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First-home buyers accuse property traders of driving up house prices.
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Australian tenant criminal history checker makes NZ pitch
"You can have full confidence in getting a New Zealand criminal history report from us."
Airbnb makes resolution to crack down on NYE parties
Guests without a history of positive reviews could see NYE plans canned.
Barfoot & Thompson Auckland house sales plummet by 41% in October
Lockdowns severely restricted agency activities at the city's biggest realtor.
Frustration rising along with Wellington rental prices
Renters angry with the state of flats as Wellington heads into flat-hunting season.
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Christchurch house "inhabitable", causes child to suffer serious heart condition
Auckland CBD apartment outbreak: Did infections spread via lift button?
They claim to have been told by health officials they likely caught Covid off a surface.
Landlords say tax loophole is 'bribe' to switch to social housing
Tax breaks a huge incentive for landlords to evict hard workers - rent to social housing.
National hopes housing lightning will strike twice
National is hoping the Government will take up another of its housing policies.
Matthew Hooton: Housing deal shows Labour's failure
National hopes voters will forget the past, and see it as able to deliver more homes.
Fletcher could exceed last year, despite lockdowns: CEO
Company annual shareholder meeting at 2pm today in a virtual forum.
Lease law changes could be further backdated
Labour and Green MPs recommend little change to controversial lease law changes.
Govt's secret commercial rent move: Law society disputes minister's statement
Top QC calls on Justice Minister to withdraw a statement he made about lease law changes.
Watch: FMA warns investors about wholesale schemes
If investors had any concerns around these issues "they should just walk away" - FMA.
FMA moves against Du Val Group on $20m fund
Financial Markets Authority is yet to announce any action against Du Val.
Auckland house sales 'severely curbed' by lockdown
September sales data out from Auckland's largest agency
Can landlords ask tenants for their vaccination status?
A "grey area" has emerged around rights for landlords and tenants amid vaccine rollout.
Hamish Rutherford: 'A couple of holdouts' does not justify Government by fiat
OPINION: With little evidence of a problem, Labour's lease move leaves everyone surprised.
New survey: How residential landlords are feeling about the property market
So how are landlords feeling? The answer, in a nutshell, seems to be: a little gloomier
Property industry blindsided by commercial lease changes
Landlords face arbitration if they cannot agree 'fair proportion' of rent with tenants.
Ten-year home leases? Build to rent pioneer proposal
Land availability and prices, rising construction costs, poor infrastructure are barriers
Government studying build to rent sector: Woods
'Lack of rental supply to meet growing demand is a key problem for the housing sector.'
Apartment developer in strife: Lost $35m, owes another $17m
Apart from the $35m loss, West Village owes unsecured non-preferential creditors $17m.
Kiwi Property questioned over $442m plans - but not on Ikea
Some property insiders think Kiwi wants to bring New Zealand's first Ikea to Sylvia Park.
'Properties available for sale will decrease': REINZ chief
An extension couldn't come at a worse time, with spring a traditionally busy period.
Retail leader named to head NZ retirement giant
Umbers is now based in Melbourne but starts later next month
Wrong gender: Students denied rentals for being male
Property owner tells students the rental was available only to 'six studious females'.
Lockdown blues: Buyer risks losing $120k deposit because seller won't delay settlement
New buyer can't complete final sale paper work during lockdown. But seller won't budge.
Second Auckland landlord giving hundreds of tenants rent breaks
Masfen Group is assisting hundreds of tenants struggling with the impact of Covid.
Auckland Council again delays CV revaluation due to Covid
Council expects to release city CVs in December after they were originally due last year.
No rent rise freezes, mortgage deferrals 'at this stage'
No sign yet of the mortgage holidays and rent freezes of 2020's lockdown.
Robertson and Orr see house prices becoming more 'sustainable'
"There's a shared view that house price growth has been unsustainable," Robertson said.