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House hunters out in force
A grey, wet Sunday and high prices weren't enough to deter buyers and browsers from the revitalised housing market.
This is where Hanover investors' money has gone...
Hanover investors' $500 million is tied up in a vast spread of partly built luxury housing estates and resorts - one still a hole in the ground.
Property prices reach all-time high
House prices continued their upward momentum last month.
Lack of homes pushes up Auckland prices
A shortage of homes for sale has pushed Auckland's residential property values higher than a year earlier, QV figures show.
Affluent buyers down to earth
Rich Lister Gary Lane wants more than $10 million for a piece of land once donated to the people of Auckland - and estate agents say someone will cough up the cash.
Minister practises what he preaches
A pastor and his family are giving up their $1m home to help raise funds for their church and a community centre.
Auckland house prices up 6pc, sales keep climbing
Auckland property prices surged nearly 6 per cent in October, says real estate company Barfoot & Thompson.
Lukewarm response to home loan top-ups
Only a small portion of the Government's allocated $18.4 million to help modest income-earners buy houses has been taken up.
Real estate pundits sing mainly from same songbook
Reading the latest report on the property market can be an uplifting or a deflating experience, depending on which report you choose to go by.
Spring property surge fails to happen
The traditional spring property sales surge has failed to materialise.
Development of 'paradise' beach stirs local fears
Residents near an iconic beach are unsettled by development plans but the land's owners are promising not to ruin the untouched paradise.
House consents rise as commercial slumps
New building consent figures point to signs of recovery in house building but show the non-residential sector sinking further into a slump.