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Rural south and east, city centre outpace rest of rental market 

Quarterly insights from real estate agency Barfoot & Thompson show the average weekly rent for a home in Auckland reached $642.28 at the end...

REINZ June data: Buyer activity and sales up, new listings still lag

The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand’s (REINZ) June 2023 figures show a renewed level of activity emerging. REINZ chief executive Jen Baird says June...

House sales hit 40 year low amid cost of living crunch

Interest rate hikes and tighter lending rules have triggered the biggest property sales slump in nearly 40 years. Figures from CoreLogic NZ show 60,859 properties...

Childhood ‘dream home’ named among the Top 100 in NZ

A Beachlands home that was designed by its owner drawing inspiration from her childhood has won a gold award* at the recent Registered Master...

Building begins on coastal lifestyle retirement village in Beachlands

After 18 months of design and siteworks, building work has begun on stage one of east Auckland’s newest retirement village project, Metlifecare’s Pohutukawa Landing...

Changing regulation biggest concern

The issue that could have the greatest impact on the real estate profession over the next three years is changing government and local council...

Urban Growth Agenda critical

“Last week’s announcement of a 10 per cent year-on-year decline in Auckland’s April dwelling consents and fall in the total number of new homes completed in...

First home buyers divided on accepting home ownership help

More than half of Kiwi parents say they would loan their children money interest-free to help them buy a home, according to new research...

Fact: housing crisis definitely real

Statistics produced by Auckland Council show that in the 12 months to June 2017 we completed only 6827 new houses. This is far short of...

Work on new Whitford subdivision underway

A new development in Whitford has already sold more than half of its available sites.

Ray White’s customers come first

Trust and customer loyalty are deeply embedded in the culture of Ray White and they are passionate about providing superior customer experience to every...

Mayor welcomes new infrastructure fund

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff and Deputy Mayor Bill Cashmore have welcomed the Government’s announcement at the weekend of a new infrastructure investment vehicle. “Funding provided...

Caution urged over Cup expectations

Property Institute of New Zealand chief executive Ashley Church has urged caution around expectations of an ‘economic bonanza’ fuelled by the hosting of the...

Values steady, sales volumes plummet

The latest monthly QV House Price Index shows nationwide residential property values for June increased 8.1 per cent over the past year which is...

Cost of building up 3.5 per cent

The latest QVcostbuilder data shows the average cost of building a new home in New Zealand’s four largest cities has risen on average by...
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