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All-night vigil for home buyers

Desperate home-buyers have resorted to sleeping in cars overnight in the hope of securing one of 12 sections when they go up for sale this morning.

Andrew King: Why I think there's no housing bubble in Auckland

Andrew King of the NZ Property Investors Federation outlines the main concerns around housing in Auckland - and clears up some of the facts.

Hart's auto business eyes asset sales

Charges against Peters dismissed

Record auctions pushing up house prices

Head-to-head bidders are paying tens of thousands of dollars more at auctions than they would for fixed price homes, new figures reveal.

Craig Lamberton: Hot property and capital gains

Amidst the debate around the effects of a capital gains tax on the Auckland property market, TV show 'Our First Home' has proven useful.

Waiheke landowner loses zoning battle

Waiheke's biggest landowner has lost a challenge over the zoning on parts of its holdings on the island's eastern tip and on a nearby island.

This house makes $1000 a day...

A three-bedroom North Shore "do-up" has earned its owner nearly $1000 a day - just shy of the salary of a High Court judge - in Auckland's red-hot property market.

Reserve Bank to cool overheated market

The Reserve Bank is considering options to make it harder or more expensive for residential property investors to get bank loans.

Bryers' bankruptcy bid: 'This is my last visit to NZ'

Former Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers is seeking discharge from his bankruptcy in the High Court at Auckland today.

Man who predicted '29 Wall St crash dies

Irving Kahn, the Manhattan money manager who predicted the 1929 Wall St crash, has died aged 109.

Australia tightens on foreign land buys

Australia has tightened the rules on foreign purchases of agricultural land and has reduced the ownership screening threshold to A$15 million from A$252 million.

Court: Blue Chip lawyer didn't cause loss

"Negligent" advice from a Tauranga law firm did not cause a Blue Chip investor's $90,000 loss, the Supreme Court has unanimously decided.

Chinese interests gain consent to buy two Auckland islands

Chinese interests snap up two islands linked to the mainland for $41.5m. They plan to use them for a $130.6m six-star luxury resort and native reserve.

Cost of buying in top zones

Parents could save hundreds of thousands of dollars by skipping houses in elite school zones and paying to privately educate their kids elsewhere instead.

A building block for your future

A rare big block of Bay of Plenty development land in Ohauti, about 10 minutes' drive south of the Tauranga CBD, is to be auctioned next month.

Super Fund happy with oil holdings

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund says it remains comfortable with its investment in the US oil and gas industry.

Soaring Eagle set to draw in visitors

Multimillionaire property investor Peter Cooper helped build the country's most important new heritage structure which opens tomorrow in the Bay of Islands.