WOW- What a difference a week makes!

Wow – what a difference a week makes. Here we are now in a state of national emergency and in lock down. Please stay safe – don’t venture from home, we all need to play our part. You’ll probably run out of Netflix options, when you do – take a visit to uprealestate.co.nz, click ‘buying’ and let your fingers do the walking on the virtual open home tours. Be assured we are still very much in business and doing as much as we can – it’s a great opportunity to have a relaxed chat about real estate! Please phone us anytime – we are at home.

So whats going on in REAL ESTATE?

Please find below the following advice we have at this point in time. This is not legal advice, but provides a recommended approach in certain situations.

Essential Services: Real estate is not considered an essential service. 

Open Homes/Private viewings: These are not considered essential services so cannot take place in person. They could take place via online virtual tours, where people aren't required to leave their homes and no in-person contact occurs.

All UP Listings are available for a virtual tour (provided at no cost to our vendors), please virtually visit our properties on our website and take a detailed walk through at your leisure.

Auctions: These are not considered essential and Auctions have been postponed for the foreseeable future. 

Settlements: In lockdown, vendors and purchasers will NOT be able to move in and out of their houses. For this reason, Auckland District Law Society is recommending that settlements be deferred until after the Alert Level 4 restriction is lifted. The party's lawyers will make appropriate amendments to the contract to facilitate this.

Moving if a property settles during lockdown: Travel will be restricted to essential travel only e.g. pharmacy/supermarket trip, so settlements and moving house should be deferred until after the Alert Level 4 restriction is lifted. The parties lawyers will make appropriate amendments to the contract to facilitate this.