New Zealand Property & Real Estate News (Page 64)

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New operating name for real estate industry regulator

Waiheke Island’s remote Pearl Bay opened for more housing

People who claim rents will rise may have a vested interest.

Reserve Bank: we’re ready to cut

Does ‘affordable’ housing exist in Auckland? Yes, it does

Real estate agent apologises for ‘sexist’ ad

Neigbours buy ex-mine land

What’s the magic offer?

Perception agents ask too much for houses is wrong

‘Bogor’ is selling the bush

Paint it black?

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OVERUSE OF DRONE IMAGES IS NOT THE ANSWER IN REAL ESTATE MARKETING

Dream Eisenhofer house will set you back more than $1.5 million

Warning to borrowers

US buyers given go-ahead to buy Central Otago vineyard

Reserve Bank trims growth forecasts, leaves OCR at record low

Fletcher Building in trading halt on NZX and ASX, more losses expected

Theresa Gattung lists her Oriental Parade apartment, but she’s a ‘reluctant’ seller

Rostrevor Apartments add to city living

Husband and wife property developers linked to $20 million boost in small Taranaki town’s housing stock

Grand Designs house sold as owners look for next project

Little hope for builder

January 2018 residential sales report

BARFOOT & THOMPSON

Steady start to residential house sales in January sets tone for positive 2018

Goodbye college, hello housing

WATCH: NZ Property Predictions for 2018

148-year-old Carterton flour mill restoration project a ‘labour of love’

Two of South Island’s largest Countdown stores for sale

Foreign buyer changes could stall the suburbs

Post-Telecom life prompts Theresa Gattung to sell up in Capital

Owner of rebranded Nosh store, struck-off real estate agent, allegedly owes supplier thousands

Rent controls for New Zealand?

It’s ‘survival of the richest’ in NZ’s rental market

Northland houses hit $600k

Mount Ruapehu Skotel for sale

Colliers buys Dunedin valuation firm

Christchurch’s property upstarts

Gisborne

Gisborne real estate tops asking prices

Another Wellington office block to be redeveloped into student hostel

Get ready now for a market crash

REINZ research questions the ‘you’re doomed’ view of tech’

Homes with no heart: Why is NZ’s rental market all about making money?

Landlord: I won’t increase rent just because I can

Airbnb operators getting out

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PROPERTY PRICE TRENDS – A NEW ANALYSIS

IS REALESTATE.CO.NZ READY TO LAUNCH THEIR NEW SITE?

Howard family quits historic Rangitīkei homestead after 133 years

Regional NZ holds on to market buzz

Mortgages

Auckland rent rises ahead

Tudor-style home designed by Charles Natusch goes on market

Is this NZ’s biggest private pool?

An ‘unintelligible’ $78m lawsuit

Easy credit behind ballooning house prices – research

New Plymouth mayor’s golf club to houses proposal hits opposition

Former prime minister’s home could be in way of Ōtaki to north of Levin highway

The flat hundreds want

Wainuiomata finally ready to rise up out of the economic doldrums

Declining home affordability is now ‘business as usual’

Can’t buy, can’t rent

Rental squeeze: ‘Sometimes you have to sweeten that deal’

Airport wants social housing land

A cheaper way to rent

Scotty’s ‘confronting’ show

Driving Auckland house prices

Property downturn sees more homeowners cashing out with losses

Mortgage Lending

Recommended by Chart: Half a million people spend a quarter or more of their income on housing

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SO WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS?

‘It is frankly scary’: World financial system as stretched as before 2008 crash

15 years of leaky homes and the brutal economics of owning one

A major housing development in the Auckland

160-year-old Greytown colonial villa meticulously restored and updated

Rent control not the answer

House deal sparks backlash

More expensive than Queenstown: High rent forcing some businesses from Nelson CBD

MyPod creator creates amazing relocatable spaces

Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 2018

The party house

High demand and low availability mean record high rents

Giant Sand Castle built on the beach closes

Housing NZ to be a ‘good neighbour’

A massive chunk of prime, publicly-owned New Zealand land has been given up

Masterton’s rugby grandstand closed for earthquake strengthening

RE/MAX ranked fifth best franchise in the world

Upper Hutt couple say new retirement home will block their hill views

WATCH: December Property Report Summary – REINZ

STRONG END TO 2017, WITH HOUSE PRICES UP 5.8% IN DECEMBER SAYS REINZ

Wellington rentals in hot demand as rental shortage bites

Repairs confirmed for historic former Post Office building in Christchurch

Ratepayers’ $265m leaky home bill

Auckland landlord fined $2000 for not having smoke alarms

Queenstown’s largest hotel yet

HARCOURTS: National Market Watch

Westpac warns house prices set for four year drift

Canterbury farm sold for $17m to Canadian government approved by Overseas Investment Office

In a first for any New Zealand agency, Barfoot & Thompson has won worldwide recognition as ‘Best International Lettings Agency’

‘Dirty dump’ for rent on Trade Me not what it seems

An Australian family’s Queenstown escape

Welcome to the Christchurch rebuild maze – where empty sites are dead ends

The demolition of Statistics House is the final nail in the coffin of Wellington’s laser-crowned Champs-Elysees dream.

Property market cooling

New Zealand home consents hit 13-year high

Living with the inlaws, deliberately

Art Deco home moves home

Wellington City Council social housing shakeup starts with sale of 13 properties

2017: The year the housing market changed

Property market ends 2017 with record average asking prices

One BIG Happy FAMILY

Landlords unfazed by new rules

New Zealand’s best undiscovered campground

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PROPERTY MARKET SUMMARY – YEAR END 2017

Tiny homes BOOMING!

Auckland rental hot spots revealed

Questions asked of estate agent

Tips for landlord success

Millions spent fixing vandalised school property

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Core Logic: December Property Market Update

Mortgage

String of two-year fixes ‘best mortgage plan’

Barfoots: December 2017 housing market update

realestate.co.nz: NZ property report December 2017

Harcourts Cooper & Co

House prices fall for first time in years on Waiheke Island

Owning your dream home is unlikely to be your first step on the property ladder.

Making property dreams come true

Buyer can’t withdraw $5.8m offer

For rent: Slipper Island, New Zealand’s private island paradise