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Former site of infamous Centrepoint commune for sale
Police raided the 7.62ha property in the 1990s.
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He tells Jono and Ben show he is determined to sell.
‘Try before you buy’ bach sells for $10.5m
Waterfront Palm Beach home sells to local family who already knew the patch.
‘Bargains’ turn up in the NZ suburbs where prices dropped by almost a quarter
Agents says people will look back and wonder why they didn’t buy now.
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Tradie’s medieval castle up for grabs
With battlements, a tower and swimming pool, this is not your average country house.
After a $140K plunge, when will house prices return to their post-Covid peaks?
Expert on when the housing market will claw back recent value losses.
Wage subsidy fraud case sees high-rise apartment frozen
The two-bedroom apartment was bought in May 2020.
Court-ordered sale: ‘Rough’ house with leak sells for $501K amid bidding frenzy
Vendor bursts into tears after house sells for far more than she anticipated.
‘Heartbreaking’: Tenants in tears over massive rental shortage
Rents are jumping as people struggle to find somewhere to live in Christchurch.
Award-winning ‘lockdown’ home sells for more than $3.5m after flood of offers
Local buyers pick up near-new home as agents cry out for more listings like it.
‘Everyone loves a do-up’: Run-down cottage sells for just over $70K
Buyers from around the country showed interest in South Island bargain.
Mortgagee sale: ‘Mystery’ house sells for huge price
Four bidders battled it out for Christchurch house on huge section.
Home loan rules: Will new LVRs end the housing market’s deep freeze?
Experts on the Reserve Bank’s proposed loosening of lending restrictions.
Multi-million-dollar fire station home sells - and buyer loves their new fire truck
Sellers transformed historic building that had fallen into disrepair.
Queenstown crisis: ‘If someone gave me a crowbar, you could solve it overnight’
Expert says there’s no easy fix to housing crisis in country’s wealthiest city.
The big money heads to country suburb that’s stayed true to its South Auckland roots
Lifestyle buyers getting value for money in Clevedon.
Tony Alexander: Rental squeeze about to tighten as landlords chase the easy cash
Returns from short-term letting easily exceed those from Kiwi families.
‘Out of her depth’: Realtor overstated the size of land plots she was selling
One of the lots was only 61 per cent of the size they had been promised.
Do you want that in cash or in sheep? $1.4m for farm house with weird sales history
Deceased estate was on the market at $1.25m, but the bidding kept going.
Ultra-modern and eyeing $8m-plus: ‘I don’t think anyone has pushed the envelope as far’
It's one of a handful of trophy properties for sale in Christchurch.
Silver Ferns legend sells her Wanaka dream home for $4.65m - $400K above RV
Local family fell in love with luxury riverside pad.
First home buyers using building reports as a price weapon
"I’ve had buyers walk away, or ask for $50,000 or $100,000 price reduction."
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Rich Lister TV star: This is the best house of my career
"I've sold more expensive properties, but this is the best house I've had.”
Revealed: The NZ suburbs where every property seller is making a profit
Sellers in one suburb were pocketing $2m on average in 2022.