Construction out of the mire as housing consents rise
The number of new dwellings authorised in October was at its highest level in 15 months, when volatile apartment numbers are excluded.
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Nov
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Nov
Hammering home your offer
House hunters are now competing in a shallow listings pool, forcing more of them to attend auctions - fraught with traps for the inexperienced.
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Nov
New law changes way homes sell
It is about to cost more to sell your home, as real estate agents prepare to hike their commissions. Jill Quaid, chairwoman of First National, says commissions have to go up within the next year, blaming extra compliance costs generated by new laws governing real estate agents.
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Nov
Seaside properties take a dip
Three or four years ago, when the country was huffing and puffing about the surging cost of property, there was a particular area of the market that even the reasonably savvy thought was safe as houses.
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Nov
Northland Coastal Section Markets Revisited
In previous Property Insights reports we have looked at the following: the Far North coastal area around Doubtless Bay, including Mangonui, Coopers Beach, Cable Bay, Taipa, Tokerau Beach and Rangiputa; Mangawhai Heads; Kerikeri, Paihia and Russell; and the One Tree Point-Marsden Point-Ruakaka market. With summer on the doorstep it seemed timely to revisit the state of affairs in the parts of the Northland coastal market previously covered.
