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40,000 'ghost houses': Council wants to use them for homeless

The 2018 Census found up to 40,000 empty homes in Auckland.

Rawiri Taonui: Auckland's greed led us to Ihumātao impasse

Comment: Despite what Phil Goff says, Ihumātao has everything to do with Auckland Council.

Real estate bosses campaign for regulation of property managers

Forty organisations and businesses join REINZ to lobby Government

H&M to open quarter-hectare Westfield Newmarket store

H&M is currently recruiting for approximately 50 staff.

'Ghost houses': Thousands of empty homes in AKL CBD

Despite a housing shortage, the vacancy rate was 11 per cent.

'They paved paradise': Outrage as Auckland waterfront car park rises

A prominent Auckland real estate agent has called the development an outrage.

$12.5m Auckland hotel upgrade: 178 to 244 room expansion

The ex-Waldorf Stadium hotel has been expanded.

How to beat the competition and get that dream rental

Increasing prices, a scarcity of rental homes and longer queues outside then have all combined to make renting in New Zealand a daunting challenge. Here are the simple but effective things you can do to stand out from crowd.

Best of 2019: Property speculators made $1000 a day during boom

They were some of the bogeymen of the boom years. But what did house flippers really do?

Flipping hell! Property profits of $1k a day

The busiest operators flipped more than 10 homes each, every year of the boom.

Focus: Graham and Raewyn Henry in their new Auckland apartment in Wynyard Quarter about to fly to Tokyo for the 2019 Rugby World Cup

Focus: Graham and Raewyn Henry in their new Auckland apartment in Wynyard Quarter about to fly to Tokyo for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Video / Leon Menzies

Housing shortage shock: 3000 households living in motels

Frustrated by how many people are being housed in motels, one council has taken action.

The modhouse: How a giant timber puzzle piece was turned into a stunning Hastings home

This is no ordinary cookie cutter prefab home. It's a symbol of Hawke's Bay innovation.

Excavation wars: Neighbours of Kingsland property could be protected by insurance

Insurance coverage depends on how, if any, damage is caused to their property.

Excavation row: Owner 'wants to get it fixed', then consent

It's unclear how long the repair work will take at the Kingsland property.

NZ's biggest meth bust: How global drug lords target our Airbnbs

Telltale warning signs revealed.