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Marlborough Sounds property for sale for Bitcoin, first of its kind in New Zealand

Two investors who helped kickstart a stalled Marlborough Sounds development are selling one of the sections for Bitcoin.

Rateable values for Mackenzie District houses soar by more than 58 per cent

Tourism is said to be the main reason that the average house value in the Tekapo district is now over $850,000.

Neighbours in dark as retail hub takes shape

A retail hub expected to breathe new life into a Blenheim suburb looks almost complete, but its tenants are still anyone's guess.

Auckland market stirs with higher property sales and stable prices

Auckland's property market is showing signs of life, with a quarter more properties on the market than this time last year.

Non-residential building forecast to ease

A new University of Auckland building is helping to keep non-residential building consents from falling but next year's activity is expected to be slower, with an oversupply of office space possible.

Commercial building designed by Sir Ian Athfield up for sale

A Wellington office tower, designed by the late Sir Ian Athfield and named best commercial building 30 years ago, is up for sale.

Healthy Homes rules will push up rents - Investors' Federation

Landlords are warning of rent rises on the horizon, after the government passed a law requiring rentals to be warm, dry and well ventilated.

Don't be fooled by the 'wealth effect' of a rising house value

In fact, in the latest house-price indicator from The Economist, New Zealand house prices are second highest (behind Canada).

Bidders bide their time as one section sells at new subdivision

The auction was to "test the market", but it was more for people "being nosy".

NZ restricts farmland for foreigners

New Zealand's new Labour-led government is clamping down on the sale of farmland to overseas buyers in the hope of preventing a backlash to the "excesses of globalised capital", Associate Minister of Finance David Parker says.

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