Property

Keep it simple stupid

Investment is never straightforward, but it is often made overly complicated by experts that struggle to speak in laymans' terms. One form of investment that is... Read More

Strong farm sales

Farms are proving hot property in the Bay of Plenty compared to the rest of New Zealand with 26 of them sold in the region in the three months to the end of September. This... Read More

Bay sales in top three

The Bay of Plenty has the third highest value of property sales in New Zealand in September, according to the latest figures from the Real Estate Institute of New... Read More

Silver lining to latest slump

Property values in Tauranga have decreased 1.8 per cent over the past year, according to Quotable Value. The figure was calculated by comparing the three months... Read More

Ownership options

Purchasing a property is always a major decision and one of the principal factors to be considered is what the ownership structure should be. There are three main... Read More

Mortgagee sales skyrocket

An 89 per cent increase in the number of mortgagee sales across the Bay of Plenty in July is contributing to record sales across the country, according to Terralink... Read More

Slow selling in the Bay

Houses are selling slowly in the Bay of Plenty compared to most other regions in New Zealand. The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand's figures for August show,... Read More

Silver lining to property slide

Property values in Tauranga have declined by 4.1 per cent according to Quotable Value's latest statistics. The figures are based on the comparison of property values... Read More

Property: the buyer s risk

Being in the property market can be a frustrating exercise. Selling and buying houses is an exercise often complicated by the timing of these two acts. Knowing... Read More

Leaky homes national disaster

The leaky homes problem is turning out to be on the scale of a national disaster, says Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby. He attended a second meeting of the national... Read More

Bay mortgagee sales rise

The number of mortgagee sales in Tauranga in June this year is seven times higher compared to the same period in 2008. Mortgagee sales in Tauranga in the month... Read More

Warming NZers up

The ‘Warm Up New Zealand; Heat Smart' programme is proving a success according to the government authority running it. In its first month 3282 homes around... Read More