To ensure you have the information you need at two important stages of buying or selling residential property, two guides have been developed - an agency agreement guide and a sale and purchase agreement guide.
Under the 2008 Act (Sections 127 and 133), your real estate agent must give you the relevant guide before you sign an agency agreement and before you sign a sale and purchase agreement. They must also ask you to confirm in writing that you have received the guide.
- 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 Agency Agreement Guide (version 1.1, July 2011) [PDF, 245.53 kb].
This guide is available in Maori, Samoan, Tongan, Chinese, Korean and Hindi from the Publications and Forms section (electronic (PDF) format only).
- 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.
New Zeland Residential Property Sale and Purchase Agreement Guide (version 1.1, July 2011) [PDF, 347.83 kb]
This guide is available in Maori, Samoan, Tongan, Chinese, Korean and Hindi from the Publications and Forms section (electronic (PDF) format only).
You will only receive these guides if you are selling or buying residential property. You will not receive these guides if you are selling or buying commercial or industry property.
What is in the approved guides?
The guides provide information for the protection of consumers who are selling or buying residential property.
The Guide to New Zealand Residential Property Agency Agreements includes information on:
- what consumers need to know before signing an agency agreement
- what an agency agreement is for
- what consumers can expect to see in an agency agreement
- what to do if there is a problem.
The Guide to New Zealand Residential Property Sale and Purchase Agreement Guide includes information on:
- what a sale and purchase agreement is
- what consumers can expect to see in sale and purchase agreement
- cancelling a sale and purchase agreement
- conflict of interest
- information for buyers
- what to do if there is a problem.
The documents for downloading from this site are in PDF format. To view these you need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer.
