Housing

Large numbers of houses for sale are keeping pressure off prices.

Updates are now due out in February instead of December thanks to a lack of sales data on vacant lots.

Another bill may be coming, with the council still facing further claims.

The Commerce Commission had been investigating Australian company Objective's plan to end support for its current software in early 2026, with new software coming in.

A new study by Ihi Research has found four out of five homeless women in Aotearoa are Māori, with some as young as 15. Audio

Almost half the listings of properties bought in 2020 and 2021 are listed for less than they were purchased for in some areas, new data shows.

"It's the transition of farmland and 10-acre blocks into high density, urban living," a local councillor says as a town turns into a city.

The house had been vacant for more than a decade before finally being sold to an Auckland family.

"Despite all of that cheap Crown capital, despite all of that scale, they've been building houses at a far greater cost," Nicola Willlis says.

Six-month fixes have been popular lately, because of expectations that interest rates will continue to fall.

The difference between a stable home and being in crisis can be as simple as the loss of a job or a relationship break-up, advocate Mark Henaghan says. Audio

A Healthy Homes Initiative review shows every dollar spent led to $5 in health savings in the following five years, fewer hospitalisations and less school absenteeism.

"This sort of behaviour really can't continue," say opponents of a controversial proposal to build on productive food growing land.