NZ Herald, Wed 22 Aug 07 5:00 AM
Leaky home owners now have the ability to sue for general damages enshrined in law, after Parliament yesterday passed new laws covering water-damaged homes.
Politicians and lawyers had always assumed existing laws covering leaky...
NZ Herald, Tue 21 Aug 07 5:00 AM
Compulsory building insurance is being investigated by the Government as a way to help leaky-home owners get action more quickly than now.
Building and Construction Minister Clayton Cosgrove yesterday confirmed he had been looking...
NZ Herald, Mon 13 Aug 07 5:00 AM
Property prices in the main urban areas are stabilising, while some provincial cities continue to have strong growth.
Quotable Value (QV) figures released last night showed an average 12.7 per cent growth in national property values...
NZ Herald, Sat 11 Aug 07 5:00 AM
Auckland suburban house values are still in a strong phase, with prices in many areas rising.
Winter was this week blamed for the country's national median sale price dropping from $347,500 to $345,000, well off the year's record...
NZ Herald, Fri 10 Aug 07 5:00 AM
House prices have dropped sharply and people are taking longer to sell in what appears to be the first sign that rising interest rates are biting.
The Real Estate Institute yesterday released home sale data from almost 20,000 agents...