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May 29, 2024

Where To From Here?

2024 continues to amble along into the second quarter. Sales in 2023 were at the lowest dollar value since 2015. Prospects for this year and into 2025 are improving as interest rates stabilise and

Feb 16, 2024

Is 2024 Starting To Turn The Corner?

Say goodbye to 2023, which according to many commentators had the worst commercial sales in nearly 30 years. Buyers were nervous with the cost of living and rising inflation, with high interest rat

Nov 24, 2023

Gearing Ratios

Apologies to the motorheads out there, but this is the financial ratio used to compare the owner’s equity (capital) or asset values to the debt borrowed. The debt-to-equity ratio is a cru

Oct 16, 2023

Valuing Your Business

A true value is that agreed between a willing buyer and seller. A different buyer and seller with the same product may agree a differing value. Particularly in the SME (Smal Medium Enterprise) area

Sep 13, 2023

What is Yield?

The dictionary defines yield as “something that is gained in return from an input of goods or services”. From a property perspective yield is the value of the net rental income divided by the curre

Aug 21, 2023

Commercial Property Investing

Confused about the terms you see and hear and what do they mean and are they relevant to you? Whether you are looking from a purely investment point of view or are a business owner wanting your own

Aug 3, 2023

Thinking about buying a business?

According to a recent RNZ article, we have hit a 35-year high in people who have an interest in buying. Unfortunately, most are sitting on the sidelines awaiting more certainty in both the political a