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Ground has been broken and the foundations for a small village that will provide thousands of new homes less than an hour south of Auckland City are being laid. The first of these homes will be ready to welcome new residents, into...

The politically charged housing sector got a minor injection of confidence this morning, as Auckland prices achieved by the city's largest agency picked up by around $10,000 in the past month.With postal voting about to open soon...

A target of 14,000 new Auckland houses built a year, banning foreign buyers from buying existing places and tackling the construction sector duopoly are ideas put forward to solve the city's housing crisis. Auckland Housing Summit...

Property chains are falling over because people are not selling their houses in time or getting enough from the sale of their property to meet offer conditions, says the boss of a mortgage broking firm.Mark Collins, chief executive...

When Lesley Thomas and George Griffiths bought their 8-year old house near Ashhurst, it was supposed to be a peaceful retreat. Three months after purchase, it's anything but."We just had water everywhere, through the front door,...

The move from Auckland to the smaller town of Whanganui has come with no regrets for one man who has done it - despite some initial trepidation it might be too quiet.Rene Olmos, 35, made the move to the town in March this year and...

House prices have jumped more than 100 per cent in five years in one Tauranga suburb, new figures show. Data compiled by Quotable Value New Zealand reveals Judea had the biggest median price change, jumping 109.9 per cent between...

Heat from Auckland's previously red-hot market is now being seen in other regions, where prices are soaring. New figures showed house prices in the country's biggest city have settled at an estimated median value of $1.04m - zero...

Swift sales off the plans may see construction nudge forward on a development to be built on the Mission Bay ridgeline opposite Eastridge Shopping Centre. Martin Cooper, who is developing Outlook Mission Bay at 236 Kepa Rd in...

By Lawrence Watt What is the answer to providing affordable, liveable housing in Auckland? Endless suburbs waste arable land, burn fuel and cause traffic jams. With the high cost of land, surely building up is the answer, with...

By Catherine Smith Any half-interested watcher of home and renovation television or Pinterest knows the housing trend of the moment is tiny houses. Tiny houses are defined as houses around 18 to 20sq m, although some measure...

By Sandra Goowdin NATIONAL: national.org.nz Continue creating special housing areas in high-demand locations to fast-track the building of homes. Proceed with examining setting up independent Urban Development Authorities....

By Andrea Rush Approximately 540,000 residential properties in the Auckland region are due to get an updated rating valuation (RV) this year. This is part of the region-wide rating revaluation being carried out by Auckland Council...

By Greg Fleming Our humble homes are becoming less humble every day. And we can expect that to accelerate exponentially in the decades to come as we transition into an increasingly digital and interconnected future.No one knows...

By Graham Hepburn Firmly entrenched as one of central Auckland's most desirable suburbs, Ponsonby is seeing more apartment developments as land values rise along with the demand for homes.Sites that used to be home to light industry...

Labour's newly announced proposals to protect tenants could result in higher rents, the executive officer of the New Zealand property Investors' Federation is warning. Labour would abolish the right of landlords to evict renters...

Greg Jones lives in London but his memories of the good times at his Grey Lynn villa are strong.It's where he met his wife, Saya, at a poker night, and where other flatmates met their future partners. Greg used to work in advertising...

By Leigh Bramwell It's not often people say they had great fun building their house, but Kath Vereker-Bindon and her husband Stuart enjoyed every step of the process, and Kath can give you one of the main reasons why."We did...

Balls that explode on contact with flames to put them out, petrified wood furniture and metal-inspired decor are taking centre stage at next month's Auckland Home Show. It's the time of year when Kiwis doing a bit of DIY seek inspiration...

The days of getting a house in Auckland for anything under half a million dollars are numbered - new figures showed none of the city suburbs is valued at less than $500,000.Meanwhile, 85 suburbs are valued at more than $1 million...