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Jarden Brief: Contagion effect in SVB saga

Dyspeptic responses as investors digest fallout from Silicon Valley Bank collapse.

Dismay as joinery firm with 28 staff folds after nearly 50 years

The building and construction sector dominates liquidations, accounting for 29 per cent.

Fletcher reveals shareholders plan class action over loss-making division

'There’s also the potential of no payout if Fletcher can defend it robustly.'

Ten 'unfair' retirement village practices: Govt review under way

Practices a focus of Government review announced in December, due out this September.

FMA warns Du Val for misleading, deceptive statements

Du Val Group would potentially seek to list a new company on the NZX.

‘Mum and dad landlords aren’t the enemy’: National unveils build-to-rent housing policy

Promise to bring back brightline test and interest deductibility.

Soaring building costs blamed for construction company woes

Franchise working with customers in hopes homes still get built.

'Living in a soup of humidity': Air-con issue dogs some residents in luxury high-rise

"It’s like living in a soup of humidity - but with a great view."

House values falling but still up 24.5pc on pre-Covid times

Prices would need to keep falling for another two years before they hit pre-Covid levels.

Developer's plan to deliver 1000 homes per year in Auckland, ponders capital moves

Du Val Group considering how the company can grow.

Auckland's February house sales 'slowest in at least a quarter of a century'

Trading conditions the 'most challenging anyone in the business can recall'.

Curious case of the abruptly cancelled Auckland CBD mortgagee sale

Sale plans changed just a few hours before a looming 4pm deadline today. Money flowed.

Business confidence on mend as inflation fears start to ease

The latest ANZ Business Outlook shows firms expect to raise their prices less this year.

Downer EDI releases half-year result, cites NZ floods

Unprecedented wet weather, labour shortages, productivity problems dog business.

Central Otago vineyard falls into liquidation

Application to have liquidators appointed granted by High Court on Thursday.

Auckland city transforms: Your complete guide to new high-rises, hotels, shops and apartments

What’s going on in the CBD, who’s doing it, why and where?

Cyclone Gabrielle: Infrastructure to trump housing in possible $13b repair

Rebuild unlikely to have a big impact on reversing the slowdown in residential building.

Evacuations and no power: The fate of 1000 retirement village residents during cyclone

"Mobile generators were a godsend. In our new villages, we’re building generators."