Barfoot & Thompson, others call on National to back Healthy Homes standards
National wants to scrap new rental standards. Leading agent urges party to reconsider.
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Rubbish and car wrecks littered the rental property where 18 cats lived with their owner.
'Worst flea infestation ever': Tenant told to pay up for trashed rental
Cigarettes were stubbed out on the bathroom's basin and hair was found in the plughole.
Landlord fined by Tenancy Tribunal for 'shocking, vulgar' language towards tenant
A tenant has the right to quiet enjoyment, but the landlord breached that through WeChat.
NZ Post to expand to $100m+ Auckland super building
3.3ha building is for international parcel sorting and distribution.
Partying teens take over Airbnb property, trash it and taunt owner
A teen has since taunted the owner saying she'll never find out who they are.
Tenants win compensation after living with ill-functioning toilet
Tenants resorted to not flushing toilet paper but instead putting it in rubbish bin.
Surprise: Why NZ, Auckland house prices hit new record
Every region recorded an annual increase in median prices.
Mark Francis sheds more light on 'speculative' Warkworth deal
Francis described the risks he took as high but denies conflict with Augusta.
Tenant warned landlord steps were dangerous before falling 1.5m
Injured tenant off work for four months after landlord failed to fix 'urgent repairs'.
Andrew King: What we are telling landlords about heating rental homes
Comment: Property investors' lobby group urged members to ask tenants about heat pumps.
'Deeply disappointing': Landlords advised to hold off on heating until election result
Labour calls landlord advice 'deeply disappointing' and letting down their fellow Kiwis.
'Dirty, smelly and full of mould': Workers slam orchard accommodation
They paid $130 a week for stained mattresses, no insulation, and a leaky roof.
Business Hub: The man bringing Chinese-made homes to NZ
Tony Houston plans to finish 200 new Auckland homes by 2022.
Wellington tenants forced to spend months without 'functioning' toilet
Wellington tenants had to use their "throne" knowing each flush would bring fresh trouble.
Property for Industry pushes up revenue, devaluations take toll
Prime industrial vacancies remain at historical lows.
Metlifecare chairman to vote against $1.27b takeover
No opportunity for board to use litigation to push up offer price, Kim Ellis says.
Auckland house prices hit new $995,543 record
Agency data emerges after a number of sales that exceeded expectations.
Shut the front door! Landlord's costly move before home wrecked
The landlord wanted his tenants gone. His eviction methods have proved costly.
ACC's new investment: $50m of Auckland housing
The investment will allow 100 community houses to be built in Auckland in two years.
NZ's new homes: How house-building is faring during the pandemic
A new report for Master Builders raises concerns about Covid's effects on the sector.
'No U-turns' on housing post-election: minister
'Determined that housing doesn't look like it did post-GFC' - Woods
Property chiefs hear about build-to-rent apartments: Auckland's future?
Sharing economy drives appetite for more rental housing, says Chris Key, Greystar.
How 231-unit developer plans to deal with rising sea levels
Project, with water on three sides, to be 8m to 9m above existing sea level.
Costly conversation: Landlord loses over lockdown rent payment chat with boss
A landlord heard the tenants might struggle to pay the rent. She ended up paying them.
Valuers' Covid caution drives Metlifecare to record net loss
Values hit hard by Covid's effects
Rental property from hell: Kids hospitalised due to mould, insects rife
Tribunal orders rental management firm to pay compensation to tenant.
Tenant falls through hole in bedroom floor, wins $5000 payout
A Dunedin rental's wood was so rotten that mushrooms were growing.
Exit Timeshare v Classic Holidays: case goes to court
Comments alleged to have been made at Mt Hutt Lodge body corporate meeting.
Landlord fined for walking into sleeping woman's rental
Tenancy Tribunal adjudicator agrees experience was frightening for woman.
What happened to national house sales in July?
What REINZ data tells us about July residential sales
All NZ rest homes move to alert level 4, 'no family visits'
Swift reaction by aged care operators to avoid Victoria's deadly disaster.
'Challenging' year for Vital: profit slides 37% due to lower revaluations
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