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Residents upset over consent for apartments
A Parnell group is upset about approval for a big new apartment building, saying office workers' cars already clog their street.
A Parnell group is upset about approval for a big new apartment building, saying office workers' cars already clog their street.
The Cornwall Park Trust board, which owns a slew of Greenlane and One Tree Hill properties, wants to freeze the assets of a woman it is suing after she abandoned her house.
A couple who paid $913,000 for a leaky Meadowbank house fought for four years to get it reclad after an earlier repair continued to let water into the home.
Average Auckland apartment sale prices rose more than a third in the past two years yet rents were static. But that could be about to change.
More mortgage holders are opting to split their home loans into fixed and floating rate portions after the recent cash rate increase, say banks.
Tough new mortgage lending rules have seen house prices dip in suburbs that usually appeal to first-time buyers.
Without hard data, a debate about policy can slide off into dangerous places that lead to bad decisions. We're at that point with foreign ownership of homes, writes Bernard Hickey.
There is fresh controversy for the new series of DIY reality TV show The Block, with reports multi-storey houses will be built for the first time on the show.
Around $47,000 could be shaved off the cost of each new place built in factories under Labour's planned KiwiBuild 100,000-house scheme, an opposition spokesman says.
Would-be homeowners in Auckland can be optimistic after new figures show the number of consents for new houses, sections and apartments in Auckland are on track.
One of New Zealand's most expensive homes is at the centre of a million dollar dispute over a construction botch-up.
There's nothing romantic or magical these days about buying your first home. In fact, it's difficult not to come away from the process feeling bloodied, cynical, bitter and poorer.
New Zealand's inbound migration rose to a 10-year high last month, as China overtook the UK to become the biggest source of net migrants for the first time in a decade.
A dated kitchen and bathroom, small living areas and a total floor space of just 94sq m - this is what $1.4 million-plus will get you in Ponsonby.
Editorial: It can be easy to jump to assumptions about statistics, especially if they appear to support a particular agenda.
We're increasingly becoming a nation of renters with less than half of us now owning our own place, Census data shows.
The number of homeowners in New Zealand continues to fall, with fewer than half of all Kiwis owning their own property, new Census figures show.
New Zealand First wants to limit foreign ownership of residential property, and ban foreign boats and crews from fishing New Zealand waters.
Kiwibank has announced it will lift its home loan rates in response to yesterday's Reserve Bank decision to increase the Official Cash Rate.
Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler has signalled an aggressive, front-loaded start to the interest rate cycle now under way.
Properties available for rent around New Zealand for between $400-450 vary in size, storage and swimming pools.
The New Zealand dollar jumped to a five-month high after the Reserve Bank raised the benchmark interest rate as expected and signalled further hikes are on the way.
Mortgage brokers are urging borrowers to fix the interest rates on their loans and say it's not too late despite an expected increase in the official cash rate tomorrow.
New Zealand house prices rose in February reversing the falls of December and January, according to just released REINZ figures.
Auckland's historic Greys Ave flats will be refurbished, but the carpark behind them may be sold off for commercial development.
Property expert Jonno Ingerson joined us for a live chat, with the Reserve Bank expected to lift official interest rates later this week.
West Auckland and parts of South Auckland are no longer an easy leg up on the real estate ladder as prices continue to rise throughout the region, a new report says.
Auckland property sales figures from the region's biggest real estate company find steady prices for Feb, but an increase in listings.
An inexperienced and "naive" real estate agent who pressured a couple into making an unconditional offer has been found guilty of unsatisfactory conduct.