Time to drop the tax experiment?
COMMENT: Instead of taxing housing harder, why not change the tax on retirement savings?
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Auckland houses making double the CV
In Auckland this year homes have sold, on average, at a price 1.4 times greater than CV.
Home truth: First buyers need $670k
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On the property ladder at age 23
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Who will fund Auckland's future?
COMMENT: What will Auckland's housing market look like in decade, asks Liam Dann.
Time for action on house prices
Editorial: A year on from our Home Truths series, housing remains unaffordable for most.
'Victim of success' excuses wearing thin
COMMENT: Housing will never lose its political potency, writes Audrey Young.
For sale: Almost half-hectare in Birkdale
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Serepisos' mother forced to pay $50,000
Terry Serepisos mother has been ordered to pay $50k in a summary judgment.
Retired homesellers feel 'like suckers'
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NZ housing market crash warning
Four nations are most exposed to a housing correction and we're one of them.
Auckland house prices bounce back
Auckland house prices bounced back in March, according to REINZ data.
House slowdown may be more than a blip
COMMENT: Rising interest rates could offset the demand-supply mismatch in Auckland.
Mike Pero, top agent part ways
An injunction prevents her selling homes across a 25-kilometre radius of Christchurch.
$10m mansion rising in rural Auckland
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Bain's family home in 'must move' sale
He pocketed nearly $1 million from the Government and now the family home is for sale.
The economic benefits of owning a home
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How China's millennials afford homes
A study by HSBC has found that 70 per cent of mainland Chinese millennials own homes.
Market cools but house prices still high
House sales continue to trend down in Auckland, but the average sale price is close to $1m
'Ten more years' of housing crisis
Auckland's acute housing crisis appears set to drag on for at least a decade.
Property Brokers to pay for price fixing
Property Brokers and its director have been ordered to pay $1.5m for price fixing.
$5m penthouse apartment up for sale
The 356sq m apartment has with three bedrooms all with their own en-suites.
$30k deposit seed for $1m portfolio
Two 24-year-old Auckland property investors plan to buy three places this year.
Young house hunters should give up
COMMENT: Unless things change In the housing market, young house hunters should give up.
Who's building tallest apartment tower?
First Melbourne, now Chinese-backed company has designs on Auckland.