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House price fears

Green cleans up at home

First home buyers find island dream

Waiheke Island could be the last place in Auckland where first home buyers can still afford the quarter acre dream.

Mansion and tower next step in luxury

Auckland house prices up 1.5pc

The average selling price for homes in the Auckland market rose by 1.5 per cent last month, says the region's biggest real estate agency Barfoot and Thompson.

Listings fail to keep up with demand

Auckland real estate asking prices fell 2 per cent last month even as longer-term sale prices continued to soar, according to Realestate.co.nz.

Christchurch house buying scheme

A scheme has been launched to encourage Aucklanders to buy big new planned Christchurch houses for $640,000, as a financial watchdog reminds investors.

Property Report: Robust Auckland... battling provinces

Property Report: What the industry says

Affordable housing: Political battlefield

Just over four months ago, printer Layton Armstrong and vet Charmaine Abraham began house-hunting in the Otahuhu/Mt Wellington area, looking at places going for about $400,000.

Estate agent chief link in P chain

A real estate agent is alleged to be the central link in a drug-dealing enterprise which supplied methamphetamine throughout the country.

Editorial: City's blanket ban on razing old homes a step too far

Editorial: In one swoop, all houses built before World War II will be deemed to have special merit. Never mind that in any period a mixture of good, average and awful homes are built.

Council eyes house demolition ban

The Auckland Council is considering a ban on demolishing tens of thousands of heritage and character homes unless owners can prove they are beyond repair.

Property used to enter NZ - developer

An Auckland developer says Chinese are using property as a ticket into this country because owning real estate increases immigration visa points.

House inferno 'like a Hollywood movie'

Police and fire safety officers are investigating the cause of a blaze that destroyed an upmarket Auckland home, almost killing the owner.

Len Brown: Land won't fix house woes

Auckland currently has capacity for thousands of dwellings on existing greenfield land, writes Len Brown. "So the issue is clearly more than just land supply."

Cartoon: Young couples' hopes

Debt levels drop