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new mortgage product

New mortgage product caters for first-home buyers with low deposits

Trade Me Property

Kiwi houses selling like hotcakes | Trade Me Property

House prices

House prices continuing to soar – new QV Quarterly Index

CoreLogic Reports

‘Fatigued’ first home buyers likely to increase focus on existing properties

Jen Baird

REINZ announces Jen Baird as new Chief Executive

The Gabba

Gabba earmarked to be ‘home’ of 2032 Olympic Games if Brisbane bid successful

Heartland Bank

Heartland expands home loans offering with revolving credit at market-leading 2.75% p.a.

Transport Agency

Transmission Gully never likely to hit initial cost estimates – review | WATCH

Christchurch tenant

Christchurch tenant says her health ‘deteriorated’ because of mouldy, dusty rental | WATCH

Auckland schools

New zones for Auckland schools: ‘There’ll be some pretty angry people’

Belle Property Ryde

Not just in Auckland: Sydney home sells for the second time in five months for $1 million-plus profit

Taupo Ika Nui

Another Timeshare bites the dust | Taupo Ika Nui Timeshare Resort FOR SALE

Highest Paid Actors

The Rock Just Paid $28 Million for this Beverly Park Mansion | WATCH

cryptocurrency investment

Woman cashes in after $100,000 shares and cryptocurrency investment

Property Investors

Investors losing interest in property – survey

Building materials

Shortage of building materials prompts warnings of another leaky home crisis | WATCH

commercial property

How to retire before 30 through commercial property

Taylor Swift

Have You Seen Taylor Swift’s Real Estate Portfolio?

Century 21

Despite LVRs And Govt Measures, March Achieves Record Highs

Film director James Cameron is defending his decision to graze hundreds of dairy cattle on his Wairarapa farm | WATCH

Resource Management Act

The sea level rises putting thousands of homes at risk

wealth inequality

‘Explosion of wealth inequality’ as housing boom leaves many behind – economist

Auckland real estate agent who admitted ‘disgraceful conduct’ celebrated by company as ‘true champion’

House prices

House prices set to fall

house prices

Housing: New Zealand house prices to fall – leading credit rating agency

Unaffordable

‘Unsustainable’: Real estate industry says ‘unaffordable’ house price rises have to slow down

Lisa Kudrow

Friends star Lisa Kudrow shares glimpse inside her beautiful LA home

Wendy Alexander

SHOCK: Auckland’s median house price HITS $1.12 MILLION

Lime Rock

Have you ever had a dream to own a vineyard?

official cash rate

Reserve Bank holds official cash rate at record low 0.25 percent

OCR

Low rates for longer creates once in a lifetime opportunity – C21FNZ

Protestors halt work on new Waiheke marina at penguin habitat

Judith Collins

National unveils plan to fund infrastructure, get houses built

Naomi Campbell

Inside Naomi Campbell’s Luxury Villa In Kenya | WATCH

Property Investors

New Zealand’s New Housing Policy Is Really Just A New Tax Package — And It’s A Shambles

emergency housing

‘Motel generation’ feared as NZ’s emergency housing need continues

Real Estate Agents

What you need to know when choosing a real estate agent in a red hot property market | WATCH

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand

RBNZ Survey: 69% Of Experts Predict Rents Will Rise Under New Housing Policies

Hutt Valley High School

Hutt Valley High School Principal ‘beyond angry’ as classrooms closed due to mould, students sent home

Electoral Commission

Real Estate firm owner electoral donations – National Party failed to declare

Jacinda Ardern

Jacinda Ardern hopeful Government’s moves will curb NZ’s ‘unsustainable’ housing market | WATCH

David Seymour

New Website To Hear Housing Stories

house prices

The two factors that could halt Aussie house price boom

UK house prices

UK house prices hit record high one year from start of pandemic

building ministry

‘We need a building ministry’: Housing doco reveals shocking state of NZ apartment blocks

Richest Celebrities

The 21 Richest Celebrities In The World 2021

Real Estate Agents

Rise in complaints about real estate agents

Charlie Ferguson

Charlie’s backyard cricket match wins backing from ANZ

Ashley Okland

MYSTERY: 10 years on – who killed realtor Ashley Okland while at an Open Home? | U.S.

Cinema chain

Cinema chain offloads huge parcel of industrial land

capital gains tax

Examining The Housing Market Ahead Of Big Changes

Landlords

Landlords could face jail if they form rent cartels

U.S. housing demand

California siblings accused of listing homes without owners’ consent in alleged real-estate scam

Karl Howard

Real estate agent to spend another eight weeks in custody over alleged samurai sword attack

Landlords

Landlords’ threats to hike rents or sell are likely empty – expert

Yarrow Stadium

$50m Yarrow Stadium upgrade doesn’t stretch to new seats

OECD

Even ‘dungers’ are too pricey in NZ property market | BBC

Hamilton landlord

Terminally ill woman, WINZ families asked to vacate homes by Hamilton landlord after Government crackdown on property investors

Barfoot & Thompsom

Auckland House Sales Strong Before New Investment Rules Announced | Barfoot & Thompson

New Zealand's housing market

Fewer people showing up to auctions, open homes

Femke Burger

It’s Beautiful and Virtually Covid-Free. Just Don’t Try to Buy a House in New Zealand

Tony Alexander

REINZ & Tony Alexander Real Estate Survey | April 2021

house prices

Fall in prices ‘possible’ – ASB

Transmission Gully

Not far away now Wellington – Paving the Transmission Gully motorway | WATCH

No Mans Fort

Incredible 23-bedroom military fort house with helipad and saunas up for sale | WATCH

Katie Rusbatch

Cracking down on cartels – including real estate agents

NZ property bubble

Bubble or boom? Why ultra-low interest rates mean house prices may never bust

Real estate CEO Sarah Wood

Asking prices up 16.9% nationally | realestate.co.nz

St Gerard's Church

Councillor calls for St Gerard’s Church in Wellington to be used as housing

The real estate brand taking over the world – eXp Realty Exceeds 50,000 Real Estate Agents

David Bennett

‘Labour party’s got no idea’: National MP knocks down Govt over ‘rubbish’ housing claims

Foodstuffs storehouse

Take a look inside Foodstuffs’ new storehouse, the size of eight rugby fields | WATCH

Chinese builders found working illegally should not be deported — Migrant Workers Association

Chinese builders found working illegally should not be deported — Migrant Workers Association

Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal

Auckland real estate agent guilty of misconduct – struck off for 18 months

NZ property investors

New NZ Tax Rules | Brightline Test & Tax Deductibility | What Should Property Investors Do Now? | WATCH

NZ house prices

New Zealand house prices have soared 16 per cent in past year, a 15-year record | WATCH

Pamela Anderson

The Top 10 2021 Most Expensive Celebrity Mansions Sold or Listed So Far

Opoly

Kiwis offered chance to buy shares in $1 million Auckland house in new investment scheme

Real Estate Agents

$22,000 fine: Crackdown on dodgy real estate agents | AUSTRALIA

overseas investor

Company receives $140k fine for not declaring overseas investor

Real Estate Agents

Real estate agent found guilty

Sir Ron Brierley

Who was Sir Ron Brierley?

MONSTER MORTGAGES

Housing crisis: First-home buyers with MONSTER MORTGAGES

Wellington College

Wellington College disassociates with Sir Ron Brierley

Sir Ron Brierley

Property tycoon pleads guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material

Auckland homeowner

Auckland homeowner’s dismay at ‘horrendous’ note calling them ‘profit-seeking ass’ after buying family home

house price index

Latest house price index results justify Government’s housing announcement, shift favours first home buyers

Tony Alexander

Landlords: 74% plan on raising rents more than they were planning

Don Ha

RE/MAX New Zealand recognises network’s top performers at annual awards night

Celebrity property

The top 10 most Googled homes in the world

Mortgage borrowers

Mortgage borrowers warned interest rate hikes likely in next couple of years

Roy Billing

Veteran actor Roy Billing sells Aussie apartment to return to New Zealand | WATCH

Tiny home

Father and teen son who built tiny home together ready to sell | WATCH

Sydney's western suburbs

Sydney’s western suburbs ‘Australian nightmare’

holiday bookings

Kiwis leaving their holiday bookings till last-minute

Auckland landlord trespassed tenant and dumped belongings 11km away

Southern Wide Southland

Property Brokers merge with Southern Wide Southland

Rents

House prices increase by $100,000 in 12 months

NZ Crisis

You can’t pay your rent with Jacinda’s spin’: ACT, Collins tear down Ardern over rent increase fears

Kiwibank

We’re short 80,000 homes – KIWIBANK | WATCH

rent increases

Jacinda Ardern cautious over possible rent increases due to housing investment rule changes | WATCH

REINZ

REINZ launches next generation automated valuation model (AVM)

timber shortage

Builders warn customers to expect delays as timber shortage hits New Zealand

Housing Boom

Supercharged housing market sees boom in real estate salespeople | WATCH

landlord tax rules

What happened when the UK changed landlord tax rules

Wellington NZ

Can New Zealand Fix Its Housing Crisis?

Chinese buyers

Kiwis are behind New Zealand’s runaway house prices. Not buyers from China or Singapore

Interview with Diana Cussen, Platinum Agent of Excellence

Interview with Diana Cussen, Platinum Agent of Excellence – realestate.co.nz | WATCH

Housing Package

Explained: Labour’s controversial new housing package | WATCH

Grant Robertson

Finance Minister ‘can’t predict’ effect Government’s housing package will have on rents | WATCH

bright-line test

Change to bright-line test not deterring buyers – agent

Landlords

‘Appalling’: Landlords slammed for suggesting using violence, ‘rat poison’, the Mongrel Mob to evict squatters

New Zealand

Australia won’t follow NZ down housing tax path

Nicola Willis

Labour’s Housing Policy Looking Like KiwiBuild 2.0

Chlöe Swarbrick

Chlöe Swarbrick says landlords crying ‘crocodile tears’ after year of amazing capital gains

house prices

The shocking pay rise Kiwis need for current house prices to be ‘affordable’

homes.co.nz Monthly Property Update

homes.co.nz Monthly Property Update – March 2021

Reserve Bank

Mortgage lending shows NZ property market continues to run hot

housing package

Government trying to solve issues in supply, demand for houses | WATCH

Antonia Mercorella

Noosa the most expensive housing market in Queensland

NZ property

What kinds of homes qualify under the new First Home Loan and First Home Grant spending caps?

house prices

New map shows New Zealand suburbs with fastest rising house prices

soaring house prices

NZ government takes bold action to curb soaring house prices

bright-line test

Government removes blanket family home exemption for extended bright-line test

Housing Package

Labour’s housing package naive at best, plain dumb at worst

Kiwibuild Mark II

Judith Collins savages housing package, says Kiwis can’t trust what Government tells them | WATCH