Industry newsletters
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25 June 2021
Read our Special Strategy Pānui newsletter here
Real Estate Authority (REA) Strategic Framework 2021 - 2025
- A message from the Chief Executive
- The Real Estate Authority 2021-2025 Strategic Framework
June 2021
Read the June newsletter here.
Real Estate Authority (REA) guidance and updates
- A message from the Chief Executive
- Summary of recent complaint decisions
- Best practice guidance for buyers' agents
- Caution over selling non-body corporate properties
- Using Form 2 when buying at auction
- Real estate qualifications update
- Trust account audit reports due
- Free buyer journey guides
- Launching the latest facilitated meeting pack
- REA in the news.
News from across government
- Building consent numbers at an all-time high
- Regulatory findings report shows real estate agents leading in AML reporting
- Inland Revenue hidden economy campaign update.
March 2021
Read the March newsletter here.
Real Estate Authority (REA) guidance and updates
- A message from the Chief Executive
- Lessons from the Tribunal – disclosure
- Lessons from the Tribunal – supervision
- Lessons from the Tribunal – trust accounts
- Rights for new homeowners with an existing EQC claim
- Renewing your licence
- Qualification review – public consultation closed
- REA in the news.
News from across government
- Real estate sector the focus of new Inland Revenue campaign
- First formal AML/CFT warning issued to a real estate agent
- Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 – further changes now in force
- Investigating privacy practices in the rental accommodation sector
- Review of DIA real estate guidance on AML-CFT.
December 2020
Read the December newsletter here.
Real Estate Authority (REA) guidance and updates
- A message from the Chief Executive
- Recent complaint decisions
- Approaching another licensee's client
- Conversation with REA event in Dunedin
- Complete your CPD or risk cancellation of your licence
- Study options for real estate qualifications
- COVID-19 guidance reminder
- Commercial leasing: expiring AML/CFT regulations extended
- Obligations for licensees marketing commercial leases.
Interesting extras
- REA in the news
- Content for your social media channels
- REA office closure dates
- News from across government.
October 2020
Read the October newsletter here.
Real Estate Authority guidance and updates
- A message from the Chief Executive
- Real estate qualifications review
- Summary of recent complaint decisions
- CPD reminder
- COVID-19 guidance for the real estate industry
- Using the right terminology — appraisal vs valuation
- Maintaining professionalism when you miss out on a listing
- Get to know Belinda Moffat
News from across government
- AML-CFT compliance in the real estate sector
- Privacy Act 2020 information for businesses
- COVID-19 commercial lease dispute services
- Supporting mental health and wellbeing in the workplace
August 2020
Read the August newsletter here.
- Reviewing the last year of complaints
- Licensee obligations around property inspection reports
- Annual licensee survey results
- Incorrect use of 'solicitor’s approval' condition
- Myth-busters: Buyers’ agent edition
- Free buyer journey guides
- New building consent exemptions
- Licensing numbers in a COVID-19 environment
June 2020
Read the June newsletter here.
- Survey results – the initial impacts of COVID-19
- Costs awarded under section 110A (C24399)
- Selling a tenanted property under new COVID-19 rules
- Developing COVID-19 guidance
- CPD exemption through PINZ and RICS
- New video resources
- AML independent audit requirements during COVID-19
- Vacancy: REA Complaints Assessment Committee members
- CPD for beginners
April 2020
Read the April newsletter here.
- COVID-19 information for licensees
- COVID-19 information for buyers and sellers
- Conducting appraisals during the COVID-19 lockdown
- An update about complaints, Complaint Assesssment Committees and the Tribunal
- New salespersons must now complete Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in their first year
- Now is a good time for all licensees to complete their CPD for 2020 - including non-verifiable CPD
- Members of RICS and PINZ can again apply for excemption from some of their CPD
February 2020
Read the February newsletter here.
- New resources for licensees: conflict of interest meeting packs and marketing and advertising educational video
- Avoiding a misleading expected sale price – C29353 overview
- An update about the branch manager and agent qualifications
- Does your licence expire in March? Renew now!
- What do you need to know about sale and purchase agreements?
- A proposed change to the application of CPD exemptions for new salespersons
- Plan your 2020 CPD early
December 2019
Read the December newsletter here
- Highlights from REA's first ten years
- 2020 Continuing Professional Development
- 'Working days' over the holiday period
- Top 10 newsletter articles from 2019
October 2019
Read the October newsletter here.
- New commercial information page on rea.govt.nz
- New rural information page on rea.govt.nz
- First-home buyer spring campaign
- Nearly there – the pre-settlement inspection
- Continuing professional development (CPD) update
- A look at licensee demographics
- Case spotlight - NZREADT 37
- REA is on LinkedIn
September 2019
Read the September newsletter here.
- When is a garage not a garage?
- New and updated information on REA.govt.nz
- Highlights from REA's 2019 consumer research
- Being fit & proper to hold a licence
- Don't sell my home! Four tips for navigating a mortgagee sale
- Why do consumers recommend a real estate agent?
- An invitation for trainers
- REA's industry engagement
- Please give us your feedback about the disclosure training pack
July 2019
Read the July newsletter here.
- Risks of working with developers
- AML Annual report due 31 August
- Keeping your details up to date
- Recent EQC changes you need to know about
- Settled.govt.nz is a Spirit of Service Excellence Awards Finalist!
- Early Resolution’s 7 top tips for preventing complaints
- 2019 Annual Licensee Survey results
- New agency disclosure meeting packs
June 2019
Read the June newsletter here.
- Trust account audit reports are due soon
- CPD myth-busters
- Recently added and updated content on rea.govt.nz
- AML update and reminders
- A friendly reminder about drone photography
- New resource video and five guiding principles of disclosure
- Recent EQC legislation changes
- Top 10 Facebook tips
- Reporting other licensees' conduct
- CPD exemption through PINZ and RICS
- Free buyer journey guides
April 2019
Read the April newsletter here.
- New rea.govt.nz educational videos and guidance
- Property Checker tool
- First home buyers campaign and buyer journey
- Our Licensing team
- Bulk renewal licensing statistics
- Apartment sales and how to avoid common complaints
- CPD refresher training and new topics available
- Spotlight on Provisional Value and conflict of interests
- Brightline test
February 2019
Read the February newsletter here.
- Renewing your licence
- The 10 most read newsletter articles in 2018
- New Registrar powers for dealing with complaints
- CPD
- Campaign for first home buyers
- Real estate agencies can now use RealMe
- AML guidance
- CE non-completions in 2018
- New industry contact
2018 newsletters
December
- The year in review
- New videos for buyers and sellers
- Insulation requirements for landlords - what’s it got to do with real estate work?
- What does a good supervision policy and plan look like?
- Continuing professional development (CPD)
- Trust account audit findings and guidance
- AML registration
November
- Research on vendor disclosure
- 'Ask Kevin' column
- Reporting trust account irregularities
- Continuing professional development (CPD) for 2018 overview
- REA's annual report
- Settled.govt.nz at open homes
- Overseas buyers
- Form 2 and provisional value
- Tribunals Bill
- AML Workshops
- Dual branding
September
- The Real Estate Agents Act is 10 years old
- Using the correct licence description
- Selling property impacted by NZTA projects
- How to use the government's RealMe service
- A High Court decision
- Settled.govt.nz
- Improvements to rea.govt.nz
- A reminder about continuing education
- Continuing professional development in 2019
- Information about unit titles
August
- More on meth disclosure
- Sharing settled.govt.nz
- An invitation to help improve rea.govt.nz
- REA guides
- Results of our non-verifiable education audit
- An AML update
- What happens when a buyer finds an issue with a property you're selling?
- Buyers and sellers reveal why they recommend agents
- The Overseas Investment Amendment Bill is passed
- Take a 2-minute quiz!
June
- Sharing client details at the end of a listing
- Managing requests for a sale price
- Sharing website information with clients
- More about settled.govt.nz
- A Tribunal decision about commercial property management
- An update on the Overseas Investment Amendment Bill
- The Tribunals Bill
- Methamphetamine guidance
- New Zealand Real Estate Trust.
April
- Changes to REA's continuing education programme
- What agencies need to do now ahead of the AML/CFT Act
- Spotlight on settled.govt.nz
- How non-licensed staff can save you time
- Criminalisation of cartels
- A recent Supreme Court decision
- Trust account audits
March
- OIA (Overseas Investment Amendment Bill)
- Agency agreements
- Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act and regulations
- Tribunals Power and Procedures Legislation Bill
- Sharing the new guides with buyers and sellers
- Introducing settled.govt.nz