PROPERTY NOISE | OPINION & ANALYSIS Wellington’s infrastructure crisis has reached an extraordinary point: its deputy mayor is warning that repairing the city’s worst […]
PROPERTY NOISE | CELEBRITY & PROPERTY Some television agents sell the dream. Jennifer Coolidge’s Karen Calhoun helped sell the nightmare. Coolidge is returning for […]
PROPERTY NOISE | OPINION & ELECTION POLICY ANALYSIS Policies and sources checked on 9 October 2026. Opportunity wants New Zealanders to see a fresh […]
HER CLIENT’S HOME, HER HUSBAND’S DEAL: NZ AGENT FOUND GUILTY OF MISCONDUCT PROPERTY NOISE | REAL ESTATE ACCOUNTABILITY A homeowner hires a real estate […]
NEW SEASON, NEW LOGO: INSIDE NZ REAL ESTATE’S AGENT POACHING GAME PROPERTY NOISE | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS & OPINION Spring brings fresh listings, brighter property […]
PROPERTY NOISE | CELEBRITY & PROPERTY A real estate agent is someone you trust with your address, your plans and often the intimate details […]
PROPERTY NOISE | ELECTION POLICY ANALYSIS Policies checked as at 8 October 2026. Your home could be the biggest financial commitment you ever make. […]
PROPERTY NOISE | NEWS & ANALYSIS New Zealand household wealth fell $8.4 billion in the June 2026 quarter, with declining land values overwhelming gains […]
New Zealand has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world—but a handful offer visitors something extra: the freedom to leave their swimwear […]
A spectacular Byron Bay hinterland estate made famous by Love Island Australia has reportedly sold for about $6 million—roughly $3.5 million less than its […]
Australia’s housing downturn is entering a far more dangerous phase. Falling property values, weaker auctions and declining buyer demand have dominated the headlines throughout […]
PROPERTY NOISE | ANALYSIS New Zealand needs homes people can afford. But the cost of producing those homes is rising again—while a weak property […]
RAY WHITE DECLARES ITSELF NUMBER ONE ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: “WE HAVE MORE OF THE BEST” Ray White has delivered an emphatic message […]
PROPERTY NOISE | MARKET ANALYSIS More first-home buyers are entering New Zealand’s housing market, but that is not translating into a broad recovery. Tony […]
PROPERTY NOISE | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS From Shortland Street actors to television broadcasters and a former deputy prime minister, familiar New Zealand faces have found […]
PROPERTY NOISE | OPINION & ANALYSIS New Zealand taxpayers fund Parliament. MPs make the rules that shape our housing market. Ahead of the NZ […]
New Zealand’s housing market faces an uncomfortable combination: borrowing costs could rise again while house prices remain subdued. ASB expects two further Official Cash […]
Auckland’s spring property market has opened with fewer sales, softer monthly selling prices and more homes competing for buyers — creating a challenging environment […]
An Irvine real estate agent has been arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after federal investigators accused her of carrying out surveillance for the […]
A property sale every week? Every fortnight? For New Zealand’s real estate industry, the national figures point to a much smaller pool of transactions […]
New Zealand homeowners can find themselves paying to promote the same house on realestate.co.nz, Trade Me Property and OneRoof. If the industry already has […]
The headlines usually focus on their content. But behind some of Australia’s best-known OnlyFans creators is a more conventional ambition: buying homes, collecting rent […]
A mortgagee sale, a disputed right to remain and a High Court possession order have turned an Auckland property purchase into a prolonged battle […]
Waitārere Beach could become one of the lower North Island’s most closely watched property markets as the Ōtaki to north of Levin expressway moves […]
Spring is bringing new growth to Sir Sam Neill’s beloved Two Paddocks winery, where the next chapter is unfolding among the vines, native trees […]
A gated driveway, sprawling grounds and a resort-style pool helped make it a private retreat. Now, Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo’s Tennessee estate is […]
Arizto has built its pitch around lower selling costs and a different way of running a real estate agency. But what does its offer […]
Brisbane’s latest decline follows more than three years of almost uninterrupted price growth. Photo: Supplied Brisbane home prices have fallen for six consecutive months, […]
PHOTO: Nearly $2 billion – and vendors still pay for the advertising. New Zealand homeowners are watching property values slide while the country’s real […]
PHOTO: National may win the most votes – but that does not guarantee Christopher Luxon will remain prime minister. With the 2026 New Zealand […]
PHOTO: Nathan Lyon and Emma Lyon. Womans Day. Australian cricket great Nathan Lyon has listed his luxury Sydney home for sale, triggering speculation that […]
PHOTO: The national median value of $797,078 has now fallen below the previous cycle low recorded in June 2023. New Zealand’s long-promised housing recovery […]
PHOTO: Barfoot & Thompson, Ray White, Harcourts or Bayleys – which real estate brand genuinely dominates Auckland property sales in 2026? Every major real […]
PHOTO: Ex Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and partner Clarke Gayford Jacinda Ardern has sold the Auckland home that carried her through the most consequential […]
PHOTO: Ray White – Leaders, Wellington One of Wellington’s oldest and most recognisable real estate businesses has beaten operations across Australia and New Zealand […]
PHOTO: The Treasury (Te Tai Ohanga) New Zealand’s long-promised housing recovery has suffered another brutal blow. Treasury has slashed its forecast for house-price growth […]
PHOTO: https://kaboompics.com/ New Zealand’s housing market has reached an uncomfortable turning point. The number of residential sales recorded during the 12 months to August […]
PHOTO: Prudence Morrall is the sole director of Good Girls Property Management Limited. A Christchurch property management company headed by a former reality television […]
PHOTO: The Government says the change will channel international capital into desperately needed rental housing. New Zealanders have spent years being told that foreign […]
PHOTO: Lisa Bradford real estate agent A respected Virginia real estate agent has been found shot dead inside her home, with her husband now […]
PHOTO: Natalie Williams Natalie Williams does not believe in starting small. The Auckland-born entrepreneur has already moved from church ministry to building a seven-figure […]
PHOTO: Cameron Bailey. FILE One of Christchurch’s best-known real estate agents has purchased the former home of Clink restaurant in the seaside suburb of […]
PHOTO: Nathan Cleary‘s girlfriend is Australian soccer star and Matildas forward Mary Fowler Nathan Cleary has already achieved more on the rugby league field […]
PHOTO: Westpac’s latest Housing Pulse report forecasts Australian home values will fall 6 per cent during 2026 Australia’s property downturn is no longer a […]
PHOTO: Former Luxe Listings Sydney personality Tammy Soglanich. Former Luxe Listings Sydney personality Tammy Soglanich has launched sex-discrimination proceedings against her former employer and […]
PHOTO: Former All Blacks coach Sir Steve Hansen. SUPPLIED Former All Blacks coach Sir Steve Hansen and his wife, Natasha, have sold their luxury […]
PHOTO: Reports describe the Sydney purchase as highly private, with identifying details withheld from current online marketing. Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern […]
PHOTO: PEXELS – MART PRODUCTION Selling a home can generate a commission larger than many people earn in months. In an age of property […]
PHOTO: LJ Hooker Once One of the Biggest Names in New Zealand Real Estate There was a time when it seemed almost impossible to […]
PHOTO: Buyers agent Lauren Jones purchased her first investment property in an Ascot townhouse complex. Picture: Annette Dew A Brisbane property investor who turned […]
PHOTO: PEXELS – https://kaboompics.com/ New Zealand’s housing market has a problem that goes well beyond whether house prices are rising or falling. There are […]
PHOTO: Jess and Daniel Field. NEWS.COM.AU How One Brisbane Couple Turned a $744K Investment Into a Nearly $3 Million Property Portfolio A Brisbane couple […]
PHOTO: Real Estate.com.au Grip Challenged Australia’s biggest property listing platform is being forced to loosen the grip it has had over real estate agencies […]
PHOTO: 2026 REINZ Awards From New Zealand’s top-performing residential agents to the country’s best agencies, offices, auctioneers and rising stars, the 2026 REINZ Awards […]
PHOTO: Pictured L-R_Aaron Blackburn, Mark Stewart … Davies, Matthew Crockett, Adam Martin. ONE AGENCY ENTERS A NEW ERA: Ownership Passes From Founders to Four […]
PHOTO: The NEW PropertyNoise.co.nz launches soon After more than a decade covering New Zealand and Australian property, Property Noise is getting its biggest makeover […]
PHOTO: abbasite.com More than half a century after ABBA conquered Eurovision, the Swedish supergroup’s extraordinary wealth is no longer just about record sales. From […]
PHOTO: When will the spin stop – and the industry start calling the New Zealand housing market what the numbers say it is? PROPERTY […]
PHOTO: In the country’s two biggest metropolitan property markets, the bigger problem may no longer be affordability. PROPERTY NOISE NZ | MARKET ANALYSIS For […]
PHOTO: Dickson reportedly characterises the course as requiring participants to “bow down to the Māori gods”. OPINION | PROPERTY NOISE NZ There comes a […]
PHOTO: So, if Property Noise had to rank the four major contenders based on where we think they are heading, rather than simply where […]
PHOTO: It’s the vulnerability that comes with the job. Real estate is built around meeting strangers, entering empty homes and working alone — often […]
PHOTO: Agents are reportedly delivering Uber Eats, working concierge jobs, cutting hair, booking flights and selling personal possessions while trying to keep their real […]
PHOTO: ASB’s latest housing outlook challenges that thinking. For years, New Zealand property owners became accustomed to one assumption: house prices eventually go up […]
PHOTO: According to REINZ, the latest 25-basis-point OCR increase was widely expected and is “unlikely to materially shift the current housing market.” The Reserve […]
PHOTO: FILE Brisbane real estate heavyweight Tony O’Doherty has had his Queensland real estate licence cancelled following a criminal conviction arising from a serious […]
PHOTO: Almost 80% of suburbs recorded falling standalone-house values over the past three months. Forget the national median. New suburb-level data shows New Zealand […]
PHOTO: Methamphetamine contamination became one of the most controversial issues in New Zealand property. FILE New methamphetamine disclosure guidance has landed for New Zealand […]
PHOTO: Today, Skye is described as one of the platform’s rapidly growing creators Avery Skye says she was a successful Vancouver realtor — until […]
PHOTO: Mortgagee listings had already increased 35% during 2025 compared with 2024. FILE 423 mortgagee properties have already hit the market in 2026 — […]
PHOTO: National thinks it has an answer. If re-elected, it is promising to dramatically widen access to the government’s First Home Loan scheme, which […]
PHOTO: Roy Li, director/licensee of Ideal Realty WA. ABC Sales figures questioned. Almost $10 million in agent-owned property transactions added to the tally. A […]
PHOTO: ONE AGENCY BRANDING One Up Realty operated a real estate trust account for more than six years without appointing the required auditor. The […]
PHOTO: Janet Dickson. FILE A 90-minute professional development course has become a three-year legal battle. At some point, this stops being about tikanga and […]
PHOTO: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand increased the Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points, from 2.50% to 2.75%. The OCR has been […]
PHOTO: 32,908 Homes Are Competing for Buyers 10,000 more homes for sale, prices still below 2023 levels, and buyers firmly in control. Is this […]
PHOTO: How can you confidently sell something that isn’t actually inside the boundary? The tiny words in a real estate advertisement that can become […]
PHOTO: If your boss paid you $0, there would normally be a problem Imagine turning up to work, making 100 phone calls, attending listing […]
PHOTO: Some Australian salespeople have taken to social media discussing difficult buyers, low offers and changing market conditions. Australia’s property downturn is producing something […]
PHOTO: US technology entrepreneur Mike Chambers reportedly started questioning the traditional model while selling his own home in Boulder, Colorado. For decades, selling a […]
PHOTO: An RBA rate cut doesn’t suddenly create thousands of additional homes. Australian property buyers waiting for the Reserve Bank to ride to the […]