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ANZ and ASB forecast prices to drop 4 per cent this year.
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Opinion: Labour is playing to win elections, not make the changes it believes in.
11 most expensive residential sales of 2021
List includes mansions in Herne Bay and Remuera and some larger Queenstown area blocks.
Warning rent rises in North could push families into poverty
Mixture of policy and market considerations pushing rents up in Northland.
'Terrified': Homeless family of seven 'squat' in empty house
'My desperation surpassed my fear,' says mum-of-five Ashleigh Wawatai.
Liam Dann: What GDP data really tells us about the economy
As Omicron concerns mount, today's GDP data provides some comforting economic reassurance
Four Ds: Why 100 Auckland houses were sold this month
'These are just facts of life, it's the evolution of families' - Martin Cooper, Harcourts.
James Hardie products costing 10% more next year
PlaceMakers said it would absorb the sudden price rise in the short term.
'My house is going up $4000/week': Immigrant on his first Auckland home
"I'd like to spend a maximum of $50,000, just top up my mortgage." - Manoj Alwis
Development vetoed: But Hawke's Bay A&P society says 'passion doesn't pay the bills'
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Major building product supplier warns of price rises
One manufacturers' product price will rise 27.5 per cent from February 1.
'Terrified on a daily basis': Govt blasted over inaction on emergency housing
Police have refused to comment on whether crime has increased around emergency housing.
Fury after tenants emailed with gift ideas for their landlords
The Queensland real estate agency listed a number of presents that could be bought.
'A campaign of denial': NZ Police and emergency housing
There's been unprecedented demand for what's supposed to be a short-term housing option.
'Bleak picture for tenants': Where rents rose the fastest
Rents for New Zealand's 1.3 million tenants outstripped the rate of inflation.
Govt 'determined to see a change', PM says as house prices hit new record
Despite predictions of its demise, new NZ and Auckland house price records set
Liam Dann: Christopher Luxon's biggest challenge
National is a centre-right party but defining what that means in the 2020s is crucial.
'Total insanity': Seymour slams Govt over $70m land purchase
But housing minister says private developers would not deliver the housing Tauranga needs
Chlöe Swarbrick: We need more homes, but where?
OPINION: Housing is a human right and we've all got to find a way to live together.
Phil Goff wants design standards added to housing bill
Phil Goff says the Unitary Plan allows for 900,000 new homes.
Finance experts' verdict on $350 million Winton IPO
What's the reaction to developer Chris Meehan's audacious NZX/ASX listing plans?
Shelly Bay battle: De-escalation talks in progress, land occupation continues
A notice of motion supported by Mayor Andy Foster is also likely to be withdrawn.
The cost of inflation: Real wages going backwards - ANZ report
Inflation has hit beneficiaries and superannuitants hardest in the past decade.
Architectural awards: NZ's 26 best building projects named
Winners range from changes to Auckland War Memorial Museum to a transportable house.
Christopher Luxon's houses earned him 15 times what he will get as National leader
He is National's top dog — and Parliament's top property owner.
Auckland house prices up 18 per cent annually
House sales market close to returning to a more normal supply/demand situation.
NZ's first state home now worth more than $1 million
The property at 12 Fife Lane, Miramar, was built in 1937 and last sold for $63,000.
Singles pushed out of Wellington's housing market, as property values jump 60 per cent
'The loan they need has almost doubled from what it was two or three years ago.'
New RVs for Wellington's most expensive homes - a jump of 41pc
The surge in RVs can be attributed to the general lift in the market and improvements.
National leader should reform housing pact - Seymour
David Seymour has some tips for the new National leader.
Positive Capital teams up with Alvarium to fund NZ community housing
Positive Capital has teamed up with investors to provide up to $200m in public housing.
Revealed: 15 motels in one city paid more than $1m for emergency housing
It coincides with the growing number of people on the housing register.