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OPINION: No answers in sight to housing challenges
The housing market has experienced another challenging year involving price increases.
Everything you need to know about water tanks
Installing a water tank on your property can offer protection during times of drought.
Can you change your property's capital valuation?
Many councils across New Zealand are preparing to release their new capital valuations.
Inside one family’s journey to build a Passive House
Catriona and Toby Tilsley left Auckland to build their family a Passive House in Raglan.
Opinion: Modest steps towards constraining price increases
Rising mortgage rates will start to attack one of the major influencers of house prices.
How WFH is changing our housing demands and physical activity
WFH households spent 7% more on housing for larger homes.
Shared equity scheme helps Kiwis struggling to save a deposit buy their first home
A new shared equity scheme has been unveiled by Kāinga Ora.
The Covid clauses you need to know when buying and selling property
Property offers and sale and purchase agreements must cater to the new normal we live in.
Opinion: How will real estate fare in the lockdown?
Managing Director of Barfoot & Thompson, Peter Thompson, looks at the housing market in 2021.
How to rent out your house as a film shoot location
An average-sized villa in Auckland can rent as a film shoot location for $1,500 per day and $2,500 per day for a larger property.
Get more from your garage
Could it be redesigned as a storage space, office, or even an entirely new standalone granny flat?
Opinion: Past generations also found home buying a hard task
The rapid rise in house prices over the past 10 to 15 years is not a modern phenomenon.