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SOUTH KOREA: Miryang villagers maltreated by government
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:44:46 +1300 | Asian Human Rights Commission
The situation in Miryang is deeply alarming and appears to be deteriorating. The police are carrying out arbitrary arrests and detention, threat and harassment towards villagers and human rights defenders including violence and indiscriminate photo-taking ...More >>
RBNZ’s LVRs will make little difference, ANZ's Judge says
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:36:15 +1300 | BusinessDesk
Oct. 16 (BusinessDesk) – The Reserve Bank’s restrictions on low-deposit home loans won’t have much impact in alleviating pressures in a housing market driven by a shortage of land and high local authority compliance costs, says ANZ New Zealand ...More >>
Fletcher Building sees 2014 earnings of $610M-$650M
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:04:40 +1300 | BusinessDesk
Oct. 16 (BusinessDesk) - Fletcher Building forecast earnings before interest and tax for 2014 of between $610 million and $650 million, saying there has been no improvement in Australia and weak trading is being compounded by a strong kiwi dollar.More >>
Council will process consents over Christmas – New Year
Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:50:33 +1300 | Christchurch City Council
Christchurch City Council will continue to process consents over the Christmas – New Year period. Crown Manager Doug Martin says that this is in response to the huge demand for building consents.More >>
Ohakune Residents Self Evacuate As Mangawhero Stream Rises
Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:43:45 +1300 | Ruapehu District Council
Some half dozen Ohakune residents living on the Mangawhero River Terrace extension have self- evacuated as the river continues to rise. Ruapehu District Council has established a welfare centre at the Ohakune Primary School hall.More >>
Wage, price pressures ‘inevitable’ from building boom: RBNZ
Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:40:35 +1300 | BusinessDesk
Oct. 15 (BusinessDesk) – The building boom looming in Christchurch and Auckland in the next three years will inevitably put upward pressure on wages and prices in the construction sector and could spill over into general inflation, driving up interest ...More >>
North Shore property development investigation confirmed
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:23:44 +1300 | Serious Fraud Office
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has confirmed that an investigation is under way into a residential property development on the North Shore, Auckland. The development companies included Albany Heights Villas Limited and Hunter Gills Road Limited.More >>
Support for cross-party approach to end homelessness by 2020
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:14:16 +1300 | New Zealand Coalition To End Homelessness
The New Zealand Coalition to End Homelessness (NZCEH) supports Labour’s call for a cross party approach to ending homelessness by 2020. World Homelessness Day was marked with a parliamentary breakfast cohosted by Jacinda Adern, Labour MP and Denise ...More >>
Fewer first home buyers in market due to LVRs
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:45:17 +1300 | New Zealand Labour Party
First time buyers have been hammered by the new mortgage lending restrictions according to the BNZ-REINZ market survey that shows for its first time ever there are fewer first home hunters in the market, says Labour's housing spokesperson Phil Twyford.More >>
NZ median house price returns to March record $400,000
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 12:37:31 +1300 | BusinessDesk
Oct. 14 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand’s median house price returned to its March record last month, with gains in both Auckland and Canterbury, while the number of properties sold jumped by about a fifth in the last month before restrictions on ...More >>
NZ Dollar Outlook: Kiwi likely to stay in limbo
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 12:30:43 +1300 | BusinessDesk
NZ Dollar Outlook: Kiwi likely to stay in limbo as outcome of US budget, debt talks uncertain More >>
Popular warm home for sale
Sun, 13 Oct 2013 10:54:15 +1300 | Beacon Pathway Inc
The popular High Performance Home at HIVE is being sold by Beacon Pathway on 30 October with an auction by Harcourts Holmwood Real Estate. The home has been visited by over 5000 people since it opened its doors to the public.More >>
‘For Sale’ Signs Go up at The Block NZ Homes
Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:15:39 +1300 | Mediaworks
The houses made famous by the second series of hit TV3 show The Block NZ are on the market! More >>
Homeless should be Parliament focus
Wed, 9 Oct 2013 16:55:24 +1300 | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is calling for cross party support to work towards ending homelessness by 2020. More >>
Interminably rising house prices highlight Mayor's failure
Wed, 9 Oct 2013 16:45:01 +1300 | John Palino
"The figures released today by Quotable Value which show house prices in Auckland rose 13.6 per cent over the past year show just how badly the Mayor has performed over his first term," said John Palino. More >>
Urban Design finalists can soon breathe easy
Wed, 9 Oct 2013 16:01:31 +1300 | Christchurch City Council
Kevin McCloud, popular host of the UK TV series Grand Designs, is coming to Christchurch for the announcement of the winner of Breathe – New Urban Village competition on 22 October.More >>
Special Housing Areas A Move towards Progress
Wed, 9 Oct 2013 14:47:08 +1300 | Property Council Of New Zealand
Property Council is delighted with the Housing Minister and Auckland Mayor’s announcement on the first batch of Special Housing Areas under Auckland’s Housing Accord. The move will bring 6,000 new homes across the city.More >>
First 6,000 sections proposed under Auckland’s SHA policy
Wed, 9 Oct 2013 12:55:56 +1300 | BusinessDesk
Oct. 9 (BusinessDesk) – The first 6,000 sections within Auckland’s special housing areas policy, which aims to address the city’s chronic housing shortage, have been announced by Housing Minister Nick Smith and Mayor Len Brown.More >>
NZ property values rise at 8.4% annual pace in Sept, QV says
Wed, 9 Oct 2013 12:37:21 +1300 | BusinessDesk
NZ property values rise at 8.4% annual pace in September, led by Auckland, Christchurch, QV says More >>
Lending restrictions now in place as values continue to rise
Wed, 9 Oct 2013 12:27:04 +1300 | QV Valuations
The latest monthly property value index shows that nationwide residential values for September have increased 8.4% over the past year, and 2.6% over the past three months, and so are now 9.2% above the previous market peak of late 2007. When adjusted ...More >>
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