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Otago News
Diana Clement
‘Like living in a thermos flask’: Luxury home made of straw comes with walk-in cave
Vendors’ cavernous cellar built into the side hill.
Nikki Preston
Kim Dotcom denies buying $3.3m Dunedin mansion, but says he’s there till June
Agents and vendor decline to comment on reports that trophy home had sold.
Nikki Preston
First-time buyers priced out of Queenstown find homes for under $1m - but there’s a catch
Agents report uptick in interest in district’s rural towns.
Diana Clement
Legendary Kiwi seafood restaurant Fleur’s Place for sale
Fleur Sullivan closed the famous seafood spot in 2021 due to Covid disruptions.
OneRoof
OneRoof House Price Report - April 2025
Otago’s average property value reaches an all-time high, crosses the $1m mark for the first time.
Catherine Smith
Queenstown mansion sets NZ record with $45.5m sale
OneRoof can finally reveal off-market purchase of Chantecler.
Catherine Masters
Aussies and Kiwis flock to $150,000 bach - ‘they’re coming from everywhere’
Property hit the market a week ago and is already getting offers.
Diana Clement
Surgical duo’s revamped Dunedin mansion up for grabs
Period home on the market for the first time in 24 years.
OneRoof
Liquidation sale: Crumbling South Island estate with dark past sells for $3.2m
Troubled property finally finds a buyer.
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Market sector report – March 2025
Market report brought to you by PGG Wrightson Real Estate.
Catherine Smith
Buyers ditch Auckland for Dunedin after health scares - no more debt, no more stress
Couple have been able to get a South Island home for half the price of their Auckland bungalow.
Ed McKnight
Do NZ house prices really double every 10 years?
Growth is taken as gospel but the numbers tell a different story.
Nikki Preston
Like Selling Sunset TV but ‘without the bitchiness’ - life as a buyer’s agent in NZ
Jo Eddington and Alex Martelli are putting in the hard yards to find dream homes.
Nikki Preston
UK Kiwi snaps up one of Queenstown’s oldest houses sight unseen for around $5.9m
Agent video-called him from a paddle board in the middle of a lake to show him the property.
Nikki Preston
Craft beer legend Richard Emerson sells his childhood home for $821,000
Sale to a family stirs up “a lot of emotion”.
Owen Vaughan
Architect’s stunner sells for over $12m as Queenstown tightens its grip on the rich
Share of prestige sales in the wealthy enclave has jumped in the last 12 months.
Catherine Masters
Uni’s ‘party street’ flats snapped up for just under $2m
Buyer wasn’t put off by the location’s reputation.
Nikki Preston
Godfather of NZ craft beer selling his childhood home
Dunedin house where the first Emerson’s beer was brewed.