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The suburb where new build homes resell for an avg $500k profit

New build houses can turn into goldmines for homeowners.

Historic $4m Devonport do-up goes on sale

Heritage lovers will love the home but need to be ready to work, expert says.

Spring selling season opens with cheap home loans, cash-back deals

Will the recent housing market boost be a turning point or just seasonal bounce?

Crackdown on building site fire safety systems

"We're shut down for about two days" - building boss on fire systems

National promises to end a 'state house for life'

Should tenants be able to get a state house for life?

Why Queenstown council paid 2.4 times own valuation for $15.5m block

What use now for the council's new property near Lake Hayes?

From packing supermarket shelves to owning $15m home

Supermarket baron's North Auckland mega mansion on sale.

Bunnings' flat-pack homes: 72 NZ houses now up, 21 builders approved

Demand growing for the products, starting from $69,000.

Yabba dabba don't: 'Ugly' Flintstones house fails to sell at auction

This ugly duckling of a home is still in need of a charming prince or princess.

New helicopter boatshed plans from Briscoe boss Rod Duke

"It will fit in or blend in with the vegetation behind": Duke's barrister Richard Brabant.

Major bank tips house prices to rise 7 per cent next year

The real estate market is springing back into life.

Building confidence: construction sector growth forecast to hit $43b

Upbeat building industry, despite some high profile failures, as work climbs to $43b

'No evidence': Experts hit back at shoddy building claims

The experts say there is a lot of hearsay but little hard evidence.

Tenant's $5000 payout: Mouldy flat 'unsuitable for human habitation'

A report found protective clothing was needed just to enter the bedrooms.

Fred Flintstone auction: Potential buyers face struggle for finance

But would-be buyers struggle to get finance

Motels reap millions from emergency housing

Almost half of the top 20 providers were paid $100,000-plus in less than three years.