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<i>Mary Holm</i>: Fed up with landlord tantrums
Mary Holm's financial advice column features an accountant who's fed up with complaining landlords.
Mary Holm's financial advice column features an accountant who's fed up with complaining landlords.
House sales in Auckland climbed to their highest level in almost two years last month.
John Gray, President of HOBANZ - The Home Owners and Buyers Association of NZ, responds to a recent Bernard Hickey column which suggested the Government should not spend billions bailing out leaky home owners.
Australians are muscling in on attempts to save the Remuera home Sir Ed Hillary built and lived in until his death.
Treasury Secretary John Whitehead says the rental property tax scheme creates the wrong incentives.
Sellers appear to be in denial over asking prices with a glut of new homes on the property market strong favouring buyers, says realestate.co.nz.
Building consents issued in February jumped 10 per cent, after rising one per cent the month before.
Some extra weakness is showing up in the residential real estate and investment market, the latest BNZ confidence survey has found.
Rotting buildings are NZ's worst catastrophe, but the Govt is cashing in, says a study commissioned by the North Shore City Council.
Owners in two townhouse complexes have been backed in drawn-out leaky-building repair battles with their council, which lawyers say may affect rates.
A real estate agent sent cold-calling condolences to a grieving widow - then offered to sell her house.
Luxury houses at the top end of the property market are selling fast, with renewed interest in multi-million-dollar homes.
Revenue Minister Peter Dunne has tipped a new property investment tax and lower personal taxes in this year's Budget.