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Nikki Preston
Great-granny ‘sad’ after finally selling school she saved from the scrapheap
Christchurch family snaps up lifestyle block that’s home to Judy Grigor’s old primary.
Nikki Preston
Historic bach linked to ‘Heavenly Creatures’ murder case sells for $590,000
Holiday home hosted Sir Peter Jackson and Kate Winslet in the mid-1990s.
Nikki Preston
Young woman with terminal cancer is on the hunt for her dream home
Dominique McShain-Suson was given shock diagnosis two weeks before her 21st birthday.
Nikki Preston
‘Some of them will be selling at a loss’ - market flooded with townhouses
Hundreds of new or near-new two-bedroom homes are up for grabs.
Nikki Preston
House with no kitchen sells for nearly $3m
The new-build was deliberately sold with "blank spaces" that the buyer could fill in.
Nikki Preston
FOBO knocks Christchurch for six: What is it and what is it doing to house prices?
Forget FOMO - buyers are waiting for something better to come along.
Nikki Preston
Heavenly Creatures bach for sale - ‘my husband liked to say Kate Winslet was in his bed’
Waterfront home linked to notorious Parker-Hulme murder case hosted Sir Peter Jackson and his stars 30 years ago.
Diana Clement
The castle that’s got the whole town talking - first chance in half a century to see inside
Couple’s dream home has a turret and a moat-like swimming pool.
Nikki Preston
Vendor in tears, crowds gasping in disbelief - the auction that just went on and on
“People were going, ‘Oh my gosh, they keep going’.”
Nikki Preston
I ditched Auckland for a small South Island town after encounter with TV chef
Emma Gillard opened up to Jo Seagar. It was the best decision she ever made.
Nikki Preston
Howzat! Cricket star Sir Richard Hadlee scores with sale of luxury golf course home
“They hung in there for the right buyer, the right buyer came along and it was meant to be.”
Nikki Preston
‘It’s a steal’ - ex-finance worker selling house with four train carriages in the garden
Unusual accommodation venture up for grabs.
Diana Clement
‘Lady of the manor’ selling the Edwardian dream home that almost killed her
Historic Gunyah Country Estate on the market for the first time in 22 years.
Diana Clement
Wealthy widower to donate money from estate sale to charity
Racecourse Hill homestead was saved from demolition after quake damage.
Nikki Preston
50 houses under the hammer: Christchurch homeowners decide to sell en masse
Surge in liftings on the back of tumbling rates.
Ed McKnight
New homes winners and losers: Where the 55,000 new homes will be fast-tracked
Some regions will reap the benefit of the Government’s new legislation.
Nikki Preston
‘Heart-wrenching’: Christchurch students struggling to find a roof as accommodation shortage bites
Surge in student population putting pressure on the private rental market.
Nikki Preston
Calculated bidding pushes price of Fendalton home almost $1m above RV
Property fetches $3.25m at auction as local families try to gain the upper hand.