My house price hunch: Why 2025 could be the ‘year of conflicting forces’
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.
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Renovated Matamata home with Japanese vibe hits the market with $780,000 RV
Auckland buyers show interest in mid-century classic.
Mysterious lifestyle block sells for $65,000 - almost $600,000 below RV
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Parmar gave keys to the purchaser the day before settlement without the vendors' consent.
House with no kitchen sells for nearly $3m
The new-build was deliberately sold with "blank spaces" that the buyer could fill in.
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Award-winning home next to billionaire’s mansion snapped up for secret sum
Striking Westmere home had a CV of $10m.
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24 nerve-wracking hours! Homeowners avoid financial ruin with $866,000 sale
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Heavenly Creatures bach for sale - 'my husband liked to say Kate Winslet was in his bed'
Property linked to Parker–Hulme murder case once hosted Sir Peter Jackson and his stars.
Listed yesterday, must be sold today: Homeowners have one day to beat the bank
Stressed sellers need to sell their home before lender takes possession.
Young Auckland family snaps up iconic turret house for record-breaking sum
Historic Te Awamutu home had been restored to its former glory.
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Georgia Marris Smith and her carpenter husband took a gamble on a damp Auckland house.
The castle that's got the whole town talking - first chance in half a century to see inside
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Expats snap up beachfront home in rich-lister suburb after 25 years in Sydney
Cash offer for townhouse in Herne Bay seals the deal.
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei commercial asset values drop to $1.47b
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Entrepreneur selling $5m lakeside home after four years of non-stop work
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South Auckland family buys reno star's 'yuck home' for $1.05m
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The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.
The two suburbs gunning to be NZ's most expensive - ‘the money is pouring in’
Record house price growth in Lake Hayes and Arrowtown comes amid flurry of big sales.
History-making brothel for sale - 'if these walls could talk'
Former massage parlour has been turned into a lucrative Airbnb.
Ex-insurance boss who accidentally burned his house down sells rebuilt stunner for around $6m
His insurer was convinced it was a prank call when he reported the blaze.
Surfer cousins' quirky Hawke's Bay homes hit the market
One's a magical fantasy land, the other is a maths puzzle.
Animal lover’s '$670,000' house sale gift to guide dog charity
Animal lover’s final gift could fund training for more than a dozen guide dogs.
Abandoned castle deep in the Coromandel bush has links to NZ icon
Unusual bach the work of artist Frank Davis and legendary architect Sir Ian Athfield.
Six buyers fight over mould-covered dump - 'the bids came in thick and fast'
Rundown Wellington home sells for $342,500 as flippers roll out the cash.
Mining town home that once hosted stars and 'cranks of every colour and creed' up for grabs
Historic home harks back to a time when there was "less grubbing for money".
House price shock: The region Auckland first-home buyers should have gone to instead
West Coast homeowners have enjoyed the same gain but for much less financial pain.