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Builders tip rush for new homes
For sale: Caravan park with potential
The Western Park Village caravan park, on a big site in the heart of the West Auckland suburb of Ranui, is for sale for…
New house loan exemption welcomed
Builders and bankers have welcomed the Reserve Bank's decision to exempt loans for new builds from its curbs on high loan-to-value…
Applications for first-home scheme surge
Five new lenders have applied to the Government to offer Welcome Home Loans amid surging numbers using the first-home buyer…
Commercial Property
Without action, Auckland faces a shortage of business-zoned…
Editorial: Reserve Bank right to heed concern over new homes
Editorial: The Reserve Bank is sailing on largely uncharted sails with its restrictions on low-deposit home loans.
Belief in industrial sector soars
Investor confidence in the Auckland industrial sector is at a net positive 63 per cent - up from 36 per cent a year ago…
Real estate agent stripped of licence
A real estate agent who misled her sister about an offer to buy her house has been stripped of her licence and fined $5000…
Builders welcome loan backdown
The construction sector has welcomed the Reserve Bank's decision to exempt new home builds from low deposit loan restrictions…
Property
Real estate jobs back in hot demand
A booming New Zealand property market is driving a surge in real estate jobs and applications for licensed…
Reserve Bank buckles on loan rules
New rules restricting low deposit home loans will now not apply to new home builds, says the Reserve Bank.
Cost of home dream - 19 incomes
It would take 19 median incomes in Auckland to buy a home for the city's median house price, a Herald analysis has found…
Home loan queries dive
Rules slash number of low-deposit mortgages but house buyers still encouraged to ask.
Saving beats housing trap
Auckland first-time house buyers Tristan and Jessica Lomberg stepped out of the LVR trap by being hard-out…
Brian Fallow: Census housing statistics show shortfall not so dire
The Auckland Council reckons Auckland is 20,000 to 30,000 dwellings short of what it needs, writes Brian Fallow.The NZ Institute…
Loan curbs boost for mortgage brokers
Reserve Bank home-loan cooling measures have driven business into mortgage brokers' hands, says Jeff Royle.
How will Auckland cope with growth?
Ensuring Auckland copes with growth and has enough offices, apartments and shops is one of the biggest challenges the city…
First apartment block since GFC
The ground floor of the first block of Auckland apartments to rise since the global financial crisis is due to be poured…
Property deal one of the biggest: agent
Property Archives
A financier has sold 65 Quay Park apartments and eight shops and offices on Maori land to a developer…
Herald Homes
Dressed up for dressage
Lavishly set up, this is an ideal property for equestrian pursuits, writes Donna McIntyre
Residential Property
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Interview: Darren Brown, project director of SugarTree
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The ground floor of the first block of Auckland apartments to rise since the global financial crisis…
Mortgages
Brian Fallow: Home buyers beware - rates are set to rise
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Borrowers need to be aware that current market pricing implies a rise in interest rates of around 2…
Economy
Risky US bank lendings rules OK'd
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US banks will be barred in most cases from trading for their own profit under a federal rule approved…
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