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3800 new homes backed

Independent commissioners have backed plans to allow more than 3800 new homes next to an exclusive Queenstown development.

Playing housing lottery

Auckland University property researcher Dr Michael Rehm said the figures showed that long-term homeowners in the "hot spots" of Auckland could cash up but people living elsewhere had fewer options.

Is it time to quit high rise plans?

Mayoral candidate Vic Crone says dramatic housing density changes should be withdrawn.

Rezoning casts shadow over property dream

The Kiwi dream of owning a house and section for the kids to run around is fading for Ben Grimer and Anna Macky.

Owners face the bodycorp blues

As the apartment blocks rise so does the call for law reform by a growing band of unhappy owners.

Concerns flood in to apartment probe

Concerns about a lack of pre-purchase disclosure and possible manipulation of proxy votes at body corporate meetings were issues complained about yesterday.

Revolt in the suburbs

Auckland Council wants to move away from the quarter-acre pavlova paradise to offering Aucklanders different types of housing at different points in their lives.

Watch: Feng shui app for estate agents

Auckland's largest real estate firm Barfoot and Thompson's spokesman Eric Koh said there was no push for its agents to learn feng shui.

Editorial: Unitary Plan needs nerve to see through

It is too easy to panic politicians in election year, particularly in local body elections where the turnouts are usually low.

Auckland's new hot suburb - the city

Surging inner city apartment sales have seen Auckland Central crowned the city's hottest suburb with its median sales price doubling in last 18 months.

Before and after: The Grey Lynn hovel

An "unliveable" hovel that sat deteriorating in an exclusive Auckland suburb for over a century has undergone a dramatic transformation.

Property developer ordered to pay $120k

The lawyer for a Chinese property developer who was ordered to pay almost $120,000 repair costs to the house she abandoned says the amount is "excessive".

The best place in NZ to own a rental

Looking at buying a rental property? According to realestate.co.nz there's some attractive investment opportunities in some unlikely areas.

Dismay at special housing proposals

Residents of well-heeled Auckland suburbs are bristling at plans for new Special Housing Areas in their backyards.

Auckland house sales, prices fall in January

Editorial: Strip of sand not worthy of Govt funding

Labour leader Andrew Little thinks it would a good idea for the Government to chip in and support the social media campaign to buy a sliver of land in Golden Bay.