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Mood of the Boardroom: Barfoot & Thompson’s Peter Thompson on rising insurance costs
Plus the three biggest worries held by the real estate boss.
Price slump: Barfoot & Thompson issues new monthly data on Auckland house sales
Homes are going for less but more of them sold in September than some other months lately.
From rugby field to $350m retirement village: Summerset nears tryline
Deposits taken on the first stage or 180 units amount to around $100m of sales.
How many people rent homes in New Zealand? Bond data shows all-time record
Rental bonds were lodged for 410,904 properties by November 1, Tenancy Services said.
Houses for sale flood Auckland market, hit 11-year peak
Sale numbers plummet, new listings skyrocket: not a market in recovery at all.
Auckland rents up 5.2pc, average $662/week: Barfoot & Thompson
Latest jump is the biggest rise since 2015 when rents rose 7 per cent.
Property Insider: Timing of planned tenancy law changes tipped
'War on landlords' set to be reversed with law reform. But precisely when, landlords ask.
$40 million Pakatoa Island no longer for sale
He's in the rare position of having one of the few privately owned islands in the Gulf.
Up or down? What new agency figures tell us about Auckland's housing market
'Median sales price at $1,045,000 was the highest for any month in 2023.' - Peter Thompson
Auckland house prices and sales up, big agency says
Will the slow, steady increase in house prices become a summer surge?
Real estate, rugby and leadership: Peter Thompson looks ahead with Bruce Cotterill
The Barfoot and Thompson boss talks property prices on the Leaders Getting Coffee podcast.
Property Insider: Billionaire bails on South Auckland sites
Today we launch this new regular feature, focusing on what's going on in property.
September house sales data shows market past rock-bottom, agency says
House sales should pick up more steam after election as weather heats up, agency says.
Real estate agent implicated in doctored LIM case under spotlight in Australia
A lawyer believes the offenders' real estate agent was "clearly part of the deceit".
'I feel wicked’: Professional couple sentenced for doctoring Lim report for leaky house
'If I had the money, I'd give you everything you’re asking for, but I can't.'
Apartment owners' battle against boatsheds to retain views
When a 25m marine services shed rose, apartments owners went to court.
Auckland house prices fell nearly $1000 a day from June to July
Sales numbers up, but prices falling back.
Where Auckland rents spiralled fastest: Average now $642/week
Steep rises in an area where many can’t afford to own homes, so are long-term tenants.
Prices frozen, volumes stay low: subdued mid-winter house sales
National median house price remained unchanged at $780,00 from May to June; REINZ.
Auckland house prices, sales volume increasing despite tough market
Despite an unpleasant combo of ingredients, some confidence is building.
Business Hub: Barfoot & Thompson director Kiri Barfoot retiring, ‘window of time for me’
“I won the parental lottery, right?” she says of their drive, determination, brilliance.
New data shows best month for house sales in a year. Is market starting to turn?
Another sign Auckland has bottomed out. A jump in volume, but sale prices flat.
New data reveals where Auckland rents jumped by 7.2%
New insights from an agency managing 19,000 properties: What does it say?
Trad front, rad back: Grey Lynn house valued at $5.6m for sale
'But a lot was done on the renovation. I spent too much on that - over $2.5m.'
Buyer confidence back: Residential sales up 86 per cent at Barfoot & Thompson
March showed a modest but positive improvement in trading.
Paul Potts at NZ's 'biggest party' - 3800 at sit-down Ellerslie dinner
Two families put money aside for five years to mark the massive business milestone.
Auckland's February house sales 'slowest in at least a quarter of a century'
Trading conditions the 'most challenging anyone in the business can recall'.