'Unsafe' living conditions: Landlords lose long-running court battle
A Rotorua trust has lost a long-running legal battle.
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House value: National average house prices 13% down on a year ago - QV
Housing values continue to slide, though the decline has slowed in many main centres.
'Fear of missing out': Homeowners want to sell after $1250 a month interest hike
The Rubins want to see more support brought in for those facing steep rate rises.
Opinion: Inflation is here to stay, here's what businesses can do
Chamber boss: 'I'm preparing for inflation to stick around for a while'.
Sign reveals Kāinga Ora’s plans for six-storey building in Kerikeri — except it’s a hoax
Resource consent sign added fuel to fire of social housing debate until truth came out.
Tenant told home was a ‘pigsty’ awarded $1000 in damages, but can’t keep pet cat
Kristen Gaunt was awarded $1000 in damages for the 'unnecessary' comments.
Beachlands South developer on 307ha plans: $2.5b infrastructure just the start
One narrow, winding road and no schools are the locals' two main concerns.
New Avondale units sold from $450,000 - with swimming pool
Marutūāhu-Ockham will have delivered 541 Auckland apartments: 199 are KiwiBuilds.
Social housing concerns spark record public meeting in Kerikeri
Kāinga Ora a no-show as almost 800 people crowd into venue and another 375 follow online.
Consents for new residential buildings plunge 21%
Summer's bad weather might keep numbers low throughout the year.
Marae containers packed with emergency supplies for top of the south Māori
The containers house generators, portable loos and showers and BBQs.
Northland house prices plummet but still ‘significantly up’ from pre-Covid levels
Property values are still well above levels recorded in March 2020.
Wellington rental scam circulating on social media
Anyone who suspects they have been a victim of a scam should make a report to the police.
Building boss says he imagines being in Nazi camp during media ‘attacks’
He imagines he follows the rules but still gets "hauled off to a concentration camp".
Data shows official inflation rates underestimates Kiwis' true pain
Who is feeling inflation the most and why.
Napier considering proposal for new 255-home subdivision
A resource consent application was lodged with the council earlier this year.
Watch live: PM says nothing’s on or off the table yet in terms of new taxes, PM says
Hipkins says his Government would not be bringing in major new taxes before the election.
Focus Live: PM Hipkins addresses media in Christchurch
Watch Live: PM Chris Hipkins and Megan Woods address media after opening new Kainga Ora houses in Riccarton, Christchurch. Video / George Heard
Queenstown housing crisis: ‘Someone will die’
Absentee property owners who used their properties four weeks a year blamed for shortage.
National will reinstate no-cause evictions if elected
The party also wants to scrap a range of regulations it says hurts landlords.
Thousands of state houses on flood prone land, more going up
More than 15 per cent of state housing is on flood-prone land.
‘Out of her depth’: Realtor overstated the size of land plots she was selling
One of the lots was only 61 per cent of the size they had been promised.
Man with disability faces homelessness: 'I think it is so cruel. Where is the humanity?'
'I need a miracle. I know time is running out. I am very, very frightened.'
Social housing plans spark town meeting in Kerikeri
Organisers say they support more social housing but it needs to be part of a broader plan.
Elaborate rental scam: 'Englishman' lures pregnant woman, flees country
Police have vowed to arrest him at the border should he attempt to return to New Zealand.
Environment Minister allows Auckland Council reprieve on Government intensification push after floods, cyclone
'Extension to enable staff to investigate flooding impacts and its implications': Parker
Ten ‘genuine prospects’ for future of Hastings Tudor-style villa
Ten prospects have been identified for the future of a Tudor-style villa in Hastings.
Land of the long red tape: Is it time to loosen NZ’s building restrictions?
A prominent developer is bemoaning New Zealand's red tape.
Japan has millions of empty houses. Want to buy one for $35k?
New York Times: By 2033, 30 per cent of all Japan's houses will likely be vacant.
Who wants $14.9m from biggest builder to fail this year?
Name anything you see happening on a building site and those supplying stuff are on list.
Could Fletcher's Perth leaky pipe problem cost more than A$15m?
Investors may have to mull "worst-case scenario" in leaky pipe issue.
Lifting the lid on Scarbro failure: Construction companies owe $14m
Biggest NZ builder to declare insolvency this year: McGrathNicol says who's owed what.
Apartment pioneer caught up in Scarbro liquidation - what's next?
Leuschke Group designed the complex with 112 residences, 12 apartments and seven shops.