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Home-building trend remains soft, new house consents fall 22%

High interest rates and increased costs drive softness in the new home consent data.

Exploding liability: Fletcher paying $168m for Perth pipe disaster

Iplex will pay 80%, Western Australian Government to pay 20% to help homeowner victims.

NZ’s tallest apartments: Agents head to London to sell ‘paused’ units to wealthy Kiwis

Despite a construction pause, Seascape's luxury apartments are still on the market.

Du Val Group: High Court to decide if interim receivership documents can be made public

Judge prepares to hear arguments in Hamilton on Monday.

'Stabilising investment property market' - giant landlord Precinct reports result

Company is progressing further growth in the apartment sector.

Investigations into horror crash, Oasis are back | Focus Morning Bulletin August 28

In today's headlines with Wilhelmina Shrimpton, investigations into horror crash continue, Wellington looking at beam e-scooter issues and Oasis are back together.

Property Insider: ‘Wind pressure’ on Seascape; Du Val estimated to owe $250m; new Ikea roof

Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson explains what steps the council will take on the skyscraper.

'NZ's biggest Asian supermarket' opening at Westgate

New store is near the giant American-owned Costco Wholesale on Gunton Dr.

Three-home development looks like one from the outside

The owner of the G.J. Gardner Manukau franchise, which includes the isthmus, tells how a showhome at 45 Campbell Rd is a new take on medium-density development. Video / Jason O

'Surprise, intrigue' at three-home building which appears as one

Could this be a new prototype for terraced housing on medium-density Auckland sites?

Property Insider: Fletcher Construction ‘restructures’ teams, Williams Corporation boss on investor returns

'Investors with us for years, they get paid quarterly. We’ve never missed a payment.'

Retirement giant wins fast-track consent for 13-level block at $500m village

Building to rise in Parnell after a joint venture between developer and charitable entity.

Māori housing advocacy group want to know MSD's strategy

Te Matapihi says it fears for vulnerable communities.

Interactive: House prices in Wellington school zones

See how much it costs to rent or buy a house across all the school zones in the city.

$300m Auckland skyscraper: Construction work 'paused' indefinitely

Auckland Council is 'aware that work is currently paused on the Seascape development'.

Owners of Du Val-managed Lakewood Plaza units pay millions after water mains burst

'Millions of dollars in repairs, ridiculously expensive': owner paying $30,000.