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![Racial taunts upset local](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Racial taunts upset local
Behaviour associated with an inner city Dunedin flat has upset a nearby business owner, who claims racial and sexual taunts have been hurled at her from drunken revellers.
![You can haggle, but rents will still rise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
You can haggle, but rents will still rise
Renters can strike a bargain when moving into a vacant property but they won't avoid rental price increases, a property expert says.
![Renters need to make impression](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Renters need to make impression
Scrapping over who is best-suited to pay someone else's mortgage isn't the ideal start to the year, but it's a January ritual for many Auckland renters.
![Auckland tenants in for shock](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Auckland tenants in for shock
Thousands of Auckland tenants could be in for a big shock as experts predict rents will continue to rise rapidly this year.
![Council's plan for meth houses](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Council's plan for meth houses
Auckland Council has undertaken a review of guidelines for methamphetamine-contaminated properties and developed tough new proposals to be implemented next month.
![On the move: The life of a renter tot](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
On the move: The life of a renter tot
A new study has found that two-thirds of children in private rental housing in Auckland and the Waikato move house within their first two years.
![Landlords' top suburbs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Landlords' top suburbs
Landlords with properties in Otara, Mangere, Glen Innes and Mangere Bridge are reaping Auckland's highest returns.
![Mary Holm: The case for and against landlords](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Mary Holm: The case for and against landlords
As a society, how did we allow residential property to become just another investment asset class?
![Push on for better deal for renters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Push on for better deal for renters
The Government is facing growing calls to improve the lot of renters as increasing numbers of NZers are locked out of home ownership.
![Northland villa a hit overseas](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Northland villa a hit overseas
A coastal Northland property purchased for just $9000 in 1974 is commanding a price tag around $1.6 million.
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Chen wins Cornwall Park Trust rent stoush
The lawyer of woman who defended Cornwall Park Trust Board’s $170k lawsuit over back rent suspects her opponents may appeal.
![Landlords planning rent hikes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Landlords planning rent hikes
Barfoot and Thompson has just released its annual landlord survey - and it revealed most are planning to put rents up by about 5 per cent.
![10 reasons to rent, not buy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
10 reasons to rent, not buy
Owning your own home is the "Kiwi dream" but it's becoming out of reach for a lot of people. But fear not, here's ten reasons why you might prefer to stay renting.
![Maori Party: WOF for all rentals](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Maori Party: WOF for all rentals
The Maori Party would make a warrant of fitness for all rental properties compulsory within three years if it gets into government.
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Landlords 'too lenient' with bad renters
Landlords are too lenient when a tenant falls behind in rent or causes damage, property managers say.
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Horror tenants frustrate landlord
A landlord whose property was left in squalor by a tenant owing more than $6k rent and another who caused $28,000 damage, says renting is risky.
![Room with alfresco kitchen](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Room with alfresco kitchen
For rent: a $220 a week room on Auckland's North Shore complete with a "summer kitchen".
![Toilet-in-kitchen flushed out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Toilet-in-kitchen flushed out
A landlord tried to rent a North Shore studio which had the kitchen, bathroom and laundry in the same room.
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Tax warning for new landlords
First time landlords are being warned to check how much tax they may need to pay on rental incomes ahead of the July 7 deadline.
![Owner parks caravan on rental market](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Owner parks caravan on rental market
An Auckland landlord wants tenants to rent his caravan without a toilet or shower at his Sandringham property, advertising the "Arabian nights" bargain at $200 a week.
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Tenant wanted to develop property
Yong Xin Chen bought a leasehold $2.4 million Greenlane property from the Cornwall Park Trust Board expecting to develop it, the High Court has been told.
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Chinese migrant sued for more than $300k
Yong Xin Chen, being sued for more than $300k after abandoning her leasehold Greenlane property, broke down crying in court yesterday.
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Lessee 'not naive in property matters', court told
Ground rent of $173k is being sought from Yong Xin Chen in a case being brought by the Cornwall Park Trust Board.
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Legal costs setback in leasehold battle
A woman who walked away from her multi-million dollar Auckland house has failed to get legal costs in a battle over freezing assets.
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'Cave' people first for housing
'Cave' dwellers will officially get top priority for social housing under new rules that kicked in this week.