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Aussies' $300m offload of Dress Smart Onehunga and Dress Smart Hornby
Australian property giant Lendlease to sell its New Zealand retail centres.
Max Key's MTK Capital about to seek investor money
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$250m warehouse buildings rising at South Auckland sites
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"It's a little overdone. Enough's enough," says Sydney-based boss on NZ lockdowns.
Long-time Napier landlords pay nearly $4000 for infringements
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After 90 years, nine Youth Hostel Association properties go up for sale
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Tony Alexander: The numbers point to a collapse in spending
Omicron, inflation and rising interest rates have made Kiwis more wary.
House building costs surge upwards
Timber prices and building consents push costs at the fastest pace in four years.
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"That sort of number can seem scary, but I don't have any fear."
The big sick: Will Omicron wipe out New Zealand's hard-up building firms?
Industry faces spike in absenteeism as it tackles rising costs and supply chain woes.
Multi-million-dollar farm sale: 'Could this be the birth of new Auckland suburb?'
Australian developers interested in picking up 191ha farm north of Auckland.
New Auckland home valuations: Who's paying the price?
About 111,000 ratepayers face a rates increase of more than 10 per cent.
Foreign buyers, what foreign buyers?
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Powerhouse real estate: Auckland iwi's $243m property portfolio boost
Importance of whenua acknowledge in accounts.
Liam Dann: Is your KiwiSaver next? Why Meta's meltdown is a wake-up call
Your KiwiSaver is going backwards, get used to it. The big pandemic returns were a mirage.
'Hidden dust will contain the DNA of your ex'
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Bungalow sells for $5.11m – more than $2m above CV
"You don't want to spend all that money and have six terrace houses going up next door."
Sponsored: Design for your bach, adapt to your house
Make the most of life at the beach, wherever you are.
'Lockdown project': NZ's richest man Graeme Hart starts on Auckland house-buying spree
What can we learn from his choice of properties, where and what he's buying?
Offices overlooking Domain to be turned into $100m luxury apartment block
Penthouses in new development expected to sell for $8m-plus.
New housing consents smash all records
Might it be that the next set of data takes us to a new hallmark figure?
How a Chinese surgeon ended up selling half of Epsom
The real estate agent who quit medicine to sell houses in Auckland.
Couple spent six months in tent while transforming ex-state house
Stunning renovation of house that hadn't ticked any of the owners' boxes.
Tony Alexander: Buyers now have the upper hand
The balance of power has shifted away from sellers.
Ashley Church: Don't expect higher interest rates to crash the housing market
Social media is full of people claiming with certainty that house prices will tumble.
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