Lower building heights, tighter controls on developers and giving the public the right to object to apartment buildings are among changes being considered for suburbs in Auckland's Unitary Plan. New Zealand Herald reporter Anne Gibson had an exclusive talk with Auckland Super City Mayor, Len Brown.
House prices can’t be allowed to continue to gallop away, says the Finance Minister. But what can halt the growth? Bruce Morris reports
Bruce Morris spends a day – and a night – in the auction room to get a feel for what’s happening out there
Only a decade or so ago Ellerslie was a popular hunting ground for first-home buyers priced out of the central city. But that has all changed.
Operating in what is undoubtedly a sellers’ market, the leaders of the country's largest real estate agencies say there are no easy answers to the supply problems of New Zealand's major cities.
What can we read into the house price ripple effect that’s spread across Auckland and beyond? Bruce Morris offers some thoughts.
To get a feel for what lies ahead in the field of bricks and mortar, Bruce Morris puts questions to three housing market experts.
The steady life in sales and prices started in the central Auckland suburbs over a year ago and has now spread across the new supercity. But as Bruce Morris reports, it's still tough going out in the provinces.
The provincial towns and cities are well below their 2007 peaks, but there are signs of life south of the Bombays, reports Bruce Morris.
You know how much you're prepared to pay, so why take so long to lay your cards on the table? Bruce Morris ponders the slow-coach tactics of the auction room.