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Cash scrap closes Shore track

Fletcher's Ling sees housing demand pickup in 2011

Fletcher Building, expects the residential property market to pick up next year when rebuilding begins in Canterbury and the government's response to 'leaky homes' comes into effect.

Banks ease lending rules as house sales slump

NZ banks are relaxing their lending criteria with a deposit of 20pc no longer necessarily required to get approval.

Property: House sales sink to 10-year low

REINZ is blaming spring weather, the Canterbury quake and uncertainty over the increase in GST and tax cuts for a new low in house sales.

Real estate agents fight back over new fees

A fees fight has broken out between the Govt's real estate agent organisation and the Real Estate Institute.

Start buying houses, says Kiwibank boss

New Kiwibank head Paul Brock is urging potential first home buyers not to be spooked and to go out and buy, so long as they can afford to.

The great American mortgage crisis deepens

After the Subprime Mortgage Mess, the US Foreclosure Fiasco.

Officer grapples with triple whammy

Environmental irony seen as developers' dreams founder

Bold plans for new centres fail to get off ground

Where Albany money went

Australia warned of housing bubble

Home has power to generate cash

A $840,000 Whangaparaoa house is selling electricity back to the national grid, generating $127.75 in its first two months.

House prices rise, but sales slow

Auckland house prices, listings up

Auckland house prices rebounded during September, after falling the month earlier, figures released by Barfoot and Thompson show.

$20K a week for RWC house? Try a free swap instead

While some are asking for $20k a week during the RWC, one Kiwi says he can do better for free.

Investors seek costs security before trial

Some terrible obliteration