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Neighbourhoods News

Nikki Preston
The vibe is back: Parnell is suddenly running hot with younger buyers and expats
The new thing drawing people to blue chip suburb – and it’s not the school zones.

Catherine Masters
Housing market in Palmerston North’s fringe towns ‘on a rampage’
Marton and Bulls house prices boosted by influx of Auckland families.

Catherine Masters
How world's top travel guide changed house prices in so-called 'backwater'
New Plymouth's fortunes changed following write-up in Lonely Planet, says agent.

Catherine Masters
North Islanders fleeing crime and city stresses buy in Balclutha sight unseen
“People look out for each other and there’s an element of safety.”

Nikki Preston
Cash in Cashmere: The Christchurch suburb ignoring the slump
Agents surprised by surge in popularity.

Erin Reilly
The Waiheke luxury home that expats bought on the way back to the airport
Completely rebuilt house with pool and a heli-pad hits the market.

Catherine Smith
Lakeside Rotorua home sells for $4.8m - more than $3.4m above 'irrelevant' RV
Heirloom property came with 100-year-old wooden boat.

Catherine Smith
TV Rich Listers agent Karl Matakatea on the Kapiti Coast's 'Gucci' suburb
“All the Wellingtonians want to be on the Old Beach part of Waikanae."

Catherine Masters
Pimp my bach: $3m renovations, $10m-plus price tags on Waiheke’s swankiest homes
Expat Kiwis taking advantage of the exchange rate to pick up ‘bargains’.

Diana Clement
Tirau prices jump $52K as farmers and fleeing Aucklanders step up hunt for homes
Demand is high in “Corrugated Capital of the World” and neighbouring Waikato towns.

Nikki Preston
Just $25k shy of glory: Christchurch home sells for $6.8m
Sale price puts paid to myth that some houses shouldn't be taken to auction.

Nikki Preston
Price records being broken in Whakatāne – at both ends of the housing market
Buyers can snap up starter home less than $300K and a top one for less than $2m.

Catherine Smith
Waterfront Tutukaka mansion sells for $5.5m - more than $2m above RV
Lifestyle property finds a buyer within days of hitting the market.

Diana Clement
$3m and your neighbours are hobbits
House prices in Matamata and Te Aroha are on the rise.

Nikki Preston
Auction tussle ends in 'exquisite' Fendalton home selling for $4.25m
Demand is strong for homes at the top end of Christchurch's property market.

Diana Clement
Wellington’s RV busters: Lifestyle home in Masterton sells for $1.6m – $350k above ratings valuation
Top of the market in neighbouring towns doing well but first-home buyer market has dried up.

Catherine Masters
‘Unapologetically Titirangi’: The West Auckland suburb that offers high-end ‘quirk’ for under $2m
A surprise around every corner on the “fringe of heaven”.

Diana Clement
Wealthy Aucklanders tussle with locals for Whangārei’s multi-million-dollar baches
While first home buyers with DIY skills have their pick of deceased estates and do-ups.