a ‘disgrace’ by Lois Cairns. The last part of the article covers the accuracy of rating valuations and retired valuer Roger Hallinan,...
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Gambling machine and brothel bylaw changes
The Council has announced that it is looking at the bylaws covering gambling machines and brothels. Whatever comes out of these reviews, and any temporary permissions that may be issued, will influence...
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Cape Argus article on the Red Zone
Courtesy of Mike Coleman here is a link to an article recently published in a South African newspaper, the Cape Argus, on some aspects of life in the Residential Red Zone. The article is entitled:...
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Australian insurance – resilience rating of properties.
Australian insurance website insuranceNEWS.com.au have an article on moves to introduce a system of rating properties in terms of their resilience to extreme weather events. A few quotes: ICA GM Risk...
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Measuring the impacts of the Canterbury earthquakes on the residential...
Lincoln University are conducting an on-line survey to see how prospective home buyers view the risk associated with land zoning (TC1, TC2, TC3) and the likelihood of flooding, how this affects the...
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