Gib crisis: Council cuts back on red tape
Alternative wall lining is being approved on-site to get through supply crisis.
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Gib crisis: Fletcher chief explains
Fletcher Building chief executive Ross Taylor explains the gib crisis. Video / NZ Herald / Fletcher Building
Gib crisis: Struth, builder off to Australia for plasterboard
'Necessity is the mother of invention. Gib will lose ... a lot of loyalty.' - Rick Herd
Downsizing? 33sq m property up for sale in Grey Lynn
Would you buy a property that sits on just 33sq m of land?
Building chief welcomes house insulation upgrade delay
All double-glazed aluminium framed windows will have gas pumped inside.
ANZ: Residential construction sector 'deteriorating rapidly'
The ANZ Business Outlook survey shows inflation may be peaking but pressure still intense.
'Over the top': Ten most valuable state homes worth $30m
Value for money? Critics say there's better uses for $30m worth of state homes.
Who's claiming $518,000 from failed Tauranga builder?
Revenue during Covid insufficient to cover overheads, liquidator David Thomas says.
Budget 2022: First-home buyer loan scheme shaken up
Big jump in some price caps for aspiring first home owners - but prices vary nationwide.
Focus: Why some property values have dropped over the last quarter
Valocity head of valuations James Wilson reveals why some property values have dropped over the last quarter, plus his predictions for what’s ahead. Video / NZ Herald
Staff leave council building inspection team, demand outweighing capacity
An average home needs 11 to 15 inspections throughout a build.
Online building products platform inks $35m capital raise
Milot Zeqiri and Brittany Gribben co-founded ArchiPro in 2014.
Ghost suburb: Land ready for 1000 Auckland homes - they just can't get water
One woman's home was built 16 months ago. Yet she can't move in.
The missing $300k: Families and tradies left in lurch by company collapse
Tradies and others who worked on Xmas Day are yet to be paid.
House prices 'most vulnerable in a long time'
Investment adviser says analysts will not be shocked by 'meaningful' fall in prices.
Ed Sheeran's bizarre building addition to 'Sheeranville'
Ed Sheeran's latest building structure might hint at his final resting place.
Housing bill to be watered down
Labour and National's landmark townhouse bill will be watered down.
Finance experts' verdict on $350 million Winton IPO
What's the reaction to developer Chris Meehan's audacious NZX/ASX listing plans?
Will house prices keep rising? All your housing market questions answered
Tony Alexander on the forces at play in NZ's housing market.
Spike in broken bones from DIY leads to warning from professionals
More people are breaking bones doing DIY projects around the home in Hawke's Bay.
Passion project: Ex-All Black and billionaire partner demolish waterfront home for new mansion
Separate office, spa and cinema room with a projector equipment anteroom planned.
Auckland councillor in hot water after comparing housing policy to 'gang rape'
Christine Fletcher's comments offended multiple councillors.
Labour and National's housing plans for Auckland likened to 'Soviet-style blocks'
The focus is bulk and location, not architecture and design, says a council planner.
Housing plan will turn Auckland into an ugly city, says heritage group
'This will be a green light for developers to put up cheap, badly designed buildings.'
Simon Wilson's Glasgow Diary: Glendowie to the rescue
Today's news about the weather, ahead of the world's most important climate meeting yet.
Is Auckland walking into another 'leaky homes' disaster?
Experts warn that first-time developers are cutting corners in the current hot market.
NZ's biggest builder celebrates 20,000th home
"We never set out to be the biggest home builder in New Zealand" - Grant Porteous.
Robertson and Orr see house prices becoming more 'sustainable'
"There's a shared view that house price growth has been unsustainable," Robertson said.
New building consents: How the major regions compare, and why Wellington is lagging
New stock not coming online to the same degree as other cities a 'cause for concern'.
Shelly Bay housing plan: Council applies to remove caveat
Wellington City Council has applied to remove a caveat registered at Shelly Bay.
'Ratbag' property developers ask to buy houses damaged in tornado 24hrs later
Shirley Corles-Davis is still angry at being asked if she wanted to sell her house.
Leaky homes case: Company had no insurance for weathertightness disasters - auditor
Asset stripping allegation strikes James Hardie leaky home lawsuit.
Public housing demand 'increasing significantly'
Councils say more new builds are 'not achievable' without support.
Auckland man facing $315,000 bill after house built in wrong place
Neighbouring developer sues homeowner after a building consent error.