Property

Performance centre kicked to touch

City councillors have ducked a call on a $78 million performance centre for the city, putting it off until the next ten year plan. Committee chair Larry Baldock... Read More

Make your house twinkle and win

Dig out your inflatable Santa, your trees and your baubles and start untangling your strings of Christmas lights, because now is the time to plan for and enter... Read More

Will foreign speculator ban work?

The government's announcement of a ban on foreigners buying existing residential housing has had a mixed response. When SunLive revealed the news on Tuesday, Facebook... Read More

Average Tauranga house price now $627k

Latest figures from QV show Tauranga home values have increased 5.4 per cent year on year, but decreased 0.6 per cent over the past three months. Values here are... Read More

Government bans foreign buyers from 2018

Foreign speculators will no longer be able to buy houses in New Zealand from early next year. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the government is determined to... Read More

Whangamata bach the best in New Zealand

A beachfront bach in Whangamata has been crowned Bookabach's Supreme Bach of the Year, confirming Kiwis really do love to holiday by the beach. Following a nationwide... Read More

Mayor calling for promises to be kept

Tauranga City is looking at some tough times caused by the city's growth, which under existing law has to be paid for by the ratepayers. Among the major works being... Read More

Admin building removal begins

A 50-tonne excavator is 'munching” its way through Council's old administration building on Willow Street, as part of the mechanical demolition stage of the... Read More

Bay second-most expensive place to rent

Median weekly rents have increased in the Bay of Plenty by $25, bringing the region up to the national average of $450 - and making it the second-most expensive... Read More

Bay Baches kiwi favourites

In the hunt for New Zealand's supreme Bach of the Year, two holiday homes in the wider Bay of Plenty region have been selected as Kiwi favourites, following an... Read More

Bank caution vexes prospective buyers

At least once a week, Geoff Barnett from Century 21 real estate hears the same story. A home-buyer with pre-approved finance and an accepted bid fails to secure... Read More

Bay Baches up for supreme titles

Multiple Bay of Plenty properties will be battling it out for awards in the Bookabach Bach of the Year competition. Baches in Okere Falls, Omanu, Te Kaha and Tauranga... Read More