Miriam Bell

Comment When South Otago real estate agent Sharni Bichan first saw an auctioneering competition she couldn't understand why anyone would want to do it.

Auckland entrepreneur Elliot Peacocke reckons he must be heading one of the few companies that's not upset by recent fuel cost increases.

A new Government financial incentive for councils that aims to boost new home consents to support housing growth is long overdue, developers say - but they still have concerns.

Auckland marketing agency boss Ben Cochrane believes that post-Covid offices have to offer people something they can't get working at home - and many conventional office spaces can't do that.

Economic uncertainty is not holding back home sellers, with new listings last month at the highest level since 2018, Realestate.co.nz says.

The number of apartment projects now under way in Auckland has fallen to the lowest level in more than 10 years, a market expert says.

Infrastructure investment is great, but converting it into projects on the ground is what will be key to pulling the construction sector out of the doldrums.

Office attendance at a market research company's Auckland office has soared since a major refurbishment of the space, and it believes it shows the office is not dead, it just requires rethinking.

House prices rose by more than 10% in 25 suburbs around the country over the past year, but it was a different story for many of Auckland's suburbs, Cotality says.

The scope of Simplicity Living's planned build-to-rent development in Queenstown has expanded, and it will now add more than 1050 affordable rental homes to the town's market when completed.