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Christchurch looks like best value for first home buyers
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Christchurch looks like best value for first home buyers

Of the larger urban areas, Christchurch has emerged as a value centre for first home buyers, with an entry level property estimate at $363,000.

Brent Melville 07 May 2020
Potential tenants told to sign up online or miss out
Property

Potential tenants told to sign up online or miss out

Using covid-19 restrictions to veto or shortlist potential housing tenants before getting access to a property highlights the issue of having an unregulated property management industry, the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand said. While preliminary registrations that includ...

Brent Melville 06 May 2020
Half of mall shops have stopped paying any rent: Retail Property Council
Property

Half of mall shops have stopped paying any rent: Retail Property Council

Half of the retailers in some of the country's largest shopping malls paid no rent in April and are unlikely to do so in May either.

Pattrick Smellie 05 May 2020
Augusta to raise $45m, expects to post $27m annual loss
Property

Augusta to raise $45m, expects to post $27m annual loss

Augusta Capital plans to raise $45 million through both a deeply discounted placement and accelerated rights issue, fully underwritten by Forsyth Barr and Jarden.

Jenny Ruth 05 May 2020


Oliver Lewis
Oliver Lewis

Infrastructure Editor

Oliver Lewis won the local government reporting category at the 2023 Voyager Media Awards. He is part of our investigations unit and also covers infrastructure, housing and employment issues. Formerly with Stuff/The Press, Oliver has also written for the Guardian and North & South. 

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