Building consents in Christchurch up 12%
However, residential property listings continue to remain low in the Garden City.
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Comment | What Covid-19 has taught me about the housing crisis in New Zealand
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Sky-high house prices haven't put first home buyers off, but could rising interest rates?
Recent rate rises have added $1800 on to a typical yearly home loan. It could get higher.
Overseas investor associate fined $170k for not seeking consent in sensitive land purchase
Clevedon Kawakawa Road Limited made a purchase of land for an overseas investor in 2013.
Dream on Auckland: Check out what a few million buys in Christchurch
$2m gets you rundown, toilet-less villa in Auckland. Money goes a lot further down south.
Waiheke vineyard helicopter application prompts local board move
The application has been opposed by lobby group Quiet Sky Waiheke.
Business Hub: Fletcher Building CEO Ross Taylor on a milestone birthday and Auckland v Sydney
"You're a long time dead ... whatever you are doing, make sure it's enjoyable."
Are Aucklanders ready for apartment living to fix the housing shortage?
Heritage groups worry high rises are coming inner Auckland. Developers say get used to it.
Waiheke protest: Police arrive en masse at marina site
Day 129: Protect Pūtiki said it would remain at the site until some resolution is reached
House sales fall, prices rise less than 1% in Auckland
Volumes and prices often drop during the cooler months - or is this different?
Bank of Mum and Dad becoming one of the nation's biggest home loan lenders
Aussie parents now lending $34b in home loans to kids. NZ not far behind, experts say
Exodus: Thousands flee Auckland in search of cheaper homes
More than 41,000 people left Auckland in search of greener pastures in just five years.
House prices rise 41% in five years - the impact on Kiwi kids
About 40 per cent of Kiwi kids regularly move house by the age of 8, study finds.
Can Jasper become a 'Sharesies' for property investors?
The Auckland firm wants to be the Sharesies of property investing.
Waiheke Island face-kicking video 'not accurate representation' - developer
Developer says 'staff are simply trying to do their jobs'.
Ryman's $200m Mount Eliza plans labelled 'inappropriate'
Critics have cited koalas in the area as one reason to oppose development.
Auckland woman serving home detention in $10m mansion for 'fraud'
The curious series of sales caught the eye of serious financial crime police.
Property bargain? $2m Auckland villa - but BYO bathroom
It's billed as Grey Lynn's most affordable character entry home. But where do you shower?
Where 47,000 older Kiwis live: new study out
By 2033, JLL estimates around 81,000 people will live in these villages.
$1.5 trillion-plus: New NZ housing value record
"Early evidence of a gentle deceleration in market momentum" - Nick Goodall.
Just one-in-five rentals passing Healthy Homes standards on the first go: inspector
Healthy Homes standards kick-in today but work still needs to be done on many rentals.
Could this be 2021's most controversial property sale?
"The sale process is highly confidential, as is standard market practice."
Could this help housing shortage? First look at RMA reform
'RMA takes too long, costs too much and hasn't protected the environment.'
S&P: What could happen if NZ house prices keep rising
Reserve Bank and Government moves to change the situation have so far been ineffective.
Auckland tiny house companies sink into insolvency
"Poor trading conditions caused by Covid-19 precipitated the liquidation."
Aurecon leases part of $250m Mansons TCLM block
From Newmarket to Air NZ at 185 Fanshawe St then back to Newmarket next November.
'Out of her depth' landlord ordered out of tenant's garden
Adjudicator says the landlord is "out of depth" and needs to study up on the rules.
Mission almost accomplished: New HQ country's tallest wooden building
Eighty new apartments, medical and detox facilities, dentists - radical mission change.
Police arrest three at Waiheke Island marina protest
Protesters expect to be arrested today after police arrive at site.
'Ridiculous' shortage of MIQ spaces for construction workers
"With Covid and shut borders, it's become much worse" - Andrew Moore, CMP
$675,000 home torn down: Developers don't expect big delays despite digger vandals
Vandals yet to be caught, but developers get good news after damaged homes inspected.
Interactive: Who's paying the highest rent in NZ?
Red spread: tenants' plight in two major cities revealed - interactive Herald graphics