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Aucklanders urged to have their say

23 May 13, 5:02pm, David Hargreaves
Auckland's Deputy Mayor urges feedback on draft Unitary Plan a week ahead of closing-off for comments

Westpac grows mortgages with LVRs below 80%

23 May 13, 4:32pm, Gareth Vaughan
Westpac grows March quarter home loans by NZ$571 mln with 92% of growth coming through loans with LVRs below 80%

Women tops in Auckland real estate

23 May 13, 10:47am, David Hargreaves
Barfoot & Thompson says top three sales people sold houses collectively worth over NZ$200 mln

Auckland mayor lauds 'real options'

22 May 13, 3:41pm, David Hargreaves
Mayor Len Brown cites two new Auckland developments 'exemplifying approach needed' on city's housing challenges

'Aucklanders should have right to choose'

22 May 13, 12:47pm, David Hargreaves
Counties developer says Aucklanders should have choice between traditional large sections or 'shoe-box' apartments

House price expectations ease

21 May 13, 3:39pm, David Hargreaves
Reserve Bank household expectations survey shows a net 67.9% of people now expect house prices to rise in the next year, down from record high 74.3%

Let's get rid of property CVs

20 May 13, 12:24pm, Alistair Helm
Benchmarking to CVs is wrong and damaging, says Alistair Helm. He gives five reasons

Auckland's Unitary Plan will make housing less affordable

18 May 13, 9:09am, Guest
By choosing the wrong definition of 'affordability', Auckland Council's Unitary Plan ends up focused on the wrong goals says Dale Smith. You agree?

Kiwibank avoids 'peripheral offers', for now

17 May 13, 4:19pm, Gareth Vaughan
Kiwibank says 'peripheral' gifts given by banks to entice borrowers don't work, but won't rule out joining the give-away party

'Let's plonk houses in paddocks'

17 May 13, 11:27am, David Hargreaves
Auckland Council at odds with Government over housing plan; Deputy Mayor says Housing Accord is 'definitely in danger'

Lifestyle block prices still soaring

17 May 13, 9:50am, David Hargreaves
REINZ says national median lifestyle block rose by more than NZ$10,000 in past month to new record high of NZ$518,5000

ASB's high LVR lending jumps

16 May 13, 9:24pm, Gareth Vaughan
ASB grows home loans by $1.7b over two quarters with $1.4b, or 84%, coming in lending where the borrower has deposit/equity worth less than 20% of the loan

Govt looks at moving on state house tenants

16 May 13, 5:13pm, David Hargreaves
Govt to 'review' 53,000 state house tenancies; people will be 'given support' to move to alternative housing

IRD to target property investors

16 May 13, 3:44pm, David Hargreaves
Government to give Inland Revenue an extra NZ$6.65 mln a year in order to get an extra NZ$45 mln out of property investors

Govt may over-ride councils on housing

Updated 16 May 13, 3:07pm, David Hargreaves
New legislation will give Government power to over-rule local authorities on the development of land and housing

RBNZ gets new tools to combat credit booms

16 May 13, 3:01pm, Gareth Vaughan
Finance Minister Bill English says RBNZ Governor Graeme Wheeler will decide if, and when, to use new tools designed to dampen excessive growth in credit and asset prices

Small budget surplus in 2014/15

16 May 13, 2:04pm, Bernard Hickey
NZ Govt forecasts NZ$75 mln surplus in 2014/15; Macro-prudential tools deal signed; NZSF contributions delayed 2 yrs; Central govt may directly issue housing consents

Purse strings loosened in Budget 2013

16 May 13, 8:24am, Bernard Hickey
Bill English set to deliver budget with around NZ$800 million of discretionary net new spending as firmer economy gives Govt more leeway 18 mths before election; Meridian float?

Policy is at the root of our housing problems

15 May 13, 1:22pm, Gareth Morgan
Gareth Morgan says for too long we have discriminated against productive investment in favour of property speculation. It's time to make changes. You agree?

Kiwibank's new 4.99% offer

15 May 13, 12:08pm, David Hargreaves
Kiwibank drops 2-year mortgage rate by 26 basis points to 4.99%

'Consistently higher'

15 May 13, 11:19am, David Chaston
Commercial property returns shine as bond yields fall and capital gains kick in; income returns stable

Auckland's Unitary Plan to be softened

15 May 13, 9:49am, Gareth Vaughan
Auckland Mayor Len Brown tells Radio NZ his council's Unitary Plan is likely to be watered down with some changes 'too much too soon'

Govt's pre-fab state house plan

14 May 13, 11:51am, David Hargreaves
Housing Minister Nick Smith announces plan to spend NZ$377 mln on 3000 extra bedrooms and 500 new state houses mainly in Auckland

House prices 'to keep rising'

Updated 13 May 13, 3:11pm, David Hargreaves
Latest BNZ-REINZ residential market survey indicates shortage of houses will worsen and prices will keep going up

ANZ: Spending curbs needed

13 May 13, 2:11pm, David Hargreaves
ANZ economists say consumer spending will need to be restrained if the large-scale house building planned is not to result in inflation