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Order to dispose of dead tenant's property

Tenancy Tribunal order allows Haumaru Housing to dispose of dead man's property.

Has the Auckland house market sprung back to life?

1052 new properties in August but 1204 last month: Barfoot & Thompson

New $170m South Island property fund lures investors with 7% returns

FortHill forecasts 7 per cent, returns, double bank term deposit rates

Council candidate unknowingly rented out illegal property

Council candidate says he did not know the dwelling he was renting out was illegal

Landlords charging $300 a night to house homeless

MSD is being charged four times the market rent by landlords who take in homeless people.

No crackdown on property managers: Faafoi

"This is not a simple issue" - Kris Faafoi, Associate Housing Minister

Airbnb nightmare: Apartment owners bring in drug dogs

The first legal challenges by body corporates against Airbnb hosts in NZ are not far off.

40,000 'ghost houses': Council wants to use them for homeless

The 2018 Census found up to 40,000 empty homes in Auckland.

Landlord ordered to pay 32 tenants for insulation breaches

More than 200 landlords have been taken to court over insulation problems.

'Weapons, drugs, violence': Moteliers cop it all

A meeting to discuss Rotorua's housing crisis brought interested parties to the table.

Damage, dog poo, cockroaches, fleas: Tenants ordered to pay up

Tenants moved out but they left cockroaches and fleas behind, Tenancy Tribunal finds.

Housing shortage shock: 3000 households living in motels

Frustrated by how many people are being housed in motels, one council has taken action.

NZ's biggest meth bust: How global drug lords target our Airbnbs

Telltale warning signs revealed.

Meth bust: Lawyers issue Airbnb warning to NZ homeowners

NZ's biggest meth drug haul sparks Airbnb warnings from two lawyers.

Property investment guru's company fined for price-fixing

The "priority rules" were designed to limit competition for vendors' properties.

High school dropout buys first home - and he's only 18

Masterton teen couldn't wait to drop out of school and start buying investment properties.