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So much, so fast, all at once: Govt moves at breathtaking pace on housing market

Massive reforms are under way: what do people think, what's the reaction, what effect?

‘Unbelievably shortsighted’: Fury against Chris Penk on house energy efficiency review

Future generations would be sentenced to a life of cold housing, Andrew Eagles says.

Kāinga Ora re-housing tenants after 'major' fire in central Wellington flats

The housing agency was 'very concerned' to learn about the fire late yesterday afternoon.

Letters: US politics and the right to bear arms; pay police properly

OPINION: In America, gun violence is commonplace.

State insurer looks into subsidising homeowners to make their properties more resilient

Government officials study insurance schemes overseas that offer homeowners grants.

'More suburbs of Auckland': Housing plan raises fertile rural land concerns

“Wellington officials determining what is right for our area”.

Property Insider: How to still get $10k off a new house; apartment prices cut by 25%

One company is offering eligible buyers money for deposits so they can afford a house.

Letters: Trump rally shooting may alter the course of history

OPINION: 'Conspiracists on the left and right are hard at work fomenting greater chaos.'

NZ house building costs drop for first time in 12 years: 'eased the pressure'

Decline followed a huge surge in building consents as well as a post-pandemic rush.

Opinion: Size matters – why new housing rules risk cheap builds, shoebox apartments

OPINION: Will removing minimum dwelling sizes result in poor-quality housing? Yes.

Inside Economics: Why is the RBNZ so negative - and is the divide in rate-cut forecasts credible?

Also today: is the divide in rate-cut forecasts credible? Why is the RBNZ so negative?

New accessible homes built in Te Puke

New home "has a good feel about it".

Hamilton on track for 520 new state homes this year, hundreds more planned

Of Waikato's 582 new social homes being built this year, 520 of them are in Hamilton City.

'Remote' building inspections bring pluses and minuses, industry leader says

John Gray urges 'greater consequences' for lawbreakers as the Govt removes red tape.

‘Five straight months of negative growth’: Auckland house values continue down

Chilly weather matches a particularly cold Auckland market for house sales and values.

Brown v Bishop on housing ‘flood’; Mayor’s wharf dream inches closer

Auckland Council versus Government on freeing up land on the outskirts. Who will win?