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Rising house values earning owners more than their jobs

People 'earning more on paper from simply having a property than going to work every day'.

Family lose most of their possessions after repair blunder contaminates 'unsafe' state house

A family says it was given 30 minutes to leave house with their belongings.

Diana Clement: Property isn't the only way to make money

OPINION: There are other ways to grow your wealth.

Ten-year home leases? Build to rent pioneer proposal

Land availability and prices, rising construction costs, poor infrastructure are barriers

Thomas Coughlan: Homeowners can breathe a sigh of relief

OPINION: Interest rate hikes will most likely be slower than expected.

Apartment developer in strife: Lost $35m, owes another $17m

Apart from the $35m loss, West Village owes unsecured non-preferential creditors $17m.

Local Focus: Building an increasingly expensive business

Whanganui builders innovating to tackle supply issues.

Skilled civil engineer and 'critical worker' on housing development one of 11,000 in stalled residency queue

A critical worker on an approved government project is unble to make headway on residency.

Squatters, overcrowding products of Tauranga's housing shortage

'No clear answers' to Tauranga's housing shortage and affordability crisis, says council.

'Incredible increase': 360% to 660% Drury developer fee rise proposed

"Incredible increase will directly impact cost of housing," building industry CEO says.

Hastings' homeless population gets the jab, but cohort still facing challenges

Challenges facing Hawke's Bay's homeless in the Covid pandemic are multi-faceted.

Building products prioritised as factories restart

Auckland factories will restart under level 4 with conditions set by MBIE.

'Two New Zealands': Many homeowners couldn't afford their own houses if they were buying now

'It's not about how much money you earn, you're sort of in or you're out.'

House prices go up more than $150,000 in a year

Northland has recorded an average house price increase of over 24 per cent in a year.

Auckland's biggest agency's sales down a third in August

Fourteen days of lockdown: sales volumes fell by a third

Kāinga Ora criticised over rat-infested house in South Auckland

A nearby resident said she had complained about the house 10 to 15 times.,

Real estate agent activity drops 52% in lockdown - what impact on prices?

CoreLogic data: House prices not growing as much as they had been.

Ormiston Rise 'new kind of neighbourhood' - has new owner

Work on construction only started in 2020 but building work stopped in May.