House prices outpacing Govt forecast in just 6 months
Grant Robertson will face a select committee grilling on Wednesday.
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Liam Dann: Is the housing slump finally here?
Economists say the housing boom is over and expect prices to keep falling across 2022.
House sales drop to lowest levels since 1992 in some regions
"Many point to access to finance" - Jen Baird on agents saying why the market fell.
John and Max Key join Chow brothers in $100m property push
Aim to build 500 new homes annually.
David Schnauer: Govt needs to make better spending decisions
OPINION: There's a term for lost opportunities and the Government needs to hear it.
Half of first-home buyers could be in mortgage distress when rates rise
The warning comes from a Reserve Bank briefing to Finance Minister Grant Robertson.
Business Hub: Gavin Hunt on building more than 10,000 homes
"I was a hippy surfer from Tauranga".
Noticeable increase in emergency housing grants for holiday parks and campgrounds
Choking at the emergency housing end in Northland, and it's getting worse.
Kingdom come! Historic church's owner threatens to blow it up after consents row
Peter Gill launched his own religion but calling on a higher power is yet to work for him.
Families in motels brace for border reopening
Those in emergency housing want to know where they'll fit when tourists return.
Commercial builders launch $210m apartment venture
Renting is such big business now that it commands its own development sector.
Max Key's MTK Capital about to seek investor money
Business is soon to seek funds to grow and today has released images.
Gun violence among reasons 64,000 tenants feel unsafe
Housing bosses implore MPs to help find solutions to antisocial public housing tenants.
Long-time Napier landlords pay nearly $4000 for infringements
Infringements cost landlord nearly $4000
House building costs surge upwards
Timber prices and building consents push costs at the fastest pace in four years.
Protection promised to tenants of council-owned housing
A tenant in one of the 377 flats Napier City Council could sell fears the future.
'Lockdown project': NZ's richest man Graeme Hart starts on Auckland house-buying spree
What can we learn from his choice of properties, where and what he's buying?
New housing consents smash all records
Might it be that the next set of data takes us to a new hallmark figure?
Minister steps in to change Kāinga Ora complaints process for unruly tenants
State house tenants who terrorise their neighbours can now be moved on faster.
Homeless house buyer: Man lived 10 months in car to save - but still can't buy
Whangarei man had deposit saved and lived rent free on streets in bid to afford a house.
Landlords aren't selling: Rentals hit all-time high
"An encouraging sign of more supply in the rental market" - Poto Williams.
Rents v house prices - which rose the most?
Landlords getting low returns when rent rises compared with house price rises.
'Continued upward trend': Where in Auckland rent is rising the fastest?
Rent for one-bedroom places rising the fastest.
Napier City Council proposes selling all 377 of its council houses
"We don't want our elderly and vulnerable living in sub-standard housing conditions."
'Diabolical' prices: Inflation leaves working professionals out of pocket
"A lettuce alone was $6. That is disgusting."
Hamish Rutherford: Inflation heightens dilemma for Reserve Bank
The Reserve Bank may be forced to raise interest rates even if house prices are dropping.
Housewarming: Gum trees felled in Flaxmere to be turned into firewood
The trees on council land are being removed to make way for much-needed housing.
Dr Bryce Wilkinson: The train wreck that is Govt policy-making
OPINION: This year is going to be busy and difficult for the Government.
Terrorised by tenants: Kāinga Ora can't say how much compo paid to neighbours
Kāinga Ora cannot talk about compensation to neighbours terrorised by unruly tenants.
Housing crisis: Family of eight pack into friend's house
"I heard the stories for the last three or four years but I didn't think it was this bad."
Auckland tenants getting stuck in temporary homes
Transitional homes have become permanent homes for hundreds of Aucklanders.
Chlöe Swarbrick: Let's focus next mayoral election on housing and climate
With overseas dreams on hold, let's make Auckland the place to live our best lives.