Latest from Housing

Consents for new residential buildings plunge 21%

Summer's bad weather might keep numbers low throughout the year.

Marae containers packed with emergency supplies for top of the south Māori

The containers house generators, portable loos and showers and BBQs.

Northland house prices plummet but still ‘significantly up’ from pre-Covid levels

Property values are still well above levels recorded in March 2020.

Wellington rental scam circulating on social media

Anyone who suspects they have been a victim of a scam should make a report to the police.

Building boss says he imagines being in Nazi camp during media ‘attacks’

He imagines he follows the rules but still gets "hauled off to a concentration camp".

Data shows official inflation rates underestimates Kiwis' true pain

Who is feeling inflation the most and why.

Napier considering proposal for new 255-home subdivision

A resource consent application was lodged with the council earlier this year.

Watch live: PM says nothing’s on or off the table yet in terms of new taxes, PM says

Hipkins says his Government would not be bringing in major new taxes before the election.

Ten ‘genuine prospects’ for future of Hastings Tudor-style villa

Ten prospects have been identified for the future of a Tudor-style villa in Hastings.

Land of the long red tape: Is it time to loosen NZ’s building restrictions?

A prominent developer is bemoaning New Zealand's red tape.

Japan has millions of empty houses. Want to buy one for $35k?

New York Times: By 2033, 30 per cent of all Japan's houses will likely be vacant.

Who wants $14.9m from biggest builder to fail this year?

Name anything you see happening on a building site and those supplying stuff are on list.

Could Fletcher's Perth leaky pipe problem cost more than A$15m?

Investors may have to mull "worst-case scenario" in leaky pipe issue.

Lifting the lid on Scarbro failure: Construction companies owe $14m

Biggest NZ builder to declare insolvency this year: McGrathNicol says who's owed what.

Apartment pioneer caught up in Scarbro liquidation - what's next?

Leuschke Group designed the complex with 112 residences, 12 apartments and seven shops.

Revealed: NZ's top 50 builders

One firm has projects worth more than $850m in Auckland.