First home buyers still in the market despite record-low housing affordability
Australia’s housing affordability remains around record lows in data that goes back to 1995, despite lower mortgage rates.…
Director fined $54k over illegal boarding house for migrant workers
An Auckland property director, who ran an illegal boarding house for migrant workers, has been fined $54,000. Paul…
Is now a good time to buy a house?
With house prices still weak, a relatively large number of listings to choose from and interest rates falling,…
The revamped Queen Victoria Market will deliver thousands of homes but how affordable will they be?
For more than a decade, the City of Melbourne has dreamed of renewing the nearly 150-year-old Queen Victoria…
What sort of houses will foreigners be able to buy?
Houses in Devonport, Matakana, Remuera and Rodney, an apartment in Tauranga and large plots of land are among…
Home prices keep rising in ‘seller’s market’ as new property listings below average
Australian property prices have pushed higher again in August, as lower interest rates, rising real wages and buyer…
New home listings up 9% year-on-year as sellers return
The number of new property listings jumped in August compared to the same time last year, Realestate.co.nz data…
Which Australian politicians own more than one property?
New analysis of the 48th Parliament’s interests register by Crikey and Open Politics reveals MPs and their families…
A property crash that is good for the country, but bad for its MPs – Thomas Coughlan
But who? On Monday, the Labour Party pointed an accusing finger at the funhouse mirror of National Party…
California officials probe Napa Valley winery about Pickett fire start
California fire investigators appear to be investigating what role, if any, a prestigious Napa Valley winery played in…
Victim named in Gisborne homicide investigation
By Samuel Sherry Journalist·NZ Herald· 27 Aug, 2025 05:54 AMQuick Read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles…
Is a soft housing market really bad for New Zealand’s economy?
The Reserve Bank has trimmed its forecast for house price growth, and says the fact that house prices…