InvestmentForeign funds eye NZ commercial real estateInternational investors with a total of US$2 trillion ($2.34 trillion) in funds have put New Zealand in their top-10 list of Asia-Pacific real estate investment targets.24 Mar 07:50 PM
InvestmentHotel firm plans $50m NZ investmentChoice Hotels, which operates in 40 New Zealand locations, is looking for seven to eight new properties worth $40 million to $50 million this year.23 Mar 03:15 PM
InvestmentPrecinct upbeat on towerThe $1.6 billion landlord Precinct Properties expects to start redeveloping its Downtown Shopping Centre site in Auckland's CBD above the new Central Rail Link in two years.18 Feb 04:30 PM
InvestmentFlurry of bond issues expected in busy weekFixed interest investors face a flurry of bond issuance over the next week or so as corporates look to lock in favourable funding rates.18 Feb 04:30 PM
InvestmentBook comes to landlords' aidA new book is out to help landlords, with a series of forms ranging from notices to increase rent to a dog clause document.17 Feb 04:30 PM
InvestmentCashing in on the pastThis five-bedroom bungalow has seen five generations through it, but you wouldn't know it.16 Feb 04:30 PM
InvestmentDropout to property baronOn paper, it looks like Andy Davies owns half of Auckland. In real life, the $75 million-plus man wears holey jerseys and lives in a Freemans Bay 'do-up'.02 Feb 04:30 PM
InvestmentWatchdog exits with warningThe next big financial disaster to hit New Zealand investors could involve a collapse in house prices or the sharemarket, says departing investment watchdog boss Sean Hughes.15 Dec 04:30 PM
InvestmentProperty deal one of the biggest: agentA financier has sold 65 Quay Park apartments and eight shops and offices on Maori land to a developer in a multimillion-dollar deal.09 Dec 04:30 PM
InvestmentFirst apartment block since GFCThe ground floor of the first block of Auckland apartments to rise since the global financial crisis is due to be poured on Saturday.09 Dec 04:30 PM
InvestmentLast of Hart's rural empire put up for saleThe last remnant of Graeme Hart's rural empire - a cattle and pig farm at Maramarua - is up for sale.10 Oct 06:50 PM
Investment$10m facelift for Federal St loomsMuch-publicised, long awaited changes to Auckland's canyon-like Federal St car rat run.02 Sep 05:30 PM
InvestmentBuoyant note all round at Goodman annual meetingThe board and investors in NZX-listed Goodman Property Trust struck an upbeat note at yesterday's annual meeting in Auckland.06 Aug 05:30 PM
OpinionHelen TwoseHelen Twose: Investment property funding ruled outMy partner and I have been living in Australia since the start of the year because we can save more here than we could ever in New Zealand for a house.05 Aug 05:30 PM
InvestmentTrade warning on home buying banPlans by the Labour Party to exclude foreign buyers from the housing market have sparked more calls for restrictions and warnings about the risk of damaging the country's relationships with its major trading partners.29 Jul 05:30 PM
OpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: Home-buying ban runs high risksIt's risky policy for a liberal, left-of-centre party because it leaves them open to accusations of xenophobia, writes Liam Dann.28 Jul 05:30 PM
InvestmentProperty developer salvaged money, court toldJamie Peters salvaged property from his "crumbling" businesses, secured hundreds of thousands of dollars for his family and managed his bankruptcy on his own terms, the High Court has been told.25 Jul 05:30 PM
InvestmentBankrupt put up in home by employerJamie Peters was put up in a $1200&-a-week Remuera house by a company that almost a year earlier had cancelled the bankrupt property developer's employment agreement.16 Jul 02:15 AM
InvestmentBankruptcy court told of boat sale proceedsMore than $300,000 from the sale of a $2 million luxury yacht ended up with a company directed by his father-in-law, a court heard yesterday.15 Jul 05:30 PM
InvestmentBankruptcy battle in courtA former rich-lister is back at the High Court today, fighting to be discharged from bankruptcy - one of 24 the Official Assignee has objected to releasing.14 Jul 05:30 PM
InvestmentKiwi living Las Vegas lifestyleA Bankrupt Kiwi property developer is still living in a 660sq m Las Vegas home despite defaulting on its $2.8 million mortgage four years ago.11 Jul 05:30 PM
InvestmentMigrants not to blame for housing crisisThe housing crisis in areas like Auckland is not a by-product of migrants buying up residential properties, Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse says.23 Jun 01:03 AM
InvestmentAussies snap up our homesAustralians are contributing to New Zealand's skyrocketing house prices, with new research showing they bought more property than any other overseas group.18 Jun 05:30 PM
InvestmentPeters bankruptcy extension serves no purpose: QCThere is no good reason for Jamie Peters' bankruptcy to be extended as he faces Official Assignee claims he still has control of significant assets.18 Jun 05:30 PM
InvestmentDeveloper's auto historyEx-rich-lister Jamie Peters entered into a finance agreement on a luxury car at a time when he was unable to pay debts when they fell due, the High Court heard today.12 Jun 05:30 PM
InvestmentEx-rich lister's funds queriedAlmost $650,000 from the sale of a boat that Jamie Peters had personally used ended up in a bank account which the ex-rich-lister accessed during his bankruptcy.11 Jun 05:30 PM
InvestmentDeveloper 'barely survived' on $80kFormer rich-lister Jamie Peters has told the High Court he "barely survived" using $80,000 from a friend's bank account.11 Jun 01:00 AM