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Southland News

Owen Vaughan
OneRoof’s Need to Know: What happened to Paul Henry’s ‘fabulously expensive’ mansion?
There are lots of trophy homes to choose from.

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Ed McKnight
Do NZ house prices really double every 10 years?
Growth is taken as gospel but the numbers tell a different story.

Owen Vaughan
OneRoof’s Need to Know: NZ’s biggest house sale winners and losers
Resale profits grew in the last quarter of 2024.

Diana Clement
NZ’s cheapest house: Dilapidated shack for sale for $85,000-plus
Seller could double their money even at that ultra-low price.

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

Kiri Gillespie
For sale: A house in the middle of nowhere - don’t expect open homes every weekend
Agents lift the lid on life in NZ’s most remote towns.

Kiri Gillespie
House prices at the bottom of NZ - how London solicitor ended up selling Stewart Island
The pace of life is slower but properties still attract global attention.

Catherine Masters
Buyers and vendor in tears after miner’s cottage sells for ‘ridiculously cheap’ price
The home was “chock-full” of antiques.

Catherine Masters
Scottish artist’s $200,000 South Island cottage ‘chock-full’ of antiques
Property being sold “as is, where is” after owner’s death.

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.

Nikki Preston
Overseas buyer scoops up historic church for $130,000 after missing out first time around
He plans to turn it into a holiday home.

Kiri Gillespie
Southland pensioners ‘selling up’ as soaring rate bills take their toll
“They’ve got no shot of being able to pay the money, not a hope.”

Diana Clement
Retirees snap up $100,000 cottage in tiny South Island mining town
What buyers can get at the bottom of the housing market.

Nikki Preston
Artist’s weird South Island crib sells for around $400,000
“Some people were scared of it and some people just fell in love with it.”

OneRoof
How much has your home made in the last year?
Surprising suburbs where prices have risen the most.

Nikki Preston
Own a slice of history: One of Southland’s oldest homes for sale
The historic cottage is on Riverton’s main street.

Diana Clement
Selling in winter: ‘Buyers want to know how the house will be heated’
Top tips to keep your home warm and dry.