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Big rent rises 'grim for tenants'

National rents have risen 9 per cent in the past 12 months, the biggest increase recorded in five years and "grim news for tenants".

Trade Me says rents jumped 9pc in 2014

Racial taunts upset local

Behaviour associated with an inner city Dunedin flat has upset a nearby business owner, who claims racial and sexual taunts have been hurled at her from drunken revellers.

You can haggle, but rents will still rise

Renters can strike a bargain when moving into a vacant property but they won't avoid rental price increases, a property expert says.

Renters need to make impression

Scrapping over who is best-suited to pay someone else's mortgage isn't the ideal start to the year, but it's a January ritual for many Auckland renters.

Auckland tenants in for shock

Thousands of Auckland tenants could be in for a big shock as experts predict rents will continue to rise rapidly this year.

Council's plan for meth houses

Auckland Council has undertaken a review of guidelines for methamphetamine-contaminated properties and developed tough new proposals to be implemented next month.

On the move: The life of a renter tot

A new study has found that two-thirds of children in private rental housing in Auckland and the Waikato move house within their first two years.

Internet pushes Argosy Property out of retail + video

Landlords planning rent hikes

Barfoot and Thompson has just released its annual landlord survey - and it revealed most are planning to put rents up by about 5 per cent.

10 reasons to rent, not buy

Owning your own home is the "Kiwi dream" but it's becoming out of reach for a lot of people. But fear not, here's ten reasons why you might prefer to stay renting.

Maori Party: WOF for all rentals

The Maori Party would make a warrant of fitness for all rental properties compulsory within three years if it gets into government.

Property values up, rents next

Auckland landlords are hiking rents amid fears of big rates increases next year on the back of spiralling property values.

'Warrant of fitness' scheme for rentals winning wide support from politicians

A "warrant of fitness" scheme for all rental housing may be on the agenda whoever wins the election in September, a new survey has found.

Landlords 'too lenient' with bad renters

Landlords are too lenient when a tenant falls behind in rent or causes damage, property managers say.

Horror tenants frustrate landlord

A landlord whose property was left in squalor by a tenant owing more than $6k rent and another who caused $28,000 damage, says renting is risky.