Tainui alters course on port
A frustrated Tainui Group Holdings has applied for a private plan change with the Environmental Protection Authority to help fast-track the first stage of its multibillion-dollar inland port.
A frustrated Tainui Group Holdings has applied for a private plan change with the Environmental Protection Authority to help fast-track the first stage of its multibillion-dollar inland port.
Fancy renting a beachfront property in Takapuna that comes with a lap pool, spa, indoor aquarium, petanque court, outdoor wood pizza oven, barbecue, double garaging and a security gate?
My husband and I are trying to get on to the property ladder for a second time.
Tenants in Auckland's poorer areas pay less than those in more wealthy suburbs - but not relative to the value of the houses, figures show.
The discussion about Auckland's housing is heated and is at risk of missing the point.
The housing crisis in areas like Auckland is not a by-product of migrants buying up residential properties, Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse says.
Homebuyers flummoxed by the heated property market have been given the best indication yet of what they should pay for a house.
House-hunters are so terrified of being locked out of the soaring property market that they're making their real estate agents sign agreements.
More than 1600 new apartment units are planned throughout suburban Auckland after a half-decade lull.
The Reserve Bank has announced it will lift the ratio of deposits to loans in order to take the heat out of the housing market, writes Gareth Morgan.
Calls of "shame" greeted Housing Minister Nick Smith when he arrived in Glen Innes to launch a redevelopment plan for the Tamaki area.
Australians are contributing to New Zealand's skyrocketing house prices, with new research showing they bought more property than any other overseas group.
The Prime Minister John Key believes first-home buyers should be exempt from proposed restrictions to low-deposit home lending.
Auckland's low-income suburbs of Glen Innes, Pt England and Panmure will roughly double in population under a draft plan for more intensive housing to be unveiled today.
The Reserve Bank is going to take action to cool the residential property market - and the 'speed limits' are a sensible move to rein in rampant house prices.
Auctions are being compressed into a shorter marketing period, which is "dumb and somewhat illogical", says property commentator Alistair Helm.
Auckland Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse says she is confident the Government will address concerns about provisions in new legislation.
It's late in the afternoon and dozens of people are packed into two auction rooms in downtown Auckland.
May saw the best month for house sales in the past six years, according to monthly property stats released today by the Real Estate Institute (with graphics).
The Auckland Council will today ask the Government to scrap provisions in new legislation allowing Wellington to take control of housing developments in Auckland.
Auckland Council is sifting through 22,700 comments on its first regional rule book for growth.
House-hunters are seeing a return of "buy-off-the-plans" developments which advertise low deposits and no repayments until completion.
A bank economist has warned of consumer spending sprees and widespread economic fallout if house price rises continue.
'It's obscene.' Housing Minister Nick Smith isn't impressed by the large gains being made by rural land owners, aided by the "straightjacket" of city boundaries.
A new report says housing has become a battle between old and young - and the younger generation certainly isn't winning.
The building sector is expecting a rise in fortunes as the economy recovers and the Canterbury rebuild gets into full swing about 2016.
New Zealand property values held their annual pace of growth last month, as demand outstripped supply in Auckland and Christchurch, according to Quotable Value.
A resource consent bid for a private helipad on the estate of the wealthy Spencer family on Stanley Pt has been refused by Auckland Council hearings commissioners.