Overseas Kiwi buyers boosting Queenstown house prices
Median house prices in Queenstown rose to $1,050,000 last month.
Median house prices in Queenstown rose to $1,050,000 last month.
Big changes on February 11: the more tenants know, the better
Many records broken: glimpse of market's strength
The tenants claimed they couldn't sleep in the master bedroom.
Pundits hope a jump in vacant land sales helps ease Auckland's pressing housing shortage.
List defines minor changes landlords cannot reasonably refuse within 21 days
Share price rise expected to continue, with its fortunes partly pegged to housing sector.
"More care and consideration will be taken when selecting tenants."
"Change that is long overdue and I am a landlord."
Tenancies will only be able to be ended with specific, lawful reasons from next month.
December was the sixth straight month to see 1000 homes sold.
Resident chained to crane to save protected macrocarpa at Ockham development. Video / Michael Craig
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COMMENT: Trying to slow increase in house prices will involve suite of policy measures.
Time-lapse footage of construction at Omana North. Video / Omana North
The Reserve Bank is just one of the parties in the gun.
It's harder in a hot market to find an affordable bach - but it can be done, agents say.
National house price growth of 13-16 per cent picked in next few months.
Retirees say they'll be forced to go without when their rent goes up next month.
Queenstown's housing market has weathered the Covid storm remarkably well.
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Lockdown might even be a joy if you owned one of these stunning properties.
Luxury house sales boomed again in 2020 even without foreign buyers.
'So as long as the sun is shining and there are no Zoom calls, I'll be happy'.
But buyers won't be moving in before Christmas.
Aucklanders splurged even more, with spending up 40% to $29.2 billion.
Local politician says Govt failure is allowing the market to drive further inequality.
'There is concern about what's going to happen in the first quarter of 2021.'
The proposal is for a 9-hole golf course, 180 visitor-accommodation places and 120 homes.
When you can't borrow for a long time, you need to do some hard thinking.