Housing

Residents have won a major battle against McCallum Bros, Auckland's biggest supplier of sand for concrete, with a resource consent application to take more sand off a beach north of the city rejected.

An advocate for build-to-rent apartment complexes is urging the government to offer incentives in next week's Budget to support large scale developments.

The number of houses sold fell 35 percent from a year ago, and the median number of days to sell increased by nine to 38 days, latest Real Estate Institute figures show.

No outreach services are designed to meet the needs of young homeless people and a strategy is needed to directly respond to their needs, says a youth housing service.

Aotearoa's average house price may be dipping, but in some corners of the country, the climb continues.

Three of New Zealand's biggest developers were last week given the green light to rezone 330 hectares of land in Drury, which would turn the small, semi-rural town south of Auckland, into a new…

The government has partnered with Toitū Tairāwhiti in a bid to deliver 150 new homes in the region in the next 15 months.

It has been almost five years since the Whakatāne Homeless Action Group was formed in response to growing numbers of rough sleepers.

There are no plans to bond apprentices to ensure they remain in New Zealand, Education Minister Chris Hipkins says. Audio

House prices continue to decline, with the largest falls in areas that experienced the strongest growth in recent years, Quotable Value's figures show. Audio

One third of the 120 family harm calls a week in Rotorua are to emergency housing motels, the council says.

All political parties in Parliament have supported a law improving regulation of body corporates, with hopes it will improve access to apartment living.