Housing

Frustrated residents complained to Kāinga Ora 13 times about a noise coming from the property, including continuous barking from a dog, several parties and loud music.

It's a struggle to sell homes off the plans, so developers are sweeting the deal.

A proposed housing development in Kerikeri could add as many as 3000 new homes to the Bay of Islands boom town - almost doubling the current 8000-strong population.

The Privacy Commissioner's office has updated guidelines for the rental market.

About 2000 tenants owe more than 12-weeks' rent as the agency looks to crack down. Audio

New Zealand is backsliding as food and housing become too expensive, a report has found. Audio

The government is taking far too long to allocate the 1500 social homes it announced nine months ago and the hold up is stalling desperately-needed homes, says a community housing provider. Audio

The agency is setting a 12-week limit on how much rent debt a tenant can accumulate as part of a change in approach that will also see almost half of the outstanding dept wiped away.

A landlord who says her tenant poisoned her dogs has had her compensation claim declined by the Tenancy Tribunal, and been told to pay $1320 to the tenant.

House prices lifted by 1.3 percent on average nationally in the January quarter, though they are still lower than a year earlier.

A Whangārei based hāpu are going back to court for the latest in a legal saga spanning 30 years. Audio

Statistics from the Real Estate Institute reveal only 152 properties valued at $5 million dollars or more were sold across New Zealand last year.

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