'Surreal': How this 'inspiring' 21-year-old just bought his first home
Liam Benfell and his partner have purchased a home in Ōwhata listed at $450k.
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'Silver lining': What 2023 has in store for first-home buyers
"The share of first-home buyers taking out mortgages has been strong in last six months."
Premium stories of 2022: Simon Bridges' stately Tauranga home for sale for $3.9m
The house was listed last month, before the shock announcement he's quitting politics.
Jo Raphael: Plan changes will be good for our cities - let’s grow up
OPINION: Jo Raphael asks, if not here, then where?
Retirement giant Arvida Group pushes up interim profit
More than 250 new units being built in big expansion.
After the Gib crisis: Govt unveils new building materials taskforce
'We know we are facing a period of global turmoil,' says Woods.
'Major step forward’: Govt puts $147m towards housing - about time, says developer
Funding for crucial infrastructure to help deliver more than 3000 new homes confirmed.
Property: Double-digit house market declines in main centres, new figures show
QV House Price Index shows the average home dropped in value by 3.9 per cent.
Rotorua motel ads targeted Facebook users out of town
RotoruaNZ says motels attracting out-of-towners only exacerbate emergency housing issues.
Inside Winstone's new $400m Gib factory
The new factory has 50 per cent more capacity than the current Auckland plant.
'Nightmare': Bad tenants knuckle down while some landlords eye holiday market
Desperate families are also applying for one-bedroom homes.
Slow start to spring for housing market as prices drop, but agents optimistic
'Hopefully we're coming out of a difficult time but who knows with interest rates.'
'There is a lot of demand': Rental boss says Tauranga bucking regional trend
Tauranga's median weekly rents fell from July to August and are now at $635.
New Zealand's most expensive house sales of 2022 so far
"As per usual, the premium end of the market beats to its own drum" - Nick Goodall
'Unacceptable': Council members clash during elder housing discussion
'An incredible opportunity', or a 'totally deficient' proposal: council debates.
Waipā's green spaces safe from housing intensification changes
The district council assured residents: town belt and green spaces will be protected.
House values drop below $1 million average: What's going on in your area?
One area bucked the trend: up 40 per cent last year, down only 3.4 per cent now.
'Huge upfront payment': Kāinga Ora's $70m farm land grab trumped private sector offers
The housing agency failed to price risk in the land purchase.
Kāinga Ora paid whopping $70m for land based on wobbly valuations
Agency under fire for above-market price.
Disabled woman forced to shower on porch due to limited rental options
An expert calls for all new homes to be built with universal design standards.
New home loans fall by more than a third despite bank cashback wars
Interest hikes a 'hit from both ends' for first-time buyers struggling to afford a house.
'A staggering sum:' $1b spent on emergency housing
A large proportion of the money has been spent on housing people in motels.
'X factor': Region's richest pay 425pc above Mount Maunganui's average
OneRoof's Property Rich List reveals where the wealthy buy in the Bay of Plenty
Cockroaches and cold showers: Tenants hit out over 'unacceptable' living conditions
The tenancy compliance and investigations team has launched an investigation.
Who's claiming $518,000 from failed Tauranga builder?
Revenue during Covid insufficient to cover overheads, liquidator David Thomas says.
Zizi Sparks: There are no winners in council's legal action against motels
Rotorua's council has lodged court action in the Environment Court against nine motels.
Budget 2022: First-home buyer loan scheme shaken up
Big jump in some price caps for aspiring first home owners - but prices vary nationwide.
Budget 2022: 10 key things - Where the money's gone
Here are the highlights as Grant Robertson announces the Government's plans.
Budget: The cost of living and what's in it for you
New payments, fuel tax and public transport relief have been extended.
'Record' sales: Tauranga's luxury house market running hot
Luxury market performing in complete contrast to the low-to-mid-range market.
Have your say on future of Tauranga's new suburb
Information display open at Tauranga Crossing from May 20-29.
Is this the right time to buy? Shift to buyer market, prices drop 5 per cent
Agents say the property market has "dramatically" shifted in the buyers' favour.
How a man's lonely death led to housing for the elderly homeless
Elderly man found four days after he died.
Simon Bridges' $3.9m Tauranga home flops at auction
Politician's family home still on the market - but at a fixed price.