NZ Hearld Property News

• Developer pleads guilty in $50m mortgage fraud case January 21, 2018
  An Auckland property developer has admitted to his part in a $50 million mortgage fraud case.Kang Huang, 49, pleaded guilty to 10 criminal charges in the High Court at Auckland before Christmas, the Herald can reveal. He was...
• 'Where's the affordable housing for young families?' January 21, 2018
  Dan Randall sees new retirement villages popping up across Tauranga and wonders – where's my village? "Where's the affordable housing for young families in a safe, quiet area?"The 28-year-old Mount Maunganui security worker, his...
• Tauranga now most unaffordable place in New Zealand to buy a home: Global survey January 21, 2018
  Tauranga has out-ranked Auckland as New Zealand's most unaffordable city to buy a new home, according to a major global study.The annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey released todayshowed Tauranga was the...
• Tauranga beats Auckland as NZ's least affordable for housing: Global study January 21, 2018
  Tauranga has out-ranked Auckland as New Zealand's most unaffordable city, according to a major global study out today which showed Auckland's improving affordability meant the city moved from the world's fourth to the ninth most...
• Housing shortage likely during America's Cup, property services firm says January 20, 2018
  Auckland is likely to face a housing shortage when it hosts the America's Cup in 2021, with up to 900 more residential units needed, according to new research.A report by international real estate services company CBRE showed an...
• Couple in property u-turn case still waiting to move on January 20, 2018
  An Auckland couple who spent years trying to enforce their purchase of an Otahuhu investment property after the vendors changed their minds have finally got keys to the home- but are still trying to recoup costs from a lengthy court...
• 'Spectacular, unspoiled paradise' for sale in the Far North January 20, 2018
  Forget buying a beach. How about five beaches?A rare and significant coastal farm with more coastline than the famed Kauri Cliffs is on the market in Northland — but wannabe landowners will need deep pockets.The 1439ha property...
• Hamish Fletcher: Be a Yimby and say yes to housing development January 20, 2018
  I've been woken up recently by the sounds of builders and bulldozers - instead of the usual birdsong from the surrounding bush. A new housing development is in full swing on my Auckland street and construction workers (and their...
• First commercial property portfolio of 2018 January 19, 2018
  Barfoot & Thompson Commercial has kicked off the new year by launching a portfolio of 19 properties on the market.Agency manager John Urlich says the first Insite publication for 2018 contains a spread of properties across the Auckland...
• Cafe close to famous Otago Rail Trail January 19, 2018
  The Stationside Cafe at Lauder in Central Otago trades in a part of New Zealand with air so clear an atmospheric research laboratory has been established based nearby.The closeness of this NIWA facility isn't lost on ABC business...