The total value of consents issued for non-residential buildings surged in September 2004, up 42% or $108 million to $366 million, according to Statistics New Zealand.

Listed diversified property investor Urbus Properties Ltd has gone unconditional on the acquisition of the Briscoes store in Main St, Palmerston North.

The bill for the controversial new Waitakere City civic centre at Henderson Valley Rd is climbing.

Bank customers could face higher charges to make up for the tens of millions of dollars banks may have to spend because of planned rules on "outsourcing" services such as account processing.

Returning Kiwis may need strong persuasion to spend their yen and pounds on real estate. GILL SOUTH reports.

Press Release: Auckland City Council

Auckland city mayor Dick Hubbard has stepped in to ensure residents know whether their properties could contain dangerous levels of DDT, arsenic, lead and copper from horticultural sprays.

Press Release: Hybrid Property Consulting

Press Release: David Thornton

So what if the Americans have mom and apple pie? Who cares if the Brits have warm beer and the Queen? We have home ownership, and it has become a touchstone of our society that is beyond reproach.

Superbank is taking on the big boys again. Rob Stock looks at a small bank's mortgage innovation.

A geotechnical survey report on a 30-metre deep, underground land movement, identified earlier this year beneath a high-value residential area in the Far North, has found no sign of movement in recent years.

Large international private equity funds want to invest in New Zealand's budding venture capital industry, but are being deterred by this country's tax laws.

Kapiti Coast financial adviser Chris Lee is in the spotlight after the Sunday Star-Times highlighted his analysis of investment risk in finance companies.

Property developers who collapse their companies and avoid liabilities could be severely punished under proposed new laws, but that offers little solace for a group of Auckland homeowners.

A bullish outlook for New Zealand's second-largest listed landlord, AMP NZ Office Trust, has resulted in its units soaring since August.