New Zealand’s median house price reached a new record of $389,000 in December, up almost 10% on December 2011, the Real Estate Institute says. 15-01-2013 more >>
It’s not good news for landlords right across New Zealand in the latest Trade Me Property analysis. Head of Trade Me Property Brendon Skipper said the national scenario in the last quarter of 2012 was similar to that of the September quarter. 14-01-2013 more >>
Rising property values in Auckland helped spur nationwide increases in house prices in December, according to the latest QV monthly property value index. 10-01-2013 more >>
Just under 20% of properties on the market have been listed for sale for more than a year. More than 200 of them were listed before the property downturn in 2008. And more than 1400 have been on the market for more than 1000 days. 10-01-2013 more >>
A drop in the number of building consents issued in November compared to the previous month was entirely due to a decline in apartments. 09-01-2013 more >>
A series of public meetings are to be held across the country as part of consultation on the Government’s earthquake-prone building policy. 09-01-2013 more >>
KiwiSaver has already helped 10,000 first-home buyers into $3 billion worth of property, data from the Financial Services Council shows. 04-01-2013 more >>
Three-bedroom houses are most popular with buyers and renters but four-bedroom homes are the most commonly built because they return the most profit to developers, says research from Colliers. 03-01-2013 more >>
The Waikato Property Investors’ Association and indeed the New Zealand rental industry lost a real asset with the passing of Brian Hancock shortly after the Waikato Conference last year. 01-01-2013 more >>
Sales of houses described as "a renovator's dream" look set for a boost: The four couples chosen for the first season of The Block NZ have been named. 27-06-2012 more >>
Hubble and trouble, is there really a housing bubble? If I had my way, the term "housing bubble" would be expunged from the Kiwi lexicon says Philip Macalister. 26-06-2012 more >>
An organisation set up to fight for the rights of the owners of leaky homes says the Consumer Law Reform Bill is a welcome step for property investors and home buyers. 26-06-2012 more >>
A “buyers’ pack†offered to would-be property purchasers would speed things up for investors, says the Auckland Property Investors Association president, David Whitburn. 26-06-2012 more >>
Migration out of New Zealand looks to have started to slow but BNZ chief economist Tony Alexander says it’s too soon to gauge its impact on house prices yet. 22-06-2012 more >>
Mortgage approvals were worth almost 50% more in the May 2012 quarter than they were a year earlier, according to ANZ’s property focus. 22-06-2012 more >>
