Legal challenge over $8.9m royal estate
Lawyers may take court action if the sale of the King of Tonga's Auckland mansion goes ahead.
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Real estate agent gets home detention
A real estate agent has been sentenced to home detention for lying to a client about the sale of his house.
Kiwi financial confidence dips, big banks win investors hearts
Financial confidence levels have dropped back to 2009 levels, says a new survey.
$572pw: Auckland's mortgages soar
Homes are at their most affordable in six years - apart from in Auckland, where the average weekly mortgage is more than $570 a week.
Failed canal property plan blamed on court ruling
One of the backers of the $100m Wairoa River Canal Project south of Auckland has blamed the Environment Court for rejecting it.
Fletcher's Ling sees housing demand pickup in 2011
Fletcher Building, expects the residential property market to pick up next year when rebuilding begins in Canterbury and the government's response to 'leaky homes' comes into effect.
Banks ease lending rules as house sales slump
NZ banks are relaxing their lending criteria with a deposit of 20pc no longer necessarily required to get approval.
Property: House sales sink to 10-year low
REINZ is blaming spring weather, the Canterbury quake and uncertainty over the increase in GST and tax cuts for a new low in house sales.
Real estate agents fight back over new fees
A fees fight has broken out between the Govt's real estate agent organisation and the Real Estate Institute.
Start buying houses, says Kiwibank boss
New Kiwibank head Paul Brock is urging potential first home buyers not to be spooked and to go out and buy, so long as they can afford to.
The great American mortgage crisis deepens
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Superloo, library, claim architecture awards
A superloo with glass exterior walls was among 12 designs recognised last week as the winners of this year's New Zealand Architecture Awards from Nelson and Marlborough were announced.