Couple pool savings but it's still not enough
Alyssa Longville says it'd be impossible to buy a home in Auckland without the help of her fiance, Callum Carter.
Alyssa Longville says it'd be impossible to buy a home in Auckland without the help of her fiance, Callum Carter.
Fletcher Building is making a big push into Auckland's apartment development market, forming specialist new division Fletcher Developments this year to hunt down opportunities on big sites.
Auckland houses could soon arrive off assembly lines as the country's biggest construction business ponders factory-prefabricated houses.
The relocation of houses for TV show The Block NZ has upset neighbours, who say they are being robbed of sunshine and privacy.
If you're looking to buy in central Auckland but don't want to settle for apartment living, the unusual cottage above might be just what you're after.
If John Key was genuine in his concern about being disadvantaged relative to property investors he could legislate to reduce the tax advantages, writes Brian Fallow.
Many properties around Whangarei are being bought by Aucklanders as house hunters look north because of high prices in the city.
Kiwi house buyers can now get a mortgage on their cellphones - a first for New Zealand and Australia.
Auckland's rental properties remain the most expensive in the country but Christchurch is close behind, new figures show.
Neighbours are throwing their lots in together to sell combined properties for greater sums on the lava-hot property market.
A supermarket worker says she has raised $1 million to buy her state house in one of New Zealand's most-desirable neighbourhoods - but Housing NZ is booting her out regardless.
Real estate agencies say house prices in the over-cooked Auckland market may be starting to level off.
Auckland house prices edged up for a second month in June in the face of fewer listings and intense demand among property buyers, according to Barfoot & Thompson.
Concerns about "pop-up" intensification and neighbours having no say about apartments were raised at yesterday's first public council meeting on changes to Auckland's Unitary Plan.
'We don't want trash renting cheap houses.' Submissions like that against a new housing development in Arrowtown have outraged a young mum.
More men than women have used KiwiSaver housing grants to help buy their first home despite thousands more women being signed up to the scheme.
Aucklanders subdividing their land have decried big infrastructure and development fees, with one Flat Bush resident charged more than $500,000.
Two of three property titles for The Block New Zealand television reality series changed hands this year for $1.5 million, official records show.
More than 21,000 retirees have withdrawn their KiwiSaver funds since the first batch became eligible a year ago.
The number of unsold properties in New Zealand has fallen to a record six-year low, driven by lack of supply and a winter dip in new listings.
The Auckland Council is toning down controversial plans for small-scale apartment buildings in half of suburban Auckland.
Tommy King, unlike his fiancee Emily Williams, was not yet eligible to access KiwiSaver when they started looking for their first home.
The number of first-home buyers using KiwiSaver savings to get a deposit on a house has almost doubled in the past year as the scheme turns six.
A squadron of veterans from a military past will stand proud among the thousands of new homes in the $2 billion development project at Hobsonville.
An Auckland family's home has been gutted by fire just six months after they moved in.
Risks to the financial system posed by an overheated housing market may be greater now than they were in the leadup to the global financial crisis, says Grant Spencer.
Many opinions are strong and emotive, but unfortunately most are based on poor information, little understanding of the market and in some cases pure bias, writes Andrew King.
Media couple Mike Hosking and Kate Hawkesby have put their Remuera home on the market as they search for a bigger property for their large family.