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With the thought of owning your own home seeming like a distant dream to many young people, one Aussie mum has proven that paying off your mortgage doesn't have to fill you with dread.Heidi Farrelly is a preschool teacher and lives...

"The National Party didn't invent fiscal responsibility," said Grant Robertson in March as he unveiled a partnership with Green's committing to economic constraints.While the man set to be New Zealand's finance minister is a strong...

Houses in many regions have taken a pay cut with stalling sales prices cutting into capital gains.In the past few years, homes in areas including Auckland had earned more in soaring values than the average worker earned at their...

This is a story about housing supply and how we can get more of it. It's not about the increased cost of housing or the difficulty young people face getting their first home. It's about the fact we need more homes. It's based on...

So-called Nimbys should look away now. As our feature on the housing shortage explains, there are many ways to provide more homes for our rising population but not all of them will be universally popular. Auckland Council's Unitary...

"Dad there's a stranger at the door." At our house this usually means religious types or sales people trying to get me to switch power companies.I'm not sure which I find more annoying, but last weekend it was neither. It was...

A partly-built Auckland waterfront home once at the centre of litigation which stopped development work on the exclusive site facing Rangitoto is on the market for $8 million-plus.The property on Takapuna's leafy, upmarket, quiet...

Clamping down on property and farm sales to foreign buyers would hurt New Zealand's economy, says one expert.Labour and New Zealand First have agreed to restrict sales of residential land and farmland to citizens, permanent residents...

Despite uncertainty created by the recent elections and a drawn-out end result, the commercial property market remains buoyant and unconcerned about any possible political risk, says John Urlich, commercial manager for Barfoot & Thompson.Writing...

Land and buildings in Mt Wellington housing the headquarters of home building supplies retailer PlaceMakers have been placed on the market for sale.The property has been operating as a commercial office premises since its construction...

A 116-year-old former convent is for sale in the up-and-coming South Island tourist town of Oamaru with the potential conversion to visitor accommodation. "This is a very rare chance to own a piece of Oamaru's history," says Paul...

Olivia Wilson and Jared Walsh were delighted by the size of this one-bedroom, freehold Freemans Bay apartment when they came to view it in Hopetoun Residences 18 months ago."It was the first property we bought together," says Olivia....

On the third day of owning this holiday home at Takahoa Bay Estate near Kaiwaka, Carlton and Susan Morris, installed a wood burner."We bought it in July six years ago, it was winter and pretty cold," says Carlton."When I put...

Not many people would turn down the chance to live on Auckland's famous beachfront in Milford. But Tony and Pip Martin were well established in Herne Bay. They'd owned the famed Gables Tavern from 1992 to 2006 and were settled...

Pocket parks are becoming popular in many of the new developments springing up around the city, with developers realising extra outdoor space is a big plus for buyers of medium and high-density homes.The team behind a new Mt Wellington...

Pleasantly unexpected; that's a good way to describe what you'll find down an unassuming shared driveway at 27A Pleasant St. across the road from Onehunga High School.Down the right-of-way a smart ex-state house still quietly holds...

With three teenagers under her roof, Kim Blaxall was desperate for more space - little suspecting her answer would be a home a stone's throw from the vibrancy of Parnell village.That was three years ago, when medical receptionist...

Sally Brochocka and her husband, Justin, say that picking a neighbourhood is more important to them than the house: they'd rather live in a walkable connected place than a sprawling mansion that takes an hour to commute to. So...

A large commercial office block tenanted by a variety of corporate entities on Auckland's Symonds St ridge and immediately adjacent to Auckland University's central city campus has been placed on the market for sale.The property...

In the South Canterbury township of Geraldine, a plush function and corporate all-in-one venue is for sale complete with its own specialised bakery and patisserie-making kitchen. "StoneBridge wedding and function venue is a purpose-built...