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Taste for the grandiose stamps mark on urban landscape
The Chinese footprint on the NZ housing scene...
Estate agent censured over business partner's theft
An estate agent failed to alert authorities to the theft of client funds from her real estate office.
QV: Property recovery shortlived
Property values fell back in Auckland and Wellington during March..
<i>Peter Bromhead</i>: Something fishy about house hunting
A vortex of domestic insecurity has enveloped me, thanks to the stork heading my way.
House prices rise to record average
New housing statistics have identified increasing numbers of Auckland suburbs that are out of reach for first-time buyers, with childless big-earners the most likely to be able to buy now.
Bernard Hickey: Deeper into mire as tax reforms fail
Last year's tax reforms are not working...
Chinese bidding for Tongan royal estate in Auckland
A group of Chinese investors are understood to be the main contenders hoping to buy the Tongan royal residence in Auckland.
Up to 12,500 workers needed for Christchurch rebuild
The residential rebuild in Christchurch could require up to 12,500 full time workers and reveal a number of skills shortages in occupations such as concreting and carpentry, Prime Minister John Key says.
$10,000 drop in house prices helping buyers
House prices have fallen nationally $10,000 in the past three months, and affordability is increasing around NZ.
'Winter of discontent' in store for quake hit property market
House sales in Christchurch have plummeted since last month's quake, and worse could be in store.
Estate agent asked bank to fake papers in sale dispute
A Nelson real estate agent tried to have a bank falsify documents to cover up problems over a sale, once he found out a complaint against him was being investigated.
Agent censured for contacting rival's clients
A Harcourts real estate agent, who contacted house-sellers who had exclusively listed with a rival agency, has been censured.
Some Christchurch suburbs may become 'virtual wastelands'
Some Christchurch suburbs will be left as virtual residential wastelands, while townships on the city's fringe are bracing for an influx of new residents.
Psychological fears will drive shape of Christchurch's CBD
Real estate agency Bayleys Canterbury is predicting a broader but lower central business district will arise in Christchurch after last month's earthquake, while demand is expected to escalate for residential properties in more stable areas
<i>Gareth Morgan:</i> Home prices head in right direction
In 2007 I said that NZ houses were 30 per cent overvalued.