Property news


Napier’s iconic Dome apartments for sale after 20 years
The Dome is one of the country’s most photographed buildings.

Ex-Block star sells family home, builds new one in three weeks
“We love a challenge. There’s nothing like pressure – pressure is a great motivator.”

Colossal new Kmart for Auckland: Biggest NZ store planned
Vast new discounter to be built on greenfields site opposite Westgate Lifestyle Centre.

JLL retirement village study: population up, companies adjust growth
Most older people do not live in such villages, even with 53,000 people there now.

Xero founder Rod Drury got $12m for his Hawke's Bay mansion
The rich-lister's home set a record for the region.
Property news around NZ

‘These guys are hoping for a miracle’ - Sellers warned as ‘cheeky’ flippers make a return
Agents have noticed a return of the quick flick.

Homeowners snap up nearby house for $4.15m after heated auction
Waterfront homes in Taupō’s most expensive suburb are in high demand.

Tony Alexander: How much can you expect house prices to rise over the next 30 years?
Will Auckland lag behind the rest of the country or soar ahead?

Watch - 1400 staff moved into new $300m Beca House
Beca CEO Amelia Linzey tells of the benefits of moving into new headquarters and Precinct Properties' CEO Scott Pritchard on the company building the new Wynyard Quayside.

Watch: Inside Beca’s new $300m global HQ in the Wynyard Quarter
Around 1400 staff left Pitt St for the waterfront Wynyard Quarter and five new levels.

Fed-up landlords quitting Auckland - $1m home to be sold with $1 reserve
Vendors willing to sell their rental for almost nothing.
More Hawke's Bay Property news

$150m+ investment: Where are eight new Foodstuffs North Island replacement supermarkets going?
Economic downturn didn't dent our food market: biggest owner expanding, replacing stores.

'True to their word' – infrastructure chief on Budget 2024
'Government appears to have recognised the deficit with roading and rail maintenance.'

Where new supermarkets have opened and might rise soon
Where are new stores opening? One store shut in Flaxmere but that's been eclipsed.

Real estate agent wins court dispute over commission on $6.6m sale
Station was sold between brothers' trusts in a "family arrangement".

Freedom from secrecy and shame: How a sex abuse victim has transformed her life
'Now I live a life that I thought only existed in movies or books.'

Business backing huge solar farm fails, creditors want $12.3m
Council said the venture supported its aspirations. Now, it is a creditor.

Retirement village giant unveils $335m expansion at two NZ sites
Purchases allow the business with 36 existing villages to develop two more new ones.

Cyclone Gabrielle: Infrastructure to trump housing in possible $13b repair
Rebuild unlikely to have a big impact on reversing the slowdown in residential building.

Evacuations and no power: The fate of 1000 retirement village residents during cyclone
"Mobile generators were a godsend. In our new villages, we’re building generators."

Cyclone Gabrielle: 6 Summerset villages lost power, communications
"Ran essential services on generator power, fully supplied with food and medication."

'Selling a house is not a hopeless exercise': Inside Hawke's Bay's property market
Agents say the property market is slowly, but surely, improving.

House values fall close to 10pc in a year in Napier
Lines were once out the door. Now agents are 'lucky to get two or three to an open home'.

Top commercial property sales in 2022 - $1.4 billion of deals
Singaporeans and Australians were involved in some of the biggest deals.

Stores galore: Where 14 new supermarkets are opening
Stores galore: From Timaru to Martinborough, Remuera to Taumarunui.

Surrounded by social housing: Family takes fight for their dream home to council
The Wilkinsons are in the middle of a development they didn't expect and are now fighting.

'A patient game': 500 more homes on market in Hawke's Bay than year ago
Hawke's Bay had 800 houses on the market in June.

Fire in 1931 sparks $150k legal headache for property development in 2022
Court action needed to clear away legal hurdle on Te Awanga subdivision.