Almost 20% of Auckland sellers lost money on properties they sold in the first quarter of this year, Cotality says - and more than 40% of people selling apartments.
New Zealand
Wed, May 13
1:30
A long-running protest and occupation at the site was sparked by its sale to Fletchers in 2016.
Te Ao Māori
Tuesday 6:34pm
2:29
An operation that inspected 15 boarding houses across Auckland found issues at most of the properties visited.
Tuesday 12:08pm
Agents report the top three concerns of buyers were rising interest rates, employment and then falling house prices.
Sun, May 10
All the major banks have increased rates in recent weeks.
Tue, May 5
In New Zealand’s long and storied romance with the property market, the "mum and dad" investor has always been a central character.
Life
Sun, May 3
The latest property report by realestate.co.nz said, despite the increase in activity, the market is showing "levels of stability we have not seen in recent history".
Fri, May 1
Overall combined rates arrears across the major centres have grown by tens of millions over the past three years.
Politics
Thu, Apr 30
The housing will be developed on less than half of a 26.9ha Whakatāne District Council-owned block next to the official urupā site.
Wed, Apr 29
The bank was lifting all rates from one year to five years by six to 20 basis points.
Total home lending rose 17.5% in the six months to December, and almost a quarter of new home loans went to first-home buyers.
Tue, Apr 28
The regulations for granny flats allowed for units up to 70 square metres that met clear national standards to be built without consent.
There are concerns a legal loophole is allowing landlords to continue running underground boarding houses.
BNZ increased rates for its one-year, 18-month, and two-year loans.
Business
Thu, Apr 23
It said it was increasing a number of its fixed-term home loans.
Tue, Apr 21
Tenants using artificial intelligence to help them make applications to the Tenancy Tribunal are creating extra work and backlog, one property manager says.
A tenant requesting information about them, potentially posted to the group, had his requests repeatedly ignored.
Thu, Apr 16
Chief property economist Kelvin Davidson said lower house prices and reduced mortgage rates have helped first home buyer activity, among other factors.
Tue, Apr 14
If you want to live in a nicer house, sometimes it's smarter to spend money on the one you're already in.
Sat, Apr 11
"Our expectation is that this revised capacity number finally brings consensus on this important issue," said the Housing Minister.
Tue, Mar 31
The work underway at Amberley Beach, around 35km north of Christchurch, is quickly becoming a national test case.
Environment
Mon, Mar 23
The $250 million is being spent in Hawke's Bay to stop rivers flooding homes - but beachfront communities say they want the same sort of investment for their homes.
Fri, Mar 20
New data released this morning showed the housing market has recorded back-to-back monthly sales declines for the first time in nearly three years.
Thu, Mar 19
Wholesale interest rates have risen in recent weeks amid global uncertainty linked to the conflict in the Middle East.
Wed, Mar 18
The changes followed a "significant" jump in wholesale rates amid global uncertainty.
