‘Marked improvement’ in housing affordability – Cotality
Buying a house isn’t cheap — but there has been a “marked improvement in affordability” in the past…
Why most homeowners don’t need to lose sleep over falling property prices
House prices in New Zealand have fallen since a peak in 2021-2022 following a similar pattern to the…
Property investors who bought at 2021 peak face losses as housing slump bites
“The houses we were looking at were like minimum half a million dollars and not the best neighbourhood…
Nearly $3 million in unpaid rates owed to Wairarapa councils
Unpaid council rates total almost $2.8 million across Wairarapa. By Emily Ireland of Local Democracy Reporting About $983,000…
Home buyers feel pain of property price slump from 2021 market peak
“The future we were hoping for at the time was to eventually turn a bit of a profit…
I used my pension to invest £2m into a crumbling stately home
Ian Morton decided to spend over £2m – including £750,000 from his pension – to help rescue a…
Young child dies after dog attack at Christchurch property – NZ Herald
Young child dies after dog attack at Christchurch property NZ HeraldYoung child dies after dog attack in Aranui, Christchurch RNZChild…
Buyer sought for unfinished Seascape tower on Auckland waterfront
An abandoned tower on Auckland’s waterfront could soon find a new owner. By Felix Walton of RNZ The…
‘Old tyres on a new car’: Subdivision loses chip seal battle
Ōhope’s Waterways subdivision will be chip sealed this summer, despite objections from residents wishing to retain their smooth…
Work to resume on stalled Wellington social housing development
Work is set to resume on a major social housing development in Wellington, three years after it was…
Concerns potential buyers of state house not told of ‘meth lab’ history
Neighbours who say they were terrorised by the former occupants of a Kāinga Ora house fear prospective buyers…
Society Insider: Ex-Black Cap Mark Greatbatch linked to year’s most expensive house sale, $40m Langs Beach property
Greatbatch, 62, the Black Cap batting star of the 1980s and ’90s and famous as the pioneer of…