Desperate buyers racing against clock before banks pull their funding
Fear of losing plumped-up pre-approvals is driving the market in South Auckland.
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Trophy rental home snapped up by offshore buyers after near-$1m facelift
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Auckland mega-mansion smashes it with $11.5m sale
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128 bids as first home buyers go hard for ‘ordinary’ South Auckland home
“People really wanted this.”
Championship 18-hole golf course suddenly shuts
Director says the club continues to lose money.
Auckland shooting: Phillippines workers support each other
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Auckland CBD shooting: 'People feeling vulnerable and distressed'
Building bosses support staff: "We’re getting Mates in Construction to talk to everyone."
Tiny town’s local legend ‘serious’ about selling his home of almost 70 years
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London builder reluctantly sells his Grand Designs house on Waiheke Island
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‘Marry a home, date the interest rate!’: After price plunge Auckland gets back on its feet
House prices and sales are up in country's biggest housing market.
CBD shooting building site one of NZ’s biggest construction projects
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Inflation drop: Should homeowners be celebrating or worrying about another rate rise?
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Young couple snaps up Remuera home with ‘auction-stopping’ offer of $5.5m
House taken off the market in the space of a week.
'Who will inherit?': How to keep Kiwi farms in the family
Ageing Kiwi farmers risk losing their farms because they don't have a succession plan.
Auckland apartment market: New sales plummet, projects abandoned
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Beach stunner: Last of its kind trophy bach sells for record $7.8m
Orewa property had been in the same family's hands for 70 years.
Auckland CBD ghost towers get new lease of life
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Tony Alexander: FOMO’s back - why Auckland is primed to lead next house price surge
It’s early days, but survey results suggest there’s a market revival brewing.
$1 reserve triumph: ‘Worst house on the best street’ sells for $510,000 after 150 bids
The two-bedroom home went to auction with an ultra-low reserve.
Overseas buyer picks up abandoned, ‘barely standing’ shop for $20,000
Seller makes $9000 gross profit in matter of months.
For sale: House that belonged to Waikato’s ‘greatest painter of the 20th century’
Late artist Joan Fear lived in Hamilton home for 65 years.
Desperate homeowners turn to third-tier lenders to stave-off mortgagee sales
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