Real Estate
What becomes of the housing market?
In April, economists were predicting Covid could cause a 10-20 percent fall in house prices. In June, prices rose more than 9 percent - much more in some places. What is going on - and will it last? Audio
Dairy farm sales plummet and prices fall
The Real Estate Institute says large dairy farms are now extremely difficult to sell and some banks are demanding much higher equity from potential buyers. Audio
Dairy farm sales plummet and prices fall
The Real Estate Institute says large dairy farms are now extremely difficult to sell and some banks are demanding much higher equity from potential buyers.
AudioCalling Home: Jackie Miller in Liguria, Italy
Jackie Miller is from Auckland's North Shore originally. She was a self-described 'city girl' before heading to Italy on something of a whim five years ago. Now she runs bespoke tours in the Liguria… Audio
Low interest rates and population growth behind record house prices
The property market is showing renewed signs of life with prices growing in a low interest rate environment. Audio
Engineering firms identify serious risks with new Chch building
Christchurch City Council is insisting a building found to have serious seismic flaws poses no immediate risk to the public. But the future of the new High Street block remains unclear, after three… Video, Audio
House prices: Ōtara up, North Shore down
Property figures out today show house prices grew at their slowest rate in six years in the year to January, and in Auckland they went backwards. Audio
Landlords slam Quinovic ads
Landlords and real estate groups have now joined tenants in condemning Quinovic's advertising campaign that appeared to celebrate making renters lives a misery. The brain child of one of the company's… Audio
Money laundering laws expanding to real estate sector
The real estate industry is gearing up for when it is covered by anti-money laundering laws.
Christchurch real estate agent reaches $1b in sales
She's the billion-dollar real-estate agent. After 28 years in the business, Harcourts Grenadier Christchurch consultant Alison Aitken has sold a remarkable $1 billion worth of property. What's her… Audio
January house sales highest in 19 months
The number of properties sold during January rose 2.7 percent compared to the same time last year.
Easy credit behind ballooning house prices - research
One way to pop the country's ballooning house prices would be to force investors to pay cash, a researcher says. Audio
Auckland housing market better for buyers than sellers for the first time in seven years
Auckland housing market better for buyers than sellers for the first time in seven years. Audio
Commerce Commission to appeal in real estate price fixing case
The Commerce Commission is to appeal a High Court decision dismissing the Commission's case against two Hamilton real estate agencies and their directors for price fixing.
Doubt cast on Auckland Council's new house valuations
In Waitoki, 35 minutes north of the CBD, the Council says house values have risen 102 percent. But a local real estate agent says, actually, they haven't, and now the area's rates will unfairly… Audio
Real estate agents allegedly in bed with mortgage brokers
A report by Consumer New Zealand shows financial ties between real estate agents and mortgage brokers could mean home buyers are being duped. The report shows some real estate agents are offering… Audio
Auckland house sale slowdown hits 'home-stagers'
Businesses that have boomed during Auckland's bumper house sales are feeling the pinch as the region's real estate market slows. Movers, real estate agents and people who kit out homes for sale, known… Audio
Falling optimism in NZ property market - survey
Slowing house prices, lending restrictions and lack of supply are adding to falling optimism in the property market, according to a new survey.
Real estate agency fined $1m in latest price-fixing case
Hamilton real estate agency Online Realty is the latest company to be fined for price fixing, and has been ordered to pay more than $1 million.
Call to exempt first home buyers from lending restrictions
First home buyers should be exempt from needing a 20 percent deposit to buy property for less than $600,000, Auckland's biggest real estate firm says.