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Three apartment developments first to get approval for Crown underwrites worth $75.5m

Crown entity backs the projects, agreeing to buy units if they aren't sold on completion.

Marty Verry: Green building pledge could trigger $1.5b of investment

OPINION: A shift to mass timber could create 7000 jobs in the regions.

New study out on Kirkpatrick plan for K Rd, Colliers moves Westgate properties: Property Insider

What would planned K Rd building do to the area? Give it a $135m boost, a new study shows.

Northcote's Vietnamese-built Elevation apartments near completion

'It's been challenging' – Alastair Sawer, chief executive of developer TLC Modular

$10m-plus supreme Master Builders' commercial prize to LT McGuinness

Construction business erected one of NZ's most complex buildings at the university campus.

Fletcher reveals restructuring, combines NZ/Australian divisions

Shareholders will learn more about changes planned at Fletcher at June 24 investor day.

Barbara Edmonds: Foreign investment requires adequate public safeguards

OPINION: Labour welcomes foreign investments that align with the national interest.

Property Insider: Next steps for Seascape tower but what of Shundi's big Tāmaki plans?

Icon took over the Seascape site on April 30; now in set-up/due diligence/review phase.

Simon Wilson: How not to fix the social housing crisis

OPINION: There's good and an awful lot of bad in the Government's social housing plans.

House prices down in most regions in year to March

Prices either static or falling throughout NZ, only six areas had price rises lately.

Former high-flying property developer ditches private jets as market turns down

Matthew Horncastle of Williams Corporation says he is now 'pretty boring'.

New homes open doors for young disabled Northlanders

Rest homes used to be the only option for young people with disabilities.

Du Val unit buyer fears reneging on $850,000 contract

'Targeted and called repetitively by young Pasifika people who got my trust.' - Keil-Hall

Wattle Park developer liquidated: Kiwibank owed $3.6m, Inland Revenue $1.09m

Project completed in January 2022 but developer blames Covid and the downturn for debts.

Payment disputes: Kāinga Ora apartment project hits roadblock

Little has happened at a Kāinga Ora-owned building site in Rotorua for months.

One of NZ’s ‘most daring’ Grand Designs back on the market

The Wellington home hangs over a 45-degree hill and includes a glass elevator.