Property Institute chief executive Ashley Church says that news of a continuing slide in home ownership rates is a disaster in the making and ‘threatens the fundamentals of what it means to be a Kiwi’. Continue →

Changes are on the way for housing in Wellington, with rates rebates for first-home builders and an expansion of Wellington City Council’s social housing. Continue →

Colliers International’s director of project marketing, Jeff Davidson says the last penthouse at Alexandra Park in Auckland has sold for its asking price of $3,450,000. Continue →

Hong Kong is the city with the world’s highest rent for a premium office, with London and New York in second and third place respectively, according to JLL’s latest Global Premium Office Rent Tracker. Continue →

One of the biggest retail property blocks in New Plymouth’s central business district has been placed on the market for sale. Continue →

A growing proportion of households are spending more than a quarter of their household income on housing, Statistics NZ says. Continue →

The New Zealand housing market has settled into a typical pre-Christmas pattern, as Kiwis turn their focus to the upcoming holiday period. Continue →

The 2016 rating revaluation shows the overall value of Christchurch property has risen by 9.2 percent since the last general revaluation in 2013. Continue →

Property Council New Zealand will be addressing the challenges facing the housing sector in the upcoming Residential Summit in Auckland on 30 November. Continue →

A nine-level central city office building with a long-term lease in place to The University of Auckland is for sale through JLL. Continue →

New Zealand’s commercial property sector remains an attractive market for investors according to the latest Property Council / IPD New Zealand Property Index. Continue →

Alexandra Park chief executive Dominique Dowding has won the Property Council’s ‘Resene Women In Property’ award for her ongoing leadership on the significant urban village development currently under construction at 223 Greenlane West, Epsom, in Auckland. Continue →

Christchurch’s newest suburban retail and commercial hub is being sold down – offering investors unit title opportunities to secure investment property in the city’s fast-growing coastal quadrant. Continue →

The land and buildings housing that formerly housed Auckland’s premier private mental healthcare and substance recovery and treatment centre have been placed on the market for sale. Continue →

A revaluation of property in the Taupo District has revealed a 12 per cent increase in overall capital value since 2013 to a total of $15.07 billion. Continue →

The two-storey freehold building at 68 – 80 Bridge Street houses electronics and appliance retailer Noel Leeming and gymnasium operator MiGym. Continue →

The National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity (NPS) is an important instrument to assist councils to meet demand for urban development. Continue →

An innovative, future-focused development overlooking the shores of Lake Rotorua is set to create employment for the region – with a pledge to use locals to build it. Continue →

By Charles Cooper- managing director – Auckland, Colliers International Colliers International made history in September, by brokering the country’s biggest single office sale of the Millennium Business Park from Goodman Property to Oyster Property Group for $210 million. Continue →

The land and buildings housing the New Zealand Racing Board’s Waikato operations have been placed on the market for sale. Continue →