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StoryHow insurer demands for new inspections are hampering house sales Canterbury John Grant101 year 3 weeks ago
StoryNew Earthquake Act could allow massive land buys out at rock bottom prices under seismic shift in local power. Your view? Amanda Morrall261 year 6 weeks ago
StoryBuilding consents for houses, apartments fall 9.7% in Feb to 2 year low, Stats NZ figures show Alex Tarrant1101 year 8 weeks ago
StoryChristchurch may lose 4% of its population permanently over the next year, ANZ economists say Alex Tarrant681 year 10 weeks ago
StoryJapan disaster won't cut New Zealand's global reinsurance flows for Christchurch, PM Key says Alex Tarrant161 year 10 weeks ago
StoryThursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: NZ's dangerous debt spiral; A war to fix America's depression?; McKinsey's 'corrupted culture'; What so bad about deflation; Dilbert Bernard Hickey321 year 11 weeks ago
StoryLabour's Goff proposes 'tax free zone' for first NZ$5,000 of income, paid for by crackdown on tax dodgers and new tax on high earners Bernard Hickey531 year 17 weeks ago
Story90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Bernanke may increase QE II as 5 years of high unemployment beckons; European turmoil deepens; Hungary cut Bernard Hickey311 year 24 weeks ago
StoryQuotable Value says in November report house values 'beginning to stablise' after falling 5.6% from Nov 07 peak Bernard Hickey561 year 24 weeks ago
StoryBarfoot and Thompson reports sales volumes and average price rose in Nov from Oct; notes surge in luxury house sales in Auckland Bernard Hickey1441 year 24 weeks ago
StoryHarcourts sees evidence of property market pickup in early November after very slow September and October Bernard Hickey351 year 26 weeks ago
StoryHome loan affordability improves sharply in October to mid 2004 levels after income tax cuts kick in Bernard Hickey431 year 27 weeks ago
StoryNew Overseas Investment Act rules won't have a massive impact on land values, PM Key tells Fed Farmers Alex Tarrant31 year 27 weeks ago
StoryBayleys launches coastal property push at 'Riviera of the South Island’; sees 'return to family values' Gareth Vaughan781 year 28 weeks ago
StoryRealestate.co.nz report shows stagnant, buyers' market as 'spring passes market by' Bernard Hickey661 year 29 weeks ago
StorySmith wants RMA reform to address 'excessive' section prices and unaffordable housing after planning review Alex Tarrant451 year 32 weeks ago
StoryTuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Gareth Morgan relaxed about foreign land buys; 'Be patient with China'; A Google Price Index?; Aussies eye NZ rentals; Dilbert Bernard Hickey411 year 32 weeks ago
StoryQV report for September shows property values down 5.3% from late 07 peak and down 1.4% from March 2010 Bernard Hickey691 year 33 weeks ago
StoryHouse values down 1.1% since March as lack of buyers and finance see prices glide lower, Quotable Value reports Bernard Hickey3231 year 35 weeks ago
StoryThursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Two tiered Swiss currency; Wolf savages Basel III 'mouse'; China-US trade tensions; Dilbert Bernard Hickey471 year 35 weeks ago
StoryWestpac sees 'lacklustre August house sales, price weakness, lengthening time to sell' Nick Jones651 year 36 weeks ago
StoryTreasury Secretary says Canterbury earthquake likely to cost about NZ$4 bln in total Gareth Vaughan481 year 36 weeks ago