Buying a first home (or even your second or third home) can be a big learning curve. Getting finance approved, hiring a lawyer, obtaining and reading building reports, ordering LIM,s and placing an offer are just some of the challenges […]
Central Otago Lakes is now less affordable to live in than Auckland according to a report. The report , by Massey University, shows that Central Otago Lakes is 68% less affordable than the rest of New Zealand, while Auckland is […]
Median house prices firmed slightly across New Zealand during February , with regions outpacing the nation’s largest city of Auckland according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand. The national median house price increased to $495,000 in February , […]
Shares of Zillow dropped more than 7% to $3.00 recently , erasing roughly $400 million from it’s market cap , after the online real estate listing company forecast a larger than expected loss for the rest of the year. Although […]
New images released by Google Time lapse application show how New Zealand’s biggest city has evolved since 1984. One can only imagine what these images will look like in another 10 years in 2026 with the massive amounts of housing […]
With all the news recently of how house prices in Auckland are increasing this latest article seems to show a different trend. The number of houses sold in Auckland fell 24% and median sale price slipped 1.2% to $840,000.00 in […]
We have all heard about the continuing changes to the Health and Safety Act and as LBP builders should all be aware of our requirements to provide a safe and healthy work environment for ourselves , employees and other tradesmen […]
With the way things are in the current housing market Affordable Housing still remains a priority for our future generations . The cost of building and tradesman is very unlikely to go down as demand out ways supply at present […]
For the good of our families we must ensure Insulation and energywise solutions are used in housing and renovations. Factors to consider are the health benefits for our families, warmer dryer living in the colder wet months, sustaining high energy […]
The government has signed an agreement with iwi and construction company to build 100 home development in New North Road Mt Albert. Special housing area status was granted earlier in the year to allow the 100 home development on the […]