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abandoned properties

Decision soon on abandoned properties

PHOTO: KEVIN STENT/STUFF Taxpayers have forked out almost $200,000 to maintain a bunch of abandoned properties earmarked for demolition. (File photo) The fate of a bunch […]

Homes & Property New Zealand • 1 MIN READ
boatsheds of Titahi Bay

Iconic boatshed for sale

PHOTO: ONE AGENCY Red, white, blue and yellow – the colourful boatsheds of Titahi Bay are usually passed down through the generations. Boatsheds for […]

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School Zones

Pay up for best school zones

PHOTO: School Zones Homes in some of the country’s most sought-after school zones are likely to experience more price growth than others in the […]

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average asking price

Property: What $700k buys you around New Zealand

PHOTO: The average asking price for a home in NZ has topped $700,000. Photo credit: Getty The national asking price for houses has surpassed $700,000 for […]

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Arrow founders Bob Foster, left and Ron Anderson

Arrow claims rise to $46m

PHOTO: SUPPLIED Arrow founders Bob Foster, left and Ron Anderson pulled the plug on Arrow International after more than 30 years. Unsecured creditors of […]

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Transmission Gully

Transmission Gully motorway 80 per cent complete

PHOTO: SUPPLIED Eighty per cent of the project’s construction is now complete. Motorists won’t be driving it for at least another year but they can […]

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new Indian High Commission

India’s new home in sight

PHOTO: SUPPLIED Work has resumed on the $30m new Indian High Commission planned in Wellington’s Parliamentary precinct. Construction has resumed at a downtown Wellington […]

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White Island

The White Island money

PHOTO: FACEBOOK Whakaari/White Island owner Peter Buttle. Whakaari/White Island boat tours generate $4.5m a year for iwi Before this week’s tragedy at Whakaari/White Island, […]

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Transmission Gully

Transmission Gully takes shape

PHOTO: LEO COONEYRecreational pilot Leo Cooney hired the Manawatu Aviation Club’s Sky Arrow to fly over the works. One year out from its planned […]

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New quake-resilient building for BNZ staff

PHOTO: SUPPLIED An illustration of a new 12-storey base isolated building at 1 Whitmore Street, Wellington, whose development will be managed by Newcrest and […]

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trademe-property

New Zealand house prices rocket to new record

PHOTO: Trade Me The New Zealand property market continues to scale new heights with eight of the country’s fifteen regions hitting record average asking […]

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Boat Shed.

Prized boat shed fetches top dollar

PHOTO: SUPPLIED This 56.16 square metre boat shed and jetty in Evans Bay, Wellington, has sold at auction for $350,000 to a water sports […]

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Transmission Gully

Transmission Gully ‘a year away’

PHOTO: MARK COOTE Transmission Gully, looking east, with progress captured in September, 2019. “Considerable” delays could see the Transmission Gully motorway only just make […]

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Sally Copland, Countdown digital general manager

Countdown plans first ‘dark store’

PHOTO: SUPPLIED Sally Copland, Countdown digital general manager, says more customers are turning to online shopping. Countdown will open a distribution centre in Auckland in […]

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Century 21

Opportunity to take next step on housing ladder

PHOTO: Derryn Mayne By Derryn Mayne – Owner of Century 21 New Zealand Recently we announced our real estate winners for the third quarter […]

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Terry Serepisos’ $35k claim | NEW ZEALAND

  PHOTO: STUFF Terry Serepisos outside the Wellington District Court in 2014. Former bankrupt tycoon Terry Serepisos is taking a $35,000 harassment claim out on the […]

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Terry Serepisos

Terry Serepisos’ $35k claim

  PHOTO: STUFF Terry Serepisos outside the Wellington District Court in 2014. Former bankrupt tycoon Terry Serepisos is taking a $35,000 harassment claim out on the […]

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Karori

Massive housing shortfall forecast

  PHOTO: KEVIN STENT/STUFF The Wellington suburb of Karori. The city faces a population surge that could require it to home about five more Karoris-worth […]

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Home ownership

Home ownership at lowest level in 70 years

  PHOTO: CHRIS MCKEEN/STUFF Economist Shamubeel Eaqub says Baby Boomers are to blame for young Kiwis being shut out of home ownership. Johanna Knox used to […]

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Golden mile

Carless Golden Mile back on table

  PHOTO: LET’S GET WELLINGTON MOVING/SUPPLIED An artist’s impression of a more pedestrian-friendly Golden Mile. Plans to remove private vehicles from the city’s Golden Mile and […]

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Property market surge predicted | NEW ZEALAND

  PHOTO: ROSA WOODS/STUFF Wellington’s prices were up 6.4 per cent, year-on-year, and Christchurch’s 1.4 per cent. A property market recovery in October could be the […]

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Property market

Property market surge predicted

  PHOTO: ROSA WOODS/STUFF Wellington’s prices were up 6.4 per cent, year-on-year, and Christchurch’s 1.4 per cent. A property market recovery in October could be the […]

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leaky townhouses

No plans still for leaky townhouses

  PHOTO: MONIQUE FORD / STUFF Twenty four properties were bought by Porirua City Council in a leaky homes settlement. Six months after a multi-million dollar purchase […]

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Manners St apartment

Hand-me-down flats not cheap

  PHOTO: ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF The inner-city location of this Manners St apartment is great for transport but dodgy at night, said its tenants. Each week, Rooms to […]

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building boom

Hotel building boom

  PHOTO: JOHN WEEKES The opening date of SkyCity’s Horizon Hotel is up in the air following the huge convention centre fire. The biggest hotel construction […]

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commercial property

Capital commercial property sales drop

  PHOTO: SUPPLIED The Exchange property spans eight freehold titles with frontages on 7 to 23 Allen St and 10 to 24 Blair St and was […]

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Katherine Mansfield House

Katherine Mansfield House reopens

  PHOTO: KATHERINE MANSFIELD HOUSE AND GARDEN Katherine Mansfield House and Garden is situated in the Wellington suburb of Thorndon. Refreshed, repainted and re-opened last Sunday […]

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Trade Me Property

Demand soars for rentals across the country

  PHOTO: Trade Me Property Tenants around the country are facing tough competition and increasing rents after the number of enquiries on rental listings […]

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Century 21

Quarterly winners announced by Century 21 NZ

  PHOTO: Derryn Mayne – Century 21 Century 21 New Zealand has announced its 2019 third quarter real estate winners. “Botany Downs, in particular, had […]

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Napier Villa

This dinky home rubs shoulders with mansions

  PHOTO: FLORENCE CHARVIN/NZ HOUSE & GARDEN The property runs between two roads so has dual access and there are two “front” doors; this one […]

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surplus land

Council urged to buy surplus land

  PHOTO: ANDY MCKAY A local group wants the Kāpiti Coast District Council to acquire the land under the Public Works Act to safeguard it from […]

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Homes.co.nz

Can you trust a CV?

  PHOTO: STREETVIEW This Kaitangata house had a rateable value of $43,000 but sold for $190,000. A King Country house that had a council valuation of $130,000 […]

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commercial property

Alternative to bank deposit?

  PHOTO: MONIQUE FORD / FAIRFAX NZ The Spark building in downtown Wellington sold for $197.5m in 2018 to syndicators Mitchell Mackersy which raised part of […]

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Courtenay Pl

Prominent Courtenay Pl properties for sale

  PHOTO: SUPPLIED Combined, the two properties currently return $351,710 net income per year. Two prominent Wellington properties, currently home to Danger Danger bar and Enigma […]

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Terry Serepisos

Serepisos’ mum facing eviction

    PHOTO: STUFF Terry Serepisis in 2014. Former bankrupt property developer Terry Serepisos’ failure to repay loans has resulted in his mother’s three Wellington properties being […]

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cost of building

How to build cheap

  PHOTO: LOCKWOOD/SUPPLIED Lockwood offers prefabricated options. Forget prices per square metre – a new-build house can easily double in cost depending on the demands of […]

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The Paddington

All go for $130m housing project

  PHOTO: SUPPLIED Building of the planned $130 million The Paddington terraced housing development in Te Aro, central Wellington, is scheduled to start in early 2020. […]

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Wellington's housing market

Get set for housing market bounce

  PHOTO: KEVIN STENT/STUFF Wellington’s housing market will be helped by more Government spending. Low interest rates are likely to power national house prices to new […]

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Shelly Bay

Iwi out of Wgtn’s Shelly Bay

  PHOTO: KEVIN STENT/STUFF Māori ownership at Shelly Bay is now over. Māori land ownership at Wellington’s Shelly Bay has now ended after the trust involved […]

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trademe-property

Rents rise countrywide

  PHOTO: Trade Me Property Every region in New Zealand saw an annual increase in rent in July as rental properties across the country […]

Auckland Property News • 4 MIN READ
Stacy and Adam

At my place: Stacy and Adam

  PHOTO: ROSS GIBLIN The couple says their home could use some renos. Creative couple Stacy and Adam have proven to be the ones to watch […]

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The Block NZ

The Block NZ’s next home?

  PHOTO: GOOGLE MAPS This is the probable site for The Block NZ 2020. The houses, in Huia Road, Point Chevalier, have both been bought by […]

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trademe-property

Auckland property prices tumble

  PHOTO: Trade Me Property Auckland property prices continued to tumble in July after the average asking price fell 2.2 per cent on last […]

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Mt Vic

At home in Mt Vic

  PHOTO: VICTORIA BIRKINSHAW Amanda Holland is a Wellington interior stylist and owner of homewares store Small Acorns and Squirrel cafe. She lives in a villa […]

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Shelly Bay

Shelly Bay: ‘Politics over reason’

  PHOTO: KEVIN STENT/STUFF Developers want to turn the former Shelly Bay air force base into a massive development. Wellington city councillor Simon Woolf has been […]

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Mornington Golf Club

Turn golf course into KiwiBuild – MP

  PHOTO: MORNINGTON GOLF CLUB Club president Vincent Burke says Mornington Golf Club is “geographically challenging” and “no walk in the park”. A local MP is […]

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Wellington commercial site

From empty office to apartment

  PHOTO: SUPPLIED The conversion of a Wellington commercial site into residential apartments could be a template for transforming the Nelson CBD, a councillor says. An […]

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Wellington property market

Property profits for vulnerable

  PHOTO: ROSS GIBLIN/STUFF The Ian Cassels directed The Wellington Company will donate $10,000 to the Wellington City Mission whenever it sells a property over $800,000. […]

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billionaire

NZ’s newest billionaire

  PHOTO: Sir Bob Jones: Now worth $1b, according to the NBR. Sir Bob Jones is New Zealand’s newest billionaire, according to the latest NBR Rich List. […]

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Bottle-O

Landlord Lester vs Bottle-O

  PHOTO: GOOGLE MAPS The Ganges Rd, Khandallah shops where Bottle-O wants to put a liquor store. Wellington Mayor Justin Lester is standing down from a […]

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Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr

The dark side of low interest rates

  PHOTO: ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr – shocked everyone with the size of OCR cut. When Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr shocked the […]

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WCC Mayor

Mayor looks at lease option for cheaper rents

  PHOTO: KEVIN STENT/STUFF Lester says the council needs to act on house prices. Wellington’s rents have surpassed Auckland’s and the city’s Mayor is promising a major […]

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Platinum Homes

Platinum Homes customer: What now?

  PHOTO: JULIET MCGHIE/STUFF Jennifer Sutcliffe settled on Platinum Homes after visiting a showhome. A customer of the Platinum Homes franchise that entered liquidation this month […]

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Ministry of Education building

$82m office building deal

  PHOTO: SUPPLIED Prominent office building 33 Bowen Street in the heart of the Government district in Wellington has been bought by a group of European […]

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House prices

House prices down in the cities

  PHOTO: FIONA GOODALL/GETTY IMAGES QV data shows values sliding in six main centres, with Auckland leading the decline. House prices in New Zealand’s biggest cities […]

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construction company

Troubled building firm folds

  PHOTO: LIBBY WILSON/STUFF Customers had complained about delays on houses being built. A construction company operating as Platinum Homes in the greater Wellington region has […]

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Sir Bob Jones

Sir Bob’s capital deal

  PHOTO: KENT BLECHYNDEN/STUFF Sir Bob Jones company Robt. Jones Holdings has paid $10.11 million for Civic Assurance House, his company’s 18th office building in Wellington’s […]

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apartments

500 affordable Welly apartments

  PHOTO: ROSS GIBLIN/STUFF Ian Cassels, director The Wellington Company, says Te Kāinga could see three commercial buildings converted into 500 apartments. The council has officially […]

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Wellington library

Is $100m price to fix library to be believed?

  PHOTO: ROSA WOODS/STUFF Dave Armstrong: If the library takes as long to strengthen as the Town Hall, I wonder if an entire generation of young […]

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Water tower

Water tower interest soars

  PHOTO: RAY WHITE Farrell says a site like this (minus the concrete reservoir) would normally be worth in excess of $500,000. Listing agent Steve Farrell […]

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Wellington's central library

$100m ‘guesstimate’ on library

  PHOTO: ROSA WOODS/STUFF Any plans to demolish the library could come unstuck by an application to heritage list it. With “guesstimates” of over $100 million […]

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