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Weekend leisure: Open your mind to ideas
Summer is high season for the real estate market, when house-hunters are joined at open homes by people who simply like looking around others' properties for fun. Gill South has a nosy.
Christchurch earthquake: Demolishing history
A historic 155-year-old Christchurch mansion was reduced to a pile of dust and splintered wood today while the owner and his family looked on with glassy eyes.
KiwiSaver has homebuyers in a muddle
Understanding how to use the KiwiSaver first-home assistance scheme is proving so difficult some people are giving up.
Pero slashes commissions on top home sales
Real estate agents will be sticking pins into Mike Pero wax dolls, says one industry commentator, as the entreprenuer cuts commission rates for his new venture.
Rent crisis hits new high
Auckland's rental crisis is worsening, with prices rising 7 per cent in a year and desperate tenants going to extreme measures including offering to pay six months' rent in advance.
Warrant for Bryers' arrest over unpaid $37,500 fine
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Blue Chip's Mark Bryers for non-payment of a fine.
Agents offering cut-price deals, says real estate commentator
They won't advertise it, but many real estate agents are already offering cut-price commissions in a bid to secure sales, says a leading property commentator.
Agents face probe after 'misleading' house ads
Some real estate agents face investigation for allegedly falsely claiming that houses were designed by architects.
Kiwi flat-hunters falling prey to foreign scammers
Flat-hunters and those wanting a flatmate have been conned by scammers who lure their victims into sending money overseas.
Your Business: Building plan takes all-in-one approach
Box Living aims for the higher end of NZ's design-and-build house market.
Appetite for destruction
Some Aucklanders may have been surprised to see a demolition expert supporting the campaign to save three historic St Heliers houses from the wrecker’s ball.
Solo mother's plea for help over eviction
A solo mother of three children has been given 90 days notice by her landlord and Housing NZ won't open her file for two months.
Rental madness: Prices to keep soaring
Rental prices have risen in many areas of Auckland over the past year with a real estate agency expecting another surge because of a shortage.
Rental market madness
Demand for rental property in Auckland is at crisis point, with some houses now attracting as many as 200 would-be tenants.
Suburbs that beat the recession
Best performers buck trend of falling house prices since peak back in 2007.
Blitz on illegal home sales
The Real Estate Agents Authority has laid charges against a Wellington property company for allegedly buying and selling property without a licence.
SC Finance development gets green light
The receiver of South Canterbury Finance (SCF) is welcoming a council to allow a residential development on the outskirts of Christchurch.
Real estate agent censured for abusive email
An abusive email mistakenly sent by an Albany real estate agent to a client has lead to an official censure.
Mortgage scam estate agent sent to jail for four years
The former real estate agent found guilty of a $13.5m mortgage scam has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison.
Mortgage debt in record fall
Housing lending fell in December, month-on-month, for the first since Reserve Bank records began.