real estate news (Page 60)

capital gains tax

Cancellation of CGT ‘a tragedy’

Property Update

homes.co.nz Monthly Property Update – June 2019

Westpac boss spends $6.8 million on Pittwater weekender

Housing price crash sends homeowners spinning into negative equity territory

Barfoot & Thompson

Barfoot & Thompson fails in meth claim against tenant

The G-Link’s effect on the Gold Coast

A new type of property buyer has started to emerge in Melbourne

Shifty Melbourne property agent jailed

Joseph Ngo and Judy Nguyen

AUSTRALIA: Shifty Melbourne property agent jailed

Airbnb

Airbnb lines Kiwi pockets

Ponsonby

Dancing granny’s run-down Ponsonby villa sold to local family

property developer

Wellington property developer Lance James defends charges

Fletcher Living

Fletcher Living homes in central Christchurch struggle to find buyers

Santa Clarita Diet

Santa Clarita Diet: Real Estate Agents -Netflix

INTERNATIONAL: Inside Jeff Bezos’ $80 Million NYC Mega-Home (Watch)

WATCH: Property to Drop as Australia No Longer a ‘place of choice’ for Chinese money laundering?

KiwiBuild

KiwiBuild pre-approved applicants list raises eligibility questions

mortgagee sale

Central Auckland mortgagee sale

First-home buyers already feel edged out as competition heats up with historic rate cut

Bindi Norwell

Guide to what landlords can ask is withdrawn by Privacy Commissioner

Central Otago

Controversial 900-lot development proposal battles opposition in Central Otago

heritage homes

Hobsonville officers’ houses ripe for Block-style makeover

Queensland wins LJ Hooker ‘Real Estate of Origin’

Colliers

New Katikati office expands Colliers’ rural and agribusiness offering

Peter Wolfkamp

The Block NZ: At home with Peter Wolfkamp

earthquake excesses

Could homeowners face ‘earthquake excesses’ on house insurance?

Inner west house in prime position sells at auction for $590,000 over reserve

Aussies don’t want to buy home with spouse

Purchasing a home

Aussies don’t want to buy home with spouse

INTERNATIONAL: This 258-acre Los Angeles property just had a $71.5 million price cut

Innovative property video of the week (WATCH)

West Mount Cotton Road

AUSTRALIA: Innovative property video of the week (WATCH)

AFL legend forced to sell memorabilia after property group collapses

Auckland

Trading up has got a bit cheaper over the past year

apartments

Big dreams in small spaces

Mōkau Butchery

New owner for New Zealand’s most remote butchery, and its secret sausage recipe

Web searches on rock-bottom home loan rates skyrocketed after RBA rate cut: Finder.com.au

Melbourne’s TV star homes reel in big bucks for owners

Canberra’s first homebuyers are being forced to find properties they never thought they’d call home

tiny house

Homeless after tiny house dispute

multi-million estate

Catholic father writes five of his six children out of multi-million estate over religious differences

CELEBRITY: Adam Levine and Ellen DeGeneres make music in the housing market

Ellen DeGeneres

CELEBRITY: Adam Levine and Ellen DeGeneres make music in the housing market

Aussie health coach snaps up a piece of European paradise for just $1.60

Australia Seizes Properties From Chinese National With Beijing’s Help

council delays

Consents aren’t turning into houses, new data shows

Where to invest $5000 in ASX 200 property shares this month

Japanese property

INTERNATIONAL: Japanese property on a roll as Chinese grow weary of traditional hotspots Vancouver, Sydney

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos snags three New York apartments in same building for more than $114 million

Property developer Elias Jreissati sells $16 million Port Melbourne penthouse apartment

NEW ZEALAND: Australians eye up property in Central Otago-Lakes region

Queenstown

Australians eye up property in Central Otago-Lakes region

Conor English

English cut from $5m deal

SkyCity hotel

SkyCity hotel plans advance

Record number of Sydney homes are now sitting empty

Buy vs Rent

Here’s where you’re better to buy than rent

NZIA

Best of old and new celebrated in NZIA Canterbury Architecture Awards

NOW is the best time to buy Australian property since 2016

INTERNATIONAL: $3,000-commission real estate startup raises $3.5 million to expand

Barfoot & Thompson

Auckland Reverts To More Traditional Housing Sales Cycle

INTERNATIONAL: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos reportedly drops $121m on a trio of New York condos

Jeff Bezos

INTERNATIONAL: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos reportedly drops $121m on a trio of New York condos

The best of the best on show at AREC’s Australasian Auctioneering Competition

AREC

The best of the best on show at AREC’s Australasian Auctioneering Competition

Wellington

Unique homes to be bowled

earthquake damage

Detecting earthquake damage

Tenancy Tribunal

Landlord ordered to pay $177k

Property prices aren’t the only reason families are swapping houses for apartments

INTERNATIONAL: Here’s a look at Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison’s incredible real estate portfolio

Larry Ellison

INTERNATIONAL: Here’s a look at Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison’s incredible real estate portfolio

WA property market will need more than an interest rate cut to kick start it, experts warn

Real estate agents

‘Real estate agents have to work harder’

forest land

NI forest land doubles in price

CELEBRITY: Inside Jessica Alba’s $10M Los Angeles Home | Open Door | Architectural Digest (Watch)

Jessica Alba

CELEBRITY: Inside Jessica Alba’s $10M Los Angeles Home | Open Door | Architectural Digest (Watch)

The Block NZ Firehouse

The Block NZ: Now we know who’s in to win, which is the team to watch?

Harcourts announces top national performers

Wellington’s fastest rising suburb revealed

Reserve Bank

New RBA cash rate announcement puts borrowers on a $21,000 high

The Block

The Block – what’s out back?

INTERNATIONAL: This real estate startup is aiming to flip homes with help from Uber drivers

real estate startup

INTERNATIONAL: This real estate startup is aiming to flip homes with help from Uber drivers

Tall Poppy

Tall Poppy launches BombBomb in NZ

Wellington landlord

A Wellington landlord wanted a share of their tenant’s brothel business profit.

The Reserve Bank of Australia

RBA cuts rates to new record low to kickstart economy

Overseas Investment Office

Secret price deals revealed

How Reserve Bank’s decision to cut interest rates will impact housing markets

At home with Jackie Gillies

‘If I’d known it was going to go on this long, I wouldn’t have waited’

Harvey's Real Estate

Real estate agent censured after allowing seller to conceal renovations completed without consent

Retirement village

Retirement village building multiplies

Michael Davoren

Lessons from Purplebricks: A New Zealand perspective

CELEBRITY: Guy’s mega Sydney ‘fortress’ finally complete

Bindi Norwell

Government forestry incentives see forestry farm prices increase by 45%, says REINZ

INTERNATIONAL: Class-action case could upend residential real estate brokerage business

real estate brokerage

INTERNATIONAL: Class-action case could upend residential real estate brokerage business

CoreLogic Pain & Gain Report

Pain & Gain Report New Zealand Quarter 1, 2019 – CORELOGIC

‘Old-school’ hack behind $600k home

residential tenancy agreement

Woman ordered to pay aunt $21,600 in rent after assuming grandmother left her home in will

Ray White real estate agent, Sonya Treloar.

AREC 2019: Volume will correct a correcting market (Australia)

AREC 2019: Volume will correct a correcting market

Lisa Totaro

Million-dollar agents: The future is female

Million-dollar agents: The future is female

New CoreLogic data shows the property market’s downturn is losing steam

Property Prices

AUSTRALIA: Property Prices Fall Least in a Year as Slide Eases

Queenstown

$1m for average Queenstown home

House prices

House prices expected to fall

Pio Terei

Pio Terei wants you to build a tiny house

commissions

INTERNATIONAL: Buying or selling a home? A new lawsuit could change how much you pay the Realtor

INTERNATIONAL: Hoping to make money in real estate? Here are 5 tips for a successful house flip

AUSTRALIA: ‘Brisbane’s worst house’ sells under the hammer for $253,000

‘Brisbane’s worst house’ sells under the hammer for $253,000

Property figures reveal Sydney and Melbourne are nearing the bottom of the downturn but Hobart news isn’t so good

apartment owners

Wellington apartment owners seek details for quake-prone buildings fund

From AFL to real estate: Jobe Watson turns to buyers’ advocacy

Bidding frenzy: homes sell for well over reserve at crowded auctions

Westpac

Terrifying mortgage threat shows dangers of making minimum repayments

sub-letting

$50,000 bill for illegal sub-letting

AFR Rich List 2019

AUSTRALIA: AFR Rich List 2019

AFR Rich List 2019

INTERNATIONAL: Tony Soprano’s House Hits the Market

Tony Soprano

INTERNATIONAL: Tony Soprano’s House Hits the Market

KiwiBuild

Has Govt realised KiwiBuild not the answer?