Warrants of fitness for rentals and restrictions on rent hikes are high on the Green Party list of priorities in its new housing policy, released today. 24-01-2013 more >>
Auckland’s council says signs of increasing activity in the city’s construction sector indicate more sustained economic growth ahead for the region. 22-01-2013 more >>
New Zealand’s Government is expecting another house price boom but won’t be intervening with measures such as rent control or public housing schemes, Finance Minister Bill English says. 21-01-2013 more >>
More than half of New Zealanders support the introduction of a capital gains tax on residential investment properties, a new poll has shown. 21-01-2013 more >>
Mortgage approval rates are back at levels not seen for more than three-and-a-half years, Reserve Bank data reveals. In the week before Christmas, there were more than 8000 home loans approved. 18-01-2013 more >>
Lifestyle properties near the main centres are in solid demand, says the Real Estate Institute, and sales are at levels not seen since 2007. 17-01-2013 more >>
The Salvation Army says Housing New Zealand is referring clients to it because of the rising cost of buying and renting homes in Auckland. 16-01-2013 more >>
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 >>
