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Housing Affordability News

Nikki Preston
‘Everything is a bit nuts’ - cheap Hamilton homes scooped up within days
Homes in the sub-$800,000 price bracket are proving popular with first-time buyers.

Kelvin Davidson
NZ’s most affordable city: Where ‘only’ 40% of homeowner pay is going towards the mortgage
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.

Owen Vaughan
OneRoof’s Need to Know: NZ’s most expensive and cheapest streets revealed
Mansion fans and bargain hunters should check out these addresses.

Nikki Preston
'Way, way cheaper' than the rest: Matamata a magnet for first-home buyers
“That price point is getting harder and harder to find."

Owen Vaughan
Who are the house price winners and losers of the last 25 years?
You could buy a house in Auckland for around $200,000 a quarter of a century ago.

Catherine Masters
How did NZ house prices quadruple in the space of 25 years?
A quarter of a century on - what NZ got right and wrong about real estate.

Nikki Preston
Iconic ‘dome’ home built for former All Black for sale
The house is the talk of the town in Eltham - and Switzerland.

OneRoof
New Zealand’s cheapest suburbs: Where to buy a house for less than $500,000
The city with the most property bargains revealed.

Catherine Masters
Christchurch housing market keeping everyone honest - 'buyers don't have to overpay'
1000 more houses on the market for sale.

Nikki Preston
Kāinga Ora axes 60% of social housing projects planned for 2025
The developments the agency have put on ice would have provided 1019 homes.

Nikki Preston
Watercare ‘blindsides’ Auckland developers - ‘people will go under’
Plans for new housing halted following release of new map.

Nikki Preston
West Coast vs Auckland: Did buyers miss a better deal pre-Covid?
Houses in both regions have jumped in price.

Ed McKnight
Six reasons you shouldn’t buy a house right now
There’s a lot of uncertainty still in the housing market.

Zoe Hunter
Couple, aged 58, empty their KiwiSaver to buy their first home
“It means we will still be paying off a mortgage in our early 80s.”

Catherine Masters
Revealed: The hot 100 New Zealand suburbs to watch in 2025
These are the neighbourhoods with the most potential for buyers.

Catherine Masters
Celebrity homes and budget buys top list of NZ's most popular properties
The properties that attracted the most buyer interest this year.

Nikki Preston
Pizza worker, 24, buys first home - after being told he wouldn’t get anywhere
Juggling two jobs and working 85-hour weeks has paid off for young New Plymouth man.

Nikki Preston
Couple use their Auckland deposit to buy house in Gore mortgage-free
North Islanders are heading to Southland towns to ditch the debt.