Inaugral Investment Game Secondary Schools competition produces young millionaires (10 Aug 2010)
The NZ Investment Game enables players to experience the risk and challenges of the investment market without risking their homes and livelihoods.
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Market back to the future of 2008 (09 Aug 2010)
The residential property market looks to have travelled back to 2008, minus "the sky is falling" sentiment and values only easing backwards rather than racing.
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QV main urban areas commentary: July 2010 (09 Aug 2010)
Property values in the six main centres either flat-lined or declined in July, according to the latest figures from Quotable Value.
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Confidence in property market remains stable (09 Aug 2010)
Confidence in the housing market remains stable despite much of the current negative comment, according to the latest property survey. However the expectations around where house prices will go vary markedly across the country.
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Mortgagee sales continue to stay high (08 Aug 2010)
Mortgagee sale numbers continue to remain high at the moment, and there are now more home owners ending up with forced sales as opposed to property investors.
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Auckland house sales still in doldrums (04 Aug 2010)
Auckland house sales stayed in a slump last month as winter kept the market in a malaise.
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Asking prices fall $22k in four months (02 Aug 2010)
Asking prices for residential property have fallen almost $22,000 in four months, falling nearly half of that in July from a month earlier, according to Realestate.co.nz.
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Tauranga: Investing in sunshine (30 Jul 2010)
Traditionally touted for its relating lifestyle, Tauranga City offers more than the sun and surf to active investors, writes Adrienne Jervis.
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Building consents edge up slightly after slump (30 Jul 2010)
New Zealand's residential property sector remained subdued last month with permits for new construction edging up from a slump in May, while commercial property extended its decline.
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OCR increases but more moderate pace to come (29 Jul 2010)
Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard raised the Official Cash Rate (OCR) a quarter point to 3%, while predicting a less aggressive path for further increases - good news for floating mortgage rates.
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