Mining plan: Locals asking is it me next?
A decision granting a company permission to mine beneath the eastern part of Waihi has left those on the other side of town worried they could be next, a residents group says.
A decision granting a company permission to mine beneath the eastern part of Waihi has left those on the other side of town worried they could be next, a residents group says.
Expectations of house price inflation have hit a record high in ASB's quarterly survey, while the numbers who consider it a good time to buy a house continue to fall.
A $224,000 prototype house, aimed at Aucklanders who want an affordable place, has been built at Papakura.
Almost 10,000 houses are affected by an Environment Court decision on pre-1940s demolition consents, a planner says.
Fourteen apartments, starting from $1.25 million, will be built on the Ponsonby Bowling Club site in Herne Bay in Auckland.
A Maori architecture specialist is calling for a more streamlined approach towards Maori housing.
Auckland house-hunters fed up with the city's skyrocketing prices will find their money will buy them even less on the property ladder of many major overseas cities.
Before buying their new home, an Auckland couple specifically asked their real estate agent if it had been a P lab. Five days after they moved in, it tested positive.
Asking prices for property in New Zealand reached an all-time high last month, according to new figures.
About one in six Australians cannot afford to rent a home, with young families - especially single parents with children - among the worst affected, new reports show.
Renters moving into popular central Auckland suburbs have had some relief, with rental costs levelling off or falling slightly.
New Zealand's richest man has completed a huge new three-level banquet hall with pool and piazza area at his Auckland clifftop property.
Commercial, industrial and retail properties sales last year totalled more than $1.4 billion - but deals this year could be higher, says a property market expert.
The head of Auckland's main landlord group says TV2's Sunday night Renters reflects reality.
The number of sales in Auckland suburbs typically considered less desirable are growing at a faster rate than their usually sought-after neighbours.
Auckland homeowners could become about $24 billion richer under Auckland Council's proposed Unitary Plan as the value of sections will shoot up.
Statistics New Zealand has taken the pulse of the country's homes in its nationwide New Zealand General Social Survey.
A formerly state house-dominated street in Sandringham is set for major redevelopment after seven large sections were sold to a developer for more than $8 million.
Business editor Liam Dann is stumped as to what possible benefit the rise in the value of his house offers him.
Lynette O'Brien supports intensification of Papatoetoe so long as it is not like the "concrete jungle" of stucco townhouses in Shirley Rd.
Bernard Hickey says gums have been flappin' aplenty this week over the dangers of a housing boom.
Finance Minister Bill English used a pre-Budget speech to say the Government will act to curb rising house prices which represent a risk to New Zealand's economic recovery.
The number of New Zealand house sales rose to a six-year high last month and prices touched a new record.
Auckland Council has handed a map to the Milford Residents Association and urged it to have a go at drawing an appropriate location for higher-density housing.
Homeowners are increasingly holding on to their properties and some would-be buyers are getting fed up with Auckland's record prices, says Quotable Value.
Housing valuations are the highest in seven years, prompting a slowdown in the market as some buyers hold off until prices become more affordable.