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More help arrives to get on the ladder
First-time home buyers have more help than ever getting on the property ladder, say local real estate and finance experts.

Bay job growth leads country
Trade Me statistics released on Friday revealed the Bay of Plenty as the best performing region in the country for the second quarter of the year.

Collaboration seen as vital for growth
Jane Nees came to the Bay of Plenty almost two decades ago for a change of lifestyle and a new job running the Tauranga City Libraries.

Property values jump 7.3%
Tauranga house values have jumped 7.3 per cent year-on-year and now exceed the previous market peak in 2007.

Inside story: Uni no longer a dream
In less than five years Tauranga will have its own university campus. Michele Hunter investigates what a university in the heart of the CBD will mean for Tauranga.

Luxury home sales soar
The number of million-dollar plus homes selling in Tauranga is on the rise, new figures show.

Tauranga's rents jump 9.7%
Rents have increased almost 10 per cent in Tauranga in 12 months - a larger increase than Auckland, Waikato and Wellington, according to new figures from Trade Me.

Tauranga to get $40m campus
A historic agreement cementing in place the construction of a $40 million university campus for Tauranga has been hailed as the start of a new journey of economic development.