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Interest rates are now expected to drop steeply into the new year.
ASB cuts rates after Kiwibank's move ahead of OCR decision
Banks are manoeuvring ahead of Adrian Orr's cash rate call.
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What owners of apartments, restaurants, bars and hotels pay to be on waterfront land.
Fast-track consent for 499-unit Carrington apartment project
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Price slump: Barfoot & Thompson issues new monthly data on Auckland house sales
Homes are going for less but more of them sold in September than some other months lately.
'Nothing to do with us' - Vector hits back at Du Val apartment power failure claims
'Another fridge and freezer full of food to chuck out and replace.' - apartment resident
Property Insider: Largest new retirement village opening; Auckland cladding inspection failures
Auckland Council's building inspection boss reveals shocking numbers on cladding failures.
Home equity release could boost retirees' income by 50%
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'A sad day' – Shareholders Association regrets loss of Arvida to sharemarket
'We regard this as like a death in the family,' the NZSA's Grant Diggle said.
Stonewood Key’s John Chow on house building; Du Val-managed apartments suffer setbacks
'Our current focus is on finishing our existing projects': John Chow, Stonewood Key
Opinion: Plan Change 79 is about putting Aucklanders' safety first
OPINION: These changes are a critical way for the council to assist with driveway safety.
Hazard mapping has ‘chilling effect’ on property market
Residents say proposed controversial maps 'essentially rendered our property uninsurable'.
Eleven most important topics before picking a builder: G.J. Gardner chief
'In a challenging economy, it pays to ask a few challenging questions.'
Bedroom swelter: Too hot upstairs in new Auckland terraces, apartments
Free-standing fans, airconditioning units, ceiling fans and heat pumps go into bedrooms.
Fourteen-level apartment block under $46m leak repairs
An owner of a two-bedroom unit wanted only $179,000: faced a massive $446,000 repair bill.
Opinion: Council’s plan change risks driving up new house prices by 20%
OPINION: Around half of the houses built in Auckland will be affected.
NZ’s biggest house-builder G.J. Gardner planning 30% franchise growth
'If you’re in a really tough game, go on the attack.'
Westgate's traffic 'disaster': Owner to square off with council in court
Mark Gunton plans robust appeal to traffic decision.
Stink over sewage from Auckland housing development goes to court
Watercare plans to truck sewage away at three other housing developments.
Du Val's legal tsunami: eight court cases pending against businesses
Two advisers listed in a Du Val document told PwC they did not have any involvement.
A Du Val business valued at $431m? Receiver notes no independent valuation
No external valuation to show one entity was worth $431m, according to new PwC report.
New house-building business couldn't survive downturn: $8.9m liabilities
KPMG will now go about realising assets in an attempt to repay company debts.
Green Bay resident fights against new housing development
Green Bay resident Tomasz Malarczyk is challenging a new housing development that plans to install a wastewater pipe through his property. Video / Dean Purcell
BNZ predicts 7% increase in house prices by 2025 amid falling interest rates
Prices will be flat this year but increase 7% next year, bank economist says.
Sewage trucked away from hundreds of Auckland homes with no proper connection
Summer is potentially going to be really smelly, one homeowner says.
Waste water from 300 Auckland homes trucked off-site to pumping station
Waste water from 300 homes in Auckland the Red Hills development gets trucked off-site to a pumping station. Video / Jason Oxenham
Explained: What you need to know about Du Val group issues
Who is behind the group, and why did the FMA start investigating it?
Three-home development looks like one from the outside
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Apartment owners may have ‘heads in the sand’ about rent increase
The lease of the iwi's downtown Auckland land is up for review next August.
Fletcher's Iplex: leaky pipe class action launched in Australia
Around 30,000 homes in Perth are thought to be involved.
'It would take out 20% of sales': what many Catalina Bay apartment buyers want
One-bedroom units are $1.1m, the penthouse is $5m: New project, nearly done, move-in soon.