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Droves of Northland's working poor living in cars due to expensive rentals

People forced to live in tents in Northland as housing shortages hit critical levels.

Nearing completion: Hobsonville Point's $120m Catalina Bay Apartments

Presales have been made on 64 of the 82 new waterfront apartments, the developer said.

Gone fast: Fletcher names new acting CEO to take helm

One project was the bane of his career.

'Chasing rainbows': Home buyers getting fussy while vendors seek 'Lotto win' sales

'I think the market's bottomed out and it is consolidating now.'

Letters: SailGP event cancelled, scams and sympathy and our dreary national anthem

OPINION: Next time, stick to Auckland for sailing events.

Centuria: Lower threshold, new direction into storage, residential

New directions, new ways of looking at property: How Centuria NZ is handling the downturn.

'I feel guilty': Hospital bed taken by diabetic amputee with nowhere to live

She could have been discharged more than a month ago - has been in hospital for 17 weeks.

First-home buyers: Bank cashbacks, lack of investors creates gap in market

Banks are offering up to $5000 in cashback incentives to first-home buyers.

Housing Minister grants Auckland Council one-year extension to devise new intensification rules

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's been pushing for an extension, now Chris Bishop's granted it.

Focus: Tauranga housing consents plummet

A sharp fall in building consents has sparked fears of spiralling house prices in the city. Video / NZHerald

Letters: Is this how the Govt treats our vulnerable disabled?; Kāinga Ora crackdown

OPINION: Will this Govt succumb to foot-in-mouth disease?

Auckland’s midtown area to be transformed

Malaysian developer is spending $600m to regenerate a historical area of Auckland.

Unitary Plan spurs housing development

Up-zoning has raised building consents and lowered rent.

Harcourts wins case against agents who went to Bayleys

Agents now barred from operating in an area from Pukerua Bay to Tawa for three months.

Auckland house builder Selah Homes liquidated: What went wrong?

Secured creditors listed include the BNZ, PlaceMakers and The Warehouse.

Israel Adesanya building apartments in Auckland

This is Adesanya's first foray into apartments, having previously developed townhouses.