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Agent who sold Pamela Anderson’s Kiwi party house reveals his secrets
Kane Taylor says his super yacht past helps with the deals.

Mortgage or baby? Agonising choice Kiwi first-home buyers forced to make
“People are delaying or putting off completely having children.”

Return of the bear pits? Experts' top tips for nervous buyers
How first-home buyers can beat the auction competition in 2025.

Hidden costs of buying a luxury home in NZ - could you afford a $100,000 rates bill?
The mortgage is just the start of it.

NZ’s most affordable beach homes: Where to get a bach for less than $500,000
Be prepared to go remote and get creative.

NZ in recession - expect a 0.5% cut in interest rates
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.

Woman behind $26m mansion sale: ‘I was told I would never be a good agent’
Top agent isn’t afraid to knock on people’s doors.

Church elder's dying wish fulfilled as iconic estate sells to loving family - 'that's what Mum and Dad would want'
Waterfront home has hosted countless weddings free of charge.

City slickers buy log cabin given $3m upgrade by Yogi Bear’s builder
Kiwi who brought Hollywood blockbuster to life was called in to save standout home.

From hawking fruit out of a van to selling $260m of property in NZ's wealthiest beach town
Bayleys agent Victoria Turner is hooked on selling.

New Plymouth home is jam-packed with paintings - 'pretty much everything has a story'
Vendor wasn't allowed anything on the walls as a child. She's more than made up for that.

'Do not enter': Ex-police house contaminated by asbestos up for grabs
The property had been taken over by squatters.

Animal lover's house sells for $695,000 - and all the money goes to the dogs
Proceeds of the sale will be used to train seven pups as service dogs.

Tony Alexander: An abrupt end to falling interest rates in 2025
The outlook for next year may be disappointing.

Young woman with terminal cancer is on the hunt for her dream home
Dominique McShain-Suson was given shock diagnosis two weeks before her 21st birthday.

Kāinga Ora axes 60% of social housing projects planned for 2025
The scrapped developments would have provided 1019 homes.

'You fullas must have won the lottery' - Couple open the doors to their iconic castle
Roger Walker-designed home in Lower Hutt up for grabs.

Family who lost their home in the floods catch a break after worst start ever
Their run of bad luck comes to an end with a new house and a $100,000 donation

'Hidden' compound snapped up by Auckland family after getting $13.25m price tag
Sale of Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired home likely to be one of this year's biggest.

Watercare 'blindsides' Auckland developers - 'people will go under'
Plans for new housing halted following release of new map.

Vogue comes to West Auckland: Couple turned home over to who’s who of NZ art
Bungalow hits the market with studios that have been used by leading artists.

Buyers and vendor in tears after artist's cottage sells for 'ridiculously cheap' price
The home was "chock full" of antiques.

My house price hunch: Why 2025 could be the ‘year of conflicting forces’
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.

'We've had quite a few kamikaze buyers' - Agent blows his boom tally out of the water
Diego Traglia says sales hit an all-time high last month thanks to falling interest rates.

Real estate agent sells his grandma’s old house for $1.88m
He will make more in commission than she paid for the house.

Tony Alexander: Don't bet on ultra-low mortgage rates next year
There may be less scope for aggressive cutting in 2025 even if the OCR drops to 3.5%.

Renovated Matamata home with Japanese vibe hits the market with $780,000 RV
Auckland buyers show interest in mid-century classic.

Mysterious lifestyle block sells for $65,000 - almost $600,000 below RV
The new owner plans to use it for storage.

House with no kitchen sells for nearly $3m
The new-build was deliberately sold with "blank spaces" that the buyer could fill in.