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Agent fined for guessing at sale price

A real estate agent engaged in unsatisfactory practice when he guessed the recent sale price of a neighbouring house.

Where are $500k waterfront properties?

Coastal Auckland waterfront properties boasting spectacular views can still be snapped up for $500,000 - but there's a catch.

Chinese agent's claim in spotlight

COMMENT: It's tempting to join the sinophiles who slapped "Adam" for suggesting Chinese speculators were building the Auckland property bubble.

Aucklanders' $1m Bay of Plenty buy

A new four-bedroom, suburban, brick and tile family home in Papamoa has sold for $1 million - a price that ''beat all expectations'' of the company that built it.

Calls for cancellation of agent's licence

Aaron Drever admitted his second misconduct charge last week before the Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal in connection with the sale of three West Auckland homes.

Property crisis: Can I rent your driveway?

Advertisements are being placed at supermarkets by people wanting to live in cars seeking "driveway and shower" arrangements.

Affordable housing has no easy fix

Special housing areas, it turns out, are not making many more houses more "affordable".

Selling a high five to buy a house

An Auckland man has gone to unprecedented lengths to try and break into the city's notorious housing market - by selling a high five.

Why Chinese buyers are winning

Are Chinese buyers in Australia using smarter auction tactics? Here are some tips used to win auctions.

Hit housing bubble through tax

COMMENT: As the housing bubble spreads out of Auckland, most New Zealanders understand that one of its underlying causes is speculation.

Copeland: ARC to blame for land banking

COMMENT: The evil which is land banking can be laid squarely at the feet of the now-defunct Auckland Regional Council.

Papamoa property earned $395 a day

The owners sold the three-bedroom house for a $216,000 profit 18 months after buying it.

Agent admits 'reckless' misconduct

An Auckland real estate agent who has racked up more disciplinary breaches than any other has now admitted reckless misconduct and his licence is on the line.

Stop pointing the finger at migrants

As Government comes under pressure to cut immigration levels, a new study finds migrants are not primarily responsible for rising house prices in Auckland.

Contagion in the housing market

COMMENT: Auckland's housing bubble has spread to Tauranga and Hamilton: it's time to act

Dann: End in sight for housing boom

COMMENT: Auckland prices were up just one per cent in July - not such a surprise given the sluggish winter selling season.

Auckland house prices nudge up just 0.5pc

Property sales are down across New Zealand, with Auckland house prices barely lifting in July.

Unitary Plan twist: Maori Board opt out

A meeting to make final decisions on a new blueprint for Auckland took a major twist this morning when members of the Maori Statutory Board opted out of the process.