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Property: House sales sink to 10-year low

REINZ is blaming spring weather, the Canterbury quake and uncertainty over the increase in GST and tax cuts for a new low in house sales.

Social networks act to curb sales

Increased GST rate applied to September bills

Hundreds of thousands of households have been charged the higher rate of GST for goods supplied before the GST rise took place.

Real estate agents fight back over new fees

A fees fight has broken out between the Govt's real estate agent organisation and the Real Estate Institute.

Five Mile project will be scaled back

Costliest pad serious parties only need apply

Krukziener back in High Court as bankruptcy hearing looms

Auditor-General to review deposit guarantee scheme

Lyn Provost is to review the Crown's Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme which ended earlier this week having paid out $1.85bn.

GST price hike warning for Fairfax

Fairfax Media has been issued a formal warning by the Commerce Commission after it claimed the GST rate hike was behind its Dominion Post cover price increase.

<i>Stock Takes:</i> Crumbling takeover

Tower's move to bid for Fidelity Life Assurance without securing support from Fidelity's major shareholders has left some wondering whether it has some underlying plan which has yet to be revealed.

Australia warned of housing bubble

Property values now 5pc below 2007

Property values across NZ have fallen 1.4pc since March, with big city valuers reporting a lack of well presented, quality properties on the market.

<i>Inside Money: </i>Reality bites KiwiSaver property scheme

Without even a goodbye another KiwiSaver scheme has slipped over the side into oblivion.

Overseas investment down on last year

House prices rise, but sales slow

Auckland house prices, listings up

Auckland house prices rebounded during September, after falling the month earlier, figures released by Barfoot and Thompson show.