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Sharp deal: $630,000 Onehunga place goes for $465,000

Patience and determined negotiating put him on the property ladder.

Westpac follows ASB and lifts home loan rates

Big bank will lift its short-term mortgage rates but lower its long-term ones.

'I believe we need this': Why some residents support major Govt housing plan

Others fear the swamp land on Ngongotaha Rd is not the right place for homes.

Trust ordered to pay tenant nearly $3K after subletting 'uninhabitable' property

The judgment is the second against the trust in just over a month.

Builder insolvency to cost creditors $698,000

A slew of problems, some pandemic-related, seem to have struck another builder.

‘Hellish house’: Young mum wins payout over 'dire and unsafe' rental

Issues included rotting floorboards and cupboards and a mould-ridden ceiling.

Hipkins' big day, emergency housing in crisis & vodka slows to a trickle | Focus Morning Bulletin: 25 January, 2023

A historic changing of the guard in Wellington today, the longest temp accommodation stays for Kiwi kids revealed and why Unis are booking up plane seats in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

The price of your home: Latest values revealed; where the market is now heading

Property market downturn expected to continue, despite some promising signs.

Real estate agent numbers slow in latest half-year as market turns

More people unlikely to get decent income in real estate, expert says.

'Not in my back yard': Auckland residents fight housing intensification plans

Neighbours want to stop 467 new houses in Orewa and 81 in Beach Haven.

Good time to buy? The NZ suburb where house prices haven’t risen in five years

Will the end of the Covid pandemic send prices rising in this suburb?

'You were manipulated': Woman 'very sorry' for part in $8.7m mortgage fraud

Two couples bought houses with money obtained through fraudulent mortgage applications.

John Minto: Time to reassess NZ’s Middle East stance

OPINION: New Israeli government has declared its top priority, and NZ must respond.

House construction inflation sets new annual record

Despite a recent slowdown the overall trend is one of surging costs.

'You can't stop nature': Opponent on homeowners' sea wall proposal

Opponent says efforts are futile: "The sea will rise, the cliffs will erode".

House prices, job security and the cost of living - Liam Dann on the economy in 2023

The year ahead will be like going to the gym with a hangover.