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Shareholders Association questions Metlifecare board, NZ Super Fund over deal
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Hamilton real estate agencies fined $4m for price fixing
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Mark Francis sheds more light on 'speculative' Warkworth deal
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Labour calls landlord advice 'deeply disappointing' and letting down their fellow Kiwis.
Wellington City Council considers selling 20 social housing properties
Council's cash-strapped City Housing arm wants to sell up to pay for other redevelopments.
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Business manager pleads guilty in $4m property development fraud
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Wellington tenants forced to spend months without 'functioning' toilet
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Former deputy prime minister Paula Bennett is moving into real estate.
Auckland house prices hit new $995,543 record
Agency data emerges after a number of sales that exceeded expectations.
Giant property firm granted land deal - but price, location kept secret
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Shut the front door! Landlord's costly move before home wrecked
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ACC's new investment: $50m of Auckland housing
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Highest-paid NZ chief executive suffers 25% pay cut
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A new report for Master Builders raises concerns about Covid's effects on the sector.
'No U-turns' on housing post-election: minister
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Property chiefs hear about build-to-rent apartments: Auckland's future?
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Three months ago, rough sleeping was virtually eliminated in NZ. Has it stayed that way?
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How 231-unit developer plans to deal with rising sea levels
Project, with water on three sides, to be 8m to 9m above existing sea level.
SkyCity gives update on NZ properties
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Valuers' Covid caution drives Metlifecare to record net loss
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