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Yield: what is it, and what drives commercial property yields?
What is yield? What is the difference between gross and net yield?
Jobseeker benefit numbers surge 11%: a caring government or a struggling economy?
Labour and National each have their own arguments.
New Zealand resident visa approvals hit a 20-year low, yet the housing shortfall has reached 130,000 homes! Why?
With housing supply unable to keep pace with population growth, New Zealand's house price problem remains unresolved.
Another Chinese developer rushes to sell land: 33 homes lost!
The agent says the owner is willing to sell at a reduced price!
The Kiwi Dream slips further away!
Auckland land prices per square metre have risen 350% over 20 years.
Chinese investor sells Auckland apartment site in a fire sale! Bought for $7,500,000, now selling for less than half the price!
Anyone looking to buy an apartment off the plans must do their homework and watch out for pitfalls.
New Zealand tertiary enrolment rate hits 10-year low; Māori far more willing to enrol than Europeans
Some students choose apprenticeships rather than university after leaving secondary school.
Bloomberg: New Zealand housing market risks a crash as global house prices return to their pre-financial crisis peak
New Zealand and Canada face the greatest risk of a house price crash, while global house prices have returned to their peak before the 2008 financial crisis.
First-home buyers: a city-centre apartment or a house in the outer suburbs? Even the experts disagree!
First-home buyers often have limited budgets. With Auckland house prices remaining high, is an inner-city apartment or a standalone house in the outer suburbs the better choice?
Auckland property sales hit a 9-year low! Talk of a recovery without rising sales and prices is all hype!
Low sales and high stock levels: it is too early to talk of a market recovery!
Fluent in Māori and elected Gisborne mayor for 6 consecutive terms, this Chinese New Zealander has just been appointed Race Relations Commissioner
He is New Zealand’s only mayor fluent in Māori.