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<i>Mary Holm</i>: No rush to claim home subsidy
If you wait until year 10 in KiwiSaver can you use all your KiwiSaver funds for the first-home deposit?

Watson and Hotchin due $5m from Allied
Allied Farmers is due to pay Eric Watson and Mark Hotchin a further $5 million by the end of this month.

Dorchester posts annual loss of $19.1M
Dorchester Pacific, seeking to raise $10 million to exit its moratorium, has reported a full-year loss of $19.1 million.

$1m addresses on the increase
What do you think is the country's most expensive street? The answer might surprise you.

It's a Bob each way - and no Blue Chip
Blue Chip co-founder Bob Bangerter considers the finance company's "saga" over and is now working as a property consultant under the name Bob James.

<i>Fran O'Sullivan:</i> Mrs Hotchin shows the wrong attitude
Auckland socialite Amanda Hotchin has clearly never heard - or possibly even cares about - the Marie Antoinette syndrome.

Why the leaky homes bailout is unfair
The government's description of the leaky building issue as a "natural disaster of huge proportions" is both a clever device and a dangerous precedent.

Victim wants jail time for Mark Bryers
Mark Bryers this week faces sentencing for 31 offences related to the collapse of his Blue Chip empire - with one investor saying only jail will do.

<i>Brian Gaynor</i>: Investment ethics a million miles away
There is little incentive for NZ capital market participants to adopt a principled approach because our laws are poorly enforced and unethical behaviour is often well rewarded.

Property prices, sales down in April
Property prices and sales fell in April, but the New Zealand residential property market is holding steady, says the Real Estate Institute.