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New buyer can't complete final sale paper work during lockdown. But seller won't budge.
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Second Auckland landlord giving hundreds of tenants rent breaks
Masfen Group is assisting hundreds of tenants struggling with the impact of Covid.
Auckland Council again delays CV revaluation due to Covid
Council expects to release city CVs in December after they were originally due last year.
No rent rise freezes, mortgage deferrals 'at this stage'
No sign yet of the mortgage holidays and rent freezes of 2020's lockdown.
Robertson and Orr see house prices becoming more 'sustainable'
"There's a shared view that house price growth has been unsustainable," Robertson said.
First-home buyers face needing an extra $90k after Reserve Bank clampdown
Analyst estimates how much extra it could take to secure a mortgage.
Apartment boom: New builds hit record in Auckland
There are enough to house the entire Queenstown population.
Crime in the City: Auckland's businesses implore Govt to act
Crime in Auckland's CBD has jumped and businesses are feeling the pinch.
Housing agency under fire for $30k spend on carving
But Kāinga Ora has defended the spend, saying it has been received well by the community.
New house values: Property market 'clearly cooling' - QV
National house price growth slowed last month.
Retirement village apartment licences set $3m-$4m price records
Peddlethorp designed the buildings with Stewart Harris doing interior design.
Victopia high-rise apartment block repairs balloon to $54.9m
The committee says the cost increase can't be avoided and all owners must pay.
Auckland house prices: Find out your suburb's likely valuation
Auckland Council will reveal its council valuations in October. Get an early peek here.
Car collector at wheel for Summerset
"If I'm not here at Summerset, I'll be at a race track somewhere in New Zealand."
Renting in retirement: 'Worst thing I ever did was sell the house'
Divorce, loans to family and illness are leaving more older Kiwis as renters.
Revealed: The cheapest and most expensive places to rent in NZ
The average weekly rent in the cheapest region is $251.
Editorial: Property prices ease - what's next?
EDITORIAL: Headwinds face the property market and these may accelerate the slowdown.
National accuses Govt of 'pumped-up' housing numbers
Only half of the 'new' public housing supply added by the Government is actually new.
Comment | What Covid-19 has taught me about the housing crisis in New Zealand
Covid-19 has shown us that we can do hard things when they're needed. So why don't we?
Dream on Auckland: Check out what a few million buys in Christchurch
$2m gets you rundown, toilet-less villa in Auckland. Money goes a lot further down south.
Are Aucklanders ready for apartment living to fix the housing shortage?
Heritage groups worry high rises are coming inner Auckland. Developers say get used to it.
Landlord fined $8900 over substandard sleepout, unexpected visits
Sleepout was powered by extension cords from the main house.
House sales fall, prices rise less than 1% in Auckland
Volumes and prices often drop during the cooler months - or is this different?
Exodus: Thousands flee Auckland in search of cheaper homes
More than 41,000 people left Auckland in search of greener pastures in just five years.
House prices rise 41% in five years - the impact on Kiwi kids
About 40 per cent of Kiwi kids regularly move house by the age of 8, study finds.
Ryman's $200m Mount Eliza plans labelled 'inappropriate'
Critics have cited koalas in the area as one reason to oppose development.
Property bargain? $2m Auckland villa - but BYO bathroom
It's billed as Grey Lynn's most affordable character entry home. But where do you shower?
Where 47,000 older Kiwis live: new study out
By 2033, JLL estimates around 81,000 people will live in these villages.
Just one-in-five rentals passing Healthy Homes standards on the first go: inspector
Healthy Homes standards kick-in today but work still needs to be done on many rentals.
$1.5 trillion-plus: New NZ housing value record
"Early evidence of a gentle deceleration in market momentum" - Nick Goodall.
'Out of her depth' landlord ordered out of tenant's garden
Adjudicator says the landlord is "out of depth" and needs to study up on the rules.
Mission almost accomplished: New HQ country's tallest wooden building
Eighty new apartments, medical and detox facilities, dentists - radical mission change.
Interactive: Who's paying the highest rent in NZ?
Red spread: tenants' plight in two major cities revealed - interactive Herald graphics