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'If you complain, you won't be able to rent a property again'
Otago advocates for tenants are calling for the rental industry to be regulated further.
Govt the 'golden egg' for housing investors
Investors are targeting South Auckland with the express purpose of getting Govt money.
Evicted tenant fined for leaving loaded firearm opposite school
The tenant was also ordered to pay thousands of dollars damage for meth contamination.
Long time Wellington tenants lose claim for fire damaged goods
The tenants wanted landlord Demetrios Serepisos to pay for removing belongings after fire
Order to dispose of dead tenant's property
Tenancy Tribunal order allows Haumaru Housing to dispose of dead man's property.
Has the Auckland house market sprung back to life?
1052 new properties in August but 1204 last month: Barfoot & Thompson
New $170m South Island property fund lures investors with 7% returns
FortHill forecasts 7 per cent, returns, double bank term deposit rates
Council candidate unknowingly rented out illegal property
Council candidate says he did not know the dwelling he was renting out was illegal
Landlords charging $300 a night to house homeless
MSD is being charged four times the market rent by landlords who take in homeless people.
No crackdown on property managers: Faafoi
"This is not a simple issue" - Kris Faafoi, Associate Housing Minister
Airbnb nightmare: Apartment owners bring in drug dogs
The first legal challenges by body corporates against Airbnb hosts in NZ are not far off.
40,000 'ghost houses': Council wants to use them for homeless
The 2018 Census found up to 40,000 empty homes in Auckland.
Real estate bosses campaign for regulation of property managers
Forty organisations and businesses join REINZ to lobby Government
'Ghost houses': Thousands of empty homes in AKL CBD
Despite a housing shortage, the vacancy rate was 11 per cent.
Rogue landlord fined $25,000 for failing to lodge tenants' bonds
Landlord failed to lodge tenants' bonds on 32 separate occasions.
$12.5m Auckland hotel upgrade: 178 to 244 room expansion
The ex-Waldorf Stadium hotel has been expanded.
Dawn Picken: Well-behaved pets no threat to rental properties
Landlords might consider pets home-wreckers, but for many of us, pets are family.
Where do rich parents go when the kids move out?
Plans launched for Sonata with units selling for up to $8.3m.
Blacklisted over a baby - renter illegally refused home
Queenstown boss "disgusted" after being turned down for 11 rentals - because he has a baby
Stats House collapse haunts Wellington building owners
City council is narrowing down a secret list of buildings following new MBIE guidelines.
Landlord must pay tenants evicted after mould complaint
Two lots of tenants were evicted from the same property after complaining about mould.
Landlord ordered to pay 32 tenants for insulation breaches
More than 200 landlords have been taken to court over insulation problems.
'Weapons, drugs, violence': Moteliers cop it all
A meeting to discuss Rotorua's housing crisis brought interested parties to the table.
Damage, dog poo, cockroaches, fleas: Tenants ordered to pay up
Tenants moved out but they left cockroaches and fleas behind, Tenancy Tribunal finds.
Housing shortage shock: 3000 households living in motels
Frustrated by how many people are being housed in motels, one council has taken action.
NZ's biggest meth bust: How global drug lords target our Airbnbs
Telltale warning signs revealed.
Meth bust: Lawyers issue Airbnb warning to NZ homeowners
NZ's biggest meth drug haul sparks Airbnb warnings from two lawyers.
Property investment guru's company fined for price-fixing
The "priority rules" were designed to limit competition for vendors' properties.
High school dropout buys first home - and he's only 18
Masterton teen couldn't wait to drop out of school and start buying investment properties.
From university drop out to first home buyer in three years
Why 22-year-old thinks apartments are better investments than houses.
City living: Apartments a big saver for first-timers
Find out where apartments are selling for up to $400,000 less than homes.
Revealed: The suburbs with the best rental returns
You'll have to look further afield for the best rental returns, but we have the answers.
Council proposing Hutt housing changes
Hutt City's proposing building houses up, with less space to build out.