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Backlog of unsold homes reaches decade high

Retirees marooned as banks retreat on reverse mortgages

WATCH: Why falling prices aren’t making homes more affordable

Australia’s economy has just slid into a recession on a per-capita basis

Australia’s economy

Australia’s economy has just slid into a recession on a per-capita basis

Brisbane’s most expensive homes: The top properties of 2018

Queenstown development

Buyers might get a bargain at Queenstown development

Reserve Bank says population growth, slow building to blame for property boom and bust

Billionaire developer’s ultimatum to government

Trade Me website

Trade Me: More opportunity to poach print advertising

quake-prone buildings

Concern over quake-prone buildings

Melbourne market slowdown hits vendors, spreads to government

What the median house price gets you in each Australian capital city

CoreLogic

Homeowners pocket median resale profit of $195K each last quarter: a 20 year high.

Alexandra Park Village

Apartment buyers in limbo

Twitter

Property TWEETS of the week (March 5, 2019)

Court told former cop shot in Point Cook is still on life support

‘Train smash for the auction system’

Controversial advert helps sell Sydney land in three days

Ebert

Ebert subbies miss out on money

Piha

Most-viewed house on Trade Me

Jennifer Lopez

CELEBRITY: Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez buy Jeremy Piven’s Malibu pad

CELEBRITY: Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch relisted with almost $100 million discount

Cambridge

Cambridge dairy farmer fined record $131,840 for effluent discharges

Nobilo

Waimarie property still listed while Nobilo seeks to refinance

churches for sale

8 former churches for sale

apartments

Application lodged to transform Lower Hutt’s Avalon Tower into apartments

meth

Tenant to pay $4300 for meth contamination

Property downturn is worse than it looks

The winners from Australia’s property market slump

WATCH: Australian real estate market shows mixed signs

55 Courageous Court, Newport

AUSTRALIA: Incomplete house the hottest in the country right now

Stand-offs between Melbourne buyers and sellers

Auckland Property

Auckland: A buyer’s market

Sydney real estate struggling to cope with city’s property slump

“Ugliest” house in best street

Family could turn $331K into $8.8m

Billionaire

The fence the billionaire built

Property price downturn extending beyond Sydney and Melbourne

Real Estate Agents

Glamour of real estate wheeling and dealing fades, disenchanted agents on job hunt

Property investors

Property investors, not first home buyers, snap up affordable homes: NZIER

property investment

Man charged over alleged bogus property investment scheme

Arrow International

Arrow: ‘We had no choice’

Bella Vista Homes

51 charges filed over Bella Vista Homes

Former Dee Why real estate agent avoids jail for stealing $31,000 from clients

The chance encounter that sparked a property purchase within three months

Masterton

50 new houses for Masterton

NZ property market

NZ property market ‘not like Australia’

Palmerston North police station

Derelict old Palmerston North police station building bought by Rangitāne

Arrow International

Chows eye up construction firm Arrow International after administrators take over

illegal containers

$12,000 fine for illegal containers

INTERNATIONAL: Zillow as mortgage lender: Real estate giant going ‘further down the funnel’ of buying a house

Agent commissions rise despite disruptor models, cooling conditions

top independent agents

Australasia’s top independent agents recognised

Australasia’s top independent agents recognised

Real estate agents to dob in dodgy Chinese buyers under Labor government

The Block’s Kerrie and Spence to sell Barossa Valley home

Auckland tenant

$127 for cold rental

landlord

I was a landlord, and I hated the person it made me become

Queenstown council

Queenstown council buys prominent multi-million dollar property

Ex-REIA president Malcolm Gunning and wife face charges over agency trust accounts

land deal

Iwi lock in land deal

Landlords

Landlords crying victim

WATCH: Opal Tower report finds “construction issues”

’People aren’t scared of $30m’: Vaucluse trophy shoots for record

Real estate ‘click bait’ is great for news but bad for the economy

Finalists revealed for the 2019 REIA awards

Where Melbourne sellers are cutting prices the most

INTERNATIONAL: Elon Musk sells incredible LA spaceship-shaped mansion with giant ‘moat’ swimming pool

Elon Musk

INTERNATIONAL: Elon Musk sells incredible LA spaceship-shaped mansion with giant ‘moat’ swimming pool

properties on the market

AUSTRALIA: There are more properties on the market now than at any time since 2012 — and no-one’s buying

There are more properties on the market now than at any time since 2012 — and no-one’s buying

Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust

Cut price Queenstown homes

Property investor

Property investor: I’ve paid more in tax in 20 years than you’ll earn your lifetime

Property investment

How Kiwis get rich

Home values still vulnerable, but early signs of stability start to show

real estate agent Aaron Drever

Disgraced Auckland real estate agent Aaron Drever sets new censures record

Dame Jenny Shipley

Shipley to pay $6m

office block

Derelict office block to get new life

Hills Shire, Sydney estate agent Sid Morgan shot at Point Cook

Saint Kentigern

Exclusive school for sale

Welcome to California: Glen Coutinho

WATCH: International – Inside China’s ghost cities

REINZ calls for financial support for landlords to help meet the healthy homes standards

capital gains tax

WATCH: Would a capital gains tax ease house prices

property empire

INTERNATIONAL: Man has £2.8m property empire – thanks to his commute to work

First home buyer activity might be coming to an end, report finds

Investors rush to Gold Coast property market ahead of federal election

Rewi Thompson

Rewi Thompson’s house saved

Krissy Marsh tries her luck at auction

price plunge

AUSTRALIA: ‘Desirable’ property’s dramatic 13 per cent price plunge proof of downturn

‘Desirable’ property’s dramatic 13 per cent price plunge proof of downturn

OPINION: Will the NZ Labour Government lead us into a Property Crash?

Tauranga City Council demolishes Bella Vista Homes

Pahiatua

Tararua housing hot right now

Landlords

Landlords on the clock

Are first home buyers waiting on the sideline?

Performance anxiety grips Sydney’s well-heeled as cracks appear in high-end market

Bankrupt builder

Bankrupt builder who left a trail of debts in Queenstown back ‘on the job’

Rental houses

Where are the rentals?

The Hot New Market for Luxury Property Is Vietnam

INTERNATIONAL: Number of Property Millionaires Falling in Britain

Property Millionaires

INTERNATIONAL: Number of Property Millionaires Falling in Britain

Red-zoned homes

The ones that got away: Red-zoned homes that escaped demolition

Hidden camera

Hidden camera listing axed

Jock Kooger

Real estate agent’s video stunt gets him noticed

Purplebricks

UK and US Chiefs quit Purplebricks amid revenue downgrades

big tax bill

Big property owners may face big tax bill

Laurie Sutton lists Darling Point mansion with $35m price guide

Coe Property Management

$4100 bond, no house

capital gains tax

Billion-dollar tax for commercial property

Homeowners

Homeowners sue NZTA for damage

CELEBRITY: Rebel Wilson caught in landlord trap prevailing in the Sydney property front

REINZ questions whether CGT will improve housing affordability in the long term

Waiwera Thermal Spa Resort

Waiwera locals in hot water

Sir Michael Cullen

The Tax Working Group has announced support for a tax on capital gains, and income tax cuts

Mike Greer Homes

WATCH: Kiwibuild teams up with Mike Greer Homes

real estate agencies

INTERNATIONAL: Devils that invaded real estate agencies

real estate agency

Kiwi house buyers being ‘ripped off’ by real estate agents, says real estate agent

RBA emphasises the importance of house prices

Oroton boss Ross Lane to test Manly’s trophy market with $16.5m price record hopes

Real Estate Pros Launches New Zealand Wide

Auckland property market

No meat, car helped buy us a home

Wellington sci-fi bar PhotonFlux

Gone in 60 minutes: Wellington’s PhotonFlux bar ‘shocked’ after landlord gives them an hour to get out

Housing New Zealand

Judith Collins accuses Housing New Zealand of crowding out home buyers

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