Raybon Kan: Govt using big words as band-aid
The Government is planning to lend $1 billion to councils. For infrastructure.
The Government is planning to lend $1 billion to councils. For infrastructure.
Average house values in Masterton and Carterton have fallen in the last three months, despite house values rising around the country
Labour will mark its 100th anniversary this week with a hat-trick of announcements on housing.
Auckland's average house price will hit $1 million by next year, and it's investors snapping up the sales.
After a big do-up, owners of this Cheltenham Beach property are asking for 'north of $9m' for a four -bedroom home.
Up to 15,000 houses could be built in Whenuapai with the help of the Government's new infrastructure fund, Housing Minister Nick Smith says.
After 18 fruitless months spent trying to find a home with three years of savings and a "pretty decent" income behind them, this family has given up on Auckland.
A woman who abandoned her leasehold Auckland property and was ordered to pay $175,000 has won the right to go the Supreme Court.
An inner city apartment owner has come up with a creative way to solve Auckland's accommodation crisis but there's a hitch.
A "pop-up" housing park of 100 or so prefabs for temporary use could be established in South Auckland by next autumn.
Couple who bought house based on stunning sea views were shocked to find their neighbours were building a two-storey unit which would partially block their view.
The case of a Tauranga real estate agent who didn't tell a couple the house they were buying would soon lose its sea views could be just the tip of the iceberg.
The value of all residential buildings based on those consents is $11.4 billion.
Today on NZ Herald Focus - New research has put a dollar amount on exactly how much extra Aucklanders are willing to pay to catch a glimpse of the sea.
Housing was listed as an issue in both the monetary policy and financial stability section of the statement.
With a lot more houses likely to be built on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula over the next 10 years one thing is certain - the already huge congestion will get worse, much worse.
A new government data set shows low interest rates have made borrowing more attractive.
Three adjoining cliff-top properties worth at least $13 million are on the market in one exclusive North Shore street.
Auckland weddings are shrinking as the city's soaring house prices force couples to choose between a big wedding and a house.
A deep analysis of mortgage registrations has revealed which areas of NZ are the most and least leveraged, and which bank is winning the cut-throat mortgage war.
Developers hit at calls to change school zone rules for prestigious Auckland schools.
Expand top Auckland schools, don't shut out people from their enrolment zones, says one property developer.
These words offer the chance of access to the prestigious and successful Auckland Grammar School and Epsom Girls Grammar School.
It'll be Auckland's tallest apartment block - 187m high with 221 apartments all looking north across the Waitemata Harbour.
Gabriel Makhlouf has raised concerns that Auckland "NIMBYism" may be having a negative impact on "people elsewhere in the country".
Housing Minister Nick Smith is considering how to enable private companies to take on the development of infrastructure.