Information on Buying and Selling a Property

We provide information about the property buying and selling process.  This includes information on topics such as agency agreements, sale and purchase agreements, licensing, commission, sales options and advertising.

  • New Zealand Residential Property Agency Agreement Guide

    This guide is available in the following languages:

    English [PDF, 245.53 kb]
    Maori [PDF, 228.10 kb]
    Samoan [PDF, 231.38 kb]
    Tongan [PDF, 241.76 kb]
    Chinese [PDF, 1.78 mb]
    Korean [PDF, 297.89 kb]
    Hindi [PDF, 460.52 kb]

  • New Zealand Residential Property Sale and Purchase Agreement Guide 

    This guide is available in the following languages:

    English [PDF, 348.83 kb]
    Maori [PDF, 280.90 kb]
    Samoan [PDF, 283.47 kb]
    Tongan [PDF, 299.60 kb]
    Chinese [PDF, 1.52 mb]
    Korean [PDF, 347.56 kb]
    Hindi [PDF, 524.21 kb]

About the Approved guides

To ensure you have the information you need at two important stages of the process of buying or selling residential property, two approved guides have been developed:

  • New Zealand Residential Property Agency Agreement Guide:You must receive this guide before you enter into an agency agreement for the sale of a residential property. You must sign an acknowledgement that you have received the guide.

  • New Zealand Residential Property Sale and Purchase Agreement Guide:You must receive this guide before you enter into a sale and purchase agreement for the sale of a residential property. You must sign an acknowledgement that you have received the guide.

Further information can be found in the Approved Guides section of this website.

The documents for downloading from this site are in PDF format.   To view these you need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer. 

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