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‘Screaming and shouting’ as ex-state house sells for $1.35m
Ten bidders in scrap to buy two-bedroom do-up in Three kings.
‘Do you detonate?’ Worst house on the best street sells for just over $1m
Clifftop property with water views was in a poor state.
Do Aussie first home buyers really want their Boomer parents to die?
Opinion piece in Sydney Morning Herald is chilling.
Radio boss’s $2m house sale as he quits Auckland for new life as grocer
They are now running the general store in Whananāki.
Legendary photographer’s West Auckland party house for sale
Titirangi bush home was Arne Loot's pride and joy.
Tony Alexander: Higher interest rates unlikely to kill off house price surge
There are too many competing factors at play.
Builder’s $600,000 cash gamble on the North Shore home nobody wanted
He resold it for $880,000 after quick fix and renovation.
The ‘secret’ Block NZ apartment hits the market
Ground floor unit in former fire station boasts a luxury bathroom.
Farming family splashes $3m-plus on bach in NZ’s surfing paradise
Beachfront property is one of a handful in Raglan's popular Whale Bay.
First-home buyers pay almost $1.8m for Auckland cottage
Renovated home in Point Chev sold for almost $400,000 above CV.
For sale: Lifestyle property linked to Men in Black star’s Kiwi adventure movie
Tommy Lee Jones's 80s swashbuckler Savage Island shot in Western Bay of Plenty.
Family gobsmacked after frenzy blows pre-auction offer out of the water
135 bids made on deceased estate in South Auckland.
TV star turned agent: ‘My first listing was pretty tiny and sold for an insane price’
Gabriel Elkhishin on finding success the hard way.
Auckland house with no backyard sells for over $2m
It's around the corner from some of the country's most expensive homes.
‘Uber cool’ cone home back on the market a year after eye-watering sale
House had been given an award-winning makeover by previous owner.
Last OCR call before the election: What will the Reserve Bank do?
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‘Dream bach’ on Waiheke Island sells for $350,000 after bank steps in
Bushland block was one of NZ's most-viewed properties this year.
Cliff-top mansion once owned by Mr Asia drug lord up for grabs again
The property's current owners build super-yachts.
‘We had the best buyers in the room’: 70s icon sells for $4.275m
Mount Albert home was inspired by the work of NZ's greatest architect.
How a budget apartment went from train wreck to blockbuster overnight
“A week before we announced the $1 reserve we had nobody.”
‘$3700 a year’ headache: Everchanging interest rates leaving buyers on edge
Bank deals are changing fast - and not for the better.
Fight over fake tiny home heats up and heads to court
Hearing to determine what can be built on the tricky site is delayed again.
Help for first home buyers pulled due to ‘unprecedented demand’
Kāinga Ora says it isn’t any new applications for its shared ownership scheme.
$12m Auckland mansion is being turned into an ‘Airbnb’ for celebs
Remuera home sold earlier this year in hush-hush deal.
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New Zealand’s housing market has picked up the pace.
Medieval castle in the middle of the Waikato sells for $1.35m
New owners are excited about their adventure house.
Mortgagee sale of multi-million-dollar resort home you can’t go inside
Luxury property was once owned by a high-flying banking executive.
Home loan heartache: Why Kiwibank put up its mortgage rates
Higher term deposit rates are having an impact on mortgages.
Top architect’s ‘angst-ridden’ townhouse up for grabs
Do-up home has some inspired touches, including a Tetris-like chimney.
Auckland apartment sells for less than $30,000, so why was the vendor over the moon?
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‘Please don’t intimidate each other’: Buyers told to behave at heated auction
Eighty-five bids for brick and tile do-up sees pre-auction offer blown away.
Owner bursts into tears after flood-damaged townhouse finally sells
Auckland property reaches unexpected price at auction.