02:00pm Sun 21 Apr, 2024
The Government is reforming financial services to improve access to home loans and other lending, and strengthen customer protections, Commerce and Consumer... Read More
02:00pm Tue 16 Apr, 2024
A Taupō family is coming to terms with losing just about everything they owned in a house fire last week. Zoanna and David Lamond bought their four-bedroom... Read More
08:30am Thu 11 Apr, 2024
Reserve Bank of New Zealand decision to leave the official cash rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent was no surprise, given the incoming flow of economic data released... Read More
05:00pm Tue 09 Apr, 2024
Residential property values have continued to gently rise and fall throughout the first quarter of 2024, amidst a glut of listings and an ongoing dearth of sales... Read More
06:30am Fri 05 Apr, 2024
Latest housing figures show a soft start to the New Zealand housing market in the March quarter. CoreLogic's House Price Index rose 0.5 per cent in... Read More
01:00pm Thu 14 Mar, 2024
The housing market recovery is spreading, with nearly 60 per cent of suburbs seeing some improvement this year. CoreLogic's interactive mapping tool indicates... Read More
10:10am Thu 14 Mar, 2024
There is 'no robust evidence” Kāinga Ora activities impact house prices in surrounding areas, a leader in the state housing agency says. But a Rotorua... Read More
10:45am Tue 05 Mar, 2024
Police have received several reports of a rental property rental scam involving the Chinese community. The scammers are targeting China-based people who are... Read More
07:00am Sun 03 Mar, 2024
A magnitude 5 earthquake was felt in the North Island early this morning, but at a depth of 159 kilometres it was classed as a weak one. It was centred 30... Read More
10:00am Wed 28 Feb, 2024
There might be talk about the official cash rate increasing on Wednesday, but another bank has cut home loan interest rates. ASB has reduced its 18-month... Read More
05:00pm Thu 22 Feb, 2024
New Zealand rental prices have increased for the second month in a row according to Trade Me's latest Rental Price Index, including rents for apartments and... Read More
01:00pm Tue 20 Feb, 2024
The government's crackdown on welfare recipients will directly affect young people experiencing homelessness, a youth development advocate says. The Ministry... Read More