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Snapping up luxury buys
Luxury houses at the top end of the property market are selling fast, with renewed interest in multi-million-dollar homes.
![Finance companies: Opening the freezer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Finance companies: Opening the freezer
Firms were given a break when investors allowed them to delay payments. So how are they faring now, asks Tamsyn Parker.
![Dunne tips property tax change, lower personal tax](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Dunne tips property tax change, lower personal tax
Revenue Minister Peter Dunne has tipped a new property investment tax and lower personal taxes in this year's Budget.
![It's hard labour to own a house](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
It's hard labour to own a house
The average Kiwi has to work nearly three times harder to pay off the average house than they did 50 years ago.
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House prices steady in February, sales recover
House prices were stable in February, says the Real Estate Institute, while the number of properties sold recovered from a poor January.
![Toughest sell starts at home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Toughest sell starts at home
The hardest part of the process of selling your home is letting go.
![Low supply fuels wild ride in 2009](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Low supply fuels wild ride in 2009
Market defies gloomy forecasts as buyers fight over meagre property pool.
![Successful mission requires special agent](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Successful mission requires special agent
Trust is to the successful sale of a house as location is to buying one.
![Property Report: So you want to live in... Epsom](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Property Report: So you want to live in... Epsom
Great parks and schools make this a family favourite.
![Property Report: So you want to live in... Otumoetai](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Property Report: So you want to live in... Otumoetai
Relaxed coastal suburb attracts a range of residents.
![Top of the plots](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Top of the plots
Eat your heart out, Remuera. The tree-lined streets of Auckland's most noted, refined suburb.
![Suburbs meet varied needs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Suburbs meet varied needs
Top-selling agents from four of Auckland's biggest real estate agencies give their assessment of how the market has been tracking in the past few months and, more importantly, where they think it's going.
![Property Report: So you want to live in... Beach Haven](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Property Report: So you want to live in... Beach Haven
A former market garden and holiday area offers coastal, community-oriented living at a reasonable price.
![Worlds collide in extreme sales](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Worlds collide in extreme sales
In Auckland, you'll need $40,000 or so as a deposit to scrape into some suburbs at entry level.
![No boom equals no gloom](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
No boom equals no gloom
The world has just experienced its greatest financial crisis since the 1930s, with international credit availability all but ceasing for a period late in 2008.
![<i>Brian Gaynor</i>: Hanover house of cards doomed to fall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Brian Gaynor</i>: Hanover house of cards doomed to fall
Investors in property-related finance companies were like lambs to the slaughter.
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Auckland house prices hit Feb high, says Barfoots
Auckland's largest real estate company says average sale prices for February were up by 3.2 per cent.