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Auckland house sales jump, consents rise
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Auckland house sales jump, consents rise

Auckland real estate sales jumped almost 70 percent in February as a growing number of apartments came to market.The city’s biggest realtor oversaw 804 sales in February, up from 474 a year earlier and the most for a month of February in five years. While new listings rose 4.9 pe...

Paul McBeth 04 Mar 2020
NorthWest dangles higher payouts to Vital Healthcare investors
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NorthWest dangles higher payouts to Vital Healthcare investors

Vital Healthcare Property Trust's manager is promising investors their net distributions will rise about 10 percent, subject to a number of assumptions, if they approve its plan to change Vital's structure and list it on ASX.The benefits to the manager, which is owned by Canada-b...

Jenny Ruth 02 Mar 2020
Metlifecare upbeat as profit improves by 28%
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Metlifecare upbeat as profit improves by 28%

Metlifecare lifted first-half net profit by 28 percent to $24.6 million with increased resales volumes and higher selling prices. The retirement village operator, which is currently subject to a takeover offer, is upbeat about the local real estate market and expects more confide...

Victoria Young 26 Feb 2020
Summerset sees no underlying earnings growth in 2020
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Summerset sees no underlying earnings growth in 2020

Summerset reported an 8 percent lift in its underlying profit in calendar 2019 but isn’t expecting any growth this year - for the first time since listing - because it is paying its workers more and development margins are falling.The retirement village operator and developer sai...

Rebecca Howard 25 Feb 2020