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Apartment developer declares insolvency owing $3.76m
Unexpected cost rises, Covid delays, cooling market blamed for development failure.
‘Sales declined significantly’: Barfoot & Thompson on December residential trade
'Given challenges, Auckland housing market came through the year in good shape.'
Home owner has good excuse for not paying $317,000 rate debt on South Auckland home - he's dead
No rates repayments have been made on the property since March 2005 - nearly 20 years.
‘Five straight months of negative growth’: Auckland house values continue down
Chilly weather matches a particularly cold Auckland market for house sales and values.
Property Insider: NZ tops OECD rent chart; tenancy law change coming
At least we got more rental properties since an 'upzoning' overhaul.
Kerbside home viewing for upmarket Auckland apartment after mortgagee sale listing
The viewing had changed from an open home to a kerbside gathering of potential buyers.
Auckland rents up 5.6%, NZ rents up 8.3%
Rising immigration and more students cited as driving factors.
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.