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Complaints surge 35%: Why real estate agents must lift their game

Authority is holding to account agents who do not maintain high standards, says CEO.

Shovels in: Christopher Luxon, Wayne Brown at Beachlands

Up to 5000 new homes, a town hub and schools are planned in the south-east coastal area.

'Landmark development': $300m apartments planned beside Henderson film studios

Apartments, creative studio spaces and offices are all planned beside the Westie studios.

Richard Prebble: Why the real election battleground will be the household budget

OPINION: Falling interest rates may boost voters' sense of financial relief.

UFO spotted flying through NZ streets – house movers navigate transporting home between islands

The UFO-shaped home was first put together in Christchurch in the early 1970s.

High Court backs asylum housing at UK hotel despite council fight

The Bell Hotel currently houses 138 asylum seekers under Home Office use.

Residents oppose plans for 9-level purple apartment block, The Kubrick, in wealthy Auckland suburb

It could be much worse. Plan change 120 means area zoned for 15 levels, opponents admit.

Record number of first-home buyers purchase in September quarter as interest rates dip

New data shows first-home buyers made 27% of house purchases in the September quarter.

Rates dispute: Council to revalue all properties in luxury Ōnetangi 'hotspot'

Christopher and Amanda Luxon's private holiday home is in the exclusive enclave.

Govt plans to ban homelessness? Separating fact from fiction as rumours swirl

A move-on order may still make it to Cabinet but likely as part of a wider package.

Govt considers powers to move homeless people from central Auckland

Housing First plans 300 new homes for rough sleepers by Christmas.

Inside Economics: Green shoots under the microscope

ANALYSIS: Liam Dann takes a deeper dive into the week's economic news.

What's keeping the Reserve Bank up at night?

It isn't house prices ...

More than three million Aussies going hungry

Almost half of renters and most Australians with a disability reported hunger.

Reeling from earthquakes, Afghans fear coming winter

Families who lost homes now face freezing nights in makeshift tents.

'Incredibly weak period': No end forecast to falling rents

National rents have dropped 1.1% annually – one of the first falls since 2009.