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AI-fuelled mega claims clogging Tenancy Tribunal, property managers say

Experts say AI can widen access to justice but is slowing hearings with excess.

‘Beacon of hope’: Whangārei mourns tireless advocate for homeless

Carrie Kake helped create Open Arms in 2018, a day shelter for Whangārei rough sleepers.

'Whole wall came out': Landslide crushes half of Wellington home, caves in three rooms

C.J. Koshar heard a rumbling at 5am before a landslide caved his bedroom wall in.

Diana Clement: The pros and cons of downsizing your family home

On average, the downsizing windfall will cover just 3.3 years of costs.

Is the quarter-acre Kiwi dream gone? And which region is the 'naked' gardening capital

More than half of Kiwis surveyed say their backyard is now smaller than in childhood.

More Americans are millionaires, but they don’t feel rich

Average US household net worth now tops US$1 million, Fed data shows.

'No rates increase is welcome': Waikato council signs off 2.8% rise

Properties with water services will pay an extra $142.22 on their fixed charge.

'Holding its nerve': Housing market treads water as buyers turn more cautious

National house values inched up just 0.2% year-on-year in March.

New Zealand's ‘gentrified’ suburbs where renters are disappearing

Penrose's renting share fell to 27.8% in 2023 as homes more than doubled.

Tenant stops rent over rotting, leaky, mouldy home, landlord hit with $25k compo bill

One wall of the Dairy Flat house was so rotten that there was a hole to the outside.

Tauranga down thousands of homes, housing register climbs

Tauranga is short by an estimated 4950 to 5950 dwellings.

High-rise horror no more: Cintra gets new cladding in leaky building fix

The entire tower was covered in shrink wrap for months during the huge building project.

'Sell now': Auckland real estate agent warns global risk threatens apartment market

'Crisis meetings': A real estate agency is calling clients in for blunt warnings on risks.

Body corporate broke law on Newmarket cladding levies, tribunal finds

How the body corporate allocated costs to reclad the huge buildings was central to case.

Greg Smith: Why investors are rethinking where to invest

OPINION: Property versus Managed Funds: are the tailwinds turning?

Real estate agents censured over early access, family ties and deposit failures

House keys, relationships, trust accounts, leaky homes and roof age were complained about.