Is Auckland walking into another 'leaky homes' disaster?
Experts warn that first-time developers are cutting corners in the current hot market.
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Searching for a home: A mother's mission to find somewhere to live in a cruel market
After years of transient housing, Danielle Gartner is unsure of her family's next move.
NZ house prices drop 6.5 per cent, Auckland down 4.2pc
Sales volumes fell throughout New Zealand.
A man with a scan: 3D virtual reality tours bring Hawke's Bay tourists spots to the world
Using 3D scanning technology the tourist hot spots are brought to virtual life.
Wellington City Council releases plan to address shortfall of 12,000 homes
Draft district plan includes new height limits, bike parking, and a development levy.
Shelly Bay developer says land occupation will come to an end soon
"It will be a wonderful thing when it happens finally... which it will do".
Residential developer eyes NZX listing
Development pipeline has around 7500 homes, apartments and retirement village units
Ex-tomato growers to quit half their Auckland waterfront site
Council claimed $400,000 unpaid rates and penalties, a compromise was reached.
Fears grow for homeless Auckland youth affected by lockdown
Teenagers as young as 14 have been needing emergency housing during lockdown.
'This is reality': Solo mum-of-five's struggle to avoid emergency housing trap
She has great references and can afford rent. But she's on the verge of sleeping in cars.
Wellington council careful not to back itself into a corner over housing subsidy
Mayor Andy Foster says the city council's social housing arm is bleeding $30,000 a day.
Rotorua 'deteriorating': Group confronts council over transitional housing
A group of Rotorua residents are fighting plans to create more housing for the homeless.
Fears for thousands of kids in emergency housing as Covid outbreak grows
Race is on to vaccinate families of thousands of kids are in Auckland emergency housing.
Brace yourself for more mortgage interest rate rises
Borrowers are going to have to divert more money towards paying their mortgages.
How rising building costs are hitting first-home buyers
Uncertainty making homeownership 'that much more difficult' for first-home buyers.
Can landlords ask tenants for their vaccination status?
A "grey area" has emerged around rights for landlords and tenants amid vaccine rollout.
How the Covid-19 response can better support marginalised communities
Emerging positive cases have been linked to transitional housing tenants and gangs.
Tax to sting landlords unveiled, with small tax cut for employers
The Government will unveil details of a massive new tax.
'The million-dollar city': Wellington house prices skyrocket, giving first-buyers 'steep hills to climb'
Price increases across the country are "frankly rampant" - economist.
'Bad for renters': Govt unveils tax changes targeting property speculators days before start
The Government will unveil details of its housing package.
Relocating Auckland couple left confused by lack of communication
"Unfortunately I can't play netball otherwise I'd be able to cross the border."
Rising house values earning owners more than their jobs
People 'earning more on paper from simply having a property than going to work every day'.
Family lose most of their possessions after repair blunder contaminates 'unsafe' state house
A family says it was given 30 minutes to leave house with their belongings.
Diana Clement: Property isn't the only way to make money
OPINION: There are other ways to grow your wealth.
Ten-year home leases? Build to rent pioneer proposal
Land availability and prices, rising construction costs, poor infrastructure are barriers
Thomas Coughlan: Homeowners can breathe a sigh of relief
OPINION: Interest rate hikes will most likely be slower than expected.
Apartment developer in strife: Lost $35m, owes another $17m
Apart from the $35m loss, West Village owes unsecured non-preferential creditors $17m.
Local Focus: Building an increasingly expensive business
Whanganui builders innovating to tackle supply issues.
Skilled civil engineer and 'critical worker' on housing development one of 11,000 in stalled residency queue
A critical worker on an approved government project is unble to make headway on residency.
Squatters, overcrowding products of Tauranga's housing shortage
'No clear answers' to Tauranga's housing shortage and affordability crisis, says council.
Bowls club sells for $10 million
Bought by a Canterbury development company for residential housing.
Rural settlements in Central Hawke's Bay eyed for housing development
Proposed housing development would be a "shantytown".
'Shocking and disappointing': Developer on 660% fee hike
New Auranga township had tens of millions of dollars invested in it by Ma's company MADE.
Level 4 hit: House sale numbers drop to lowest level since 2014
Lockdown started 11.59, August 17: sales affected for nearly half the month.