Ray of light for New Zealand’s housing crisis
Property Council New Zealand has welcomed the government’s announcement of a crown company to invest in housing infrastructure. Continue →
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Crown company to invest in housing infrastructure
The government will repurpose its ultrafast broadband company and join forces with local councils and private investors to co-invest up to $600 million in network infrastructure for big new housing developments. Continue →
Stonewood Homes steal East Coast honours
Stonewood Homes Hawke’s Bay has been recognised with a Gold and two Silver Awards at the Registered Master Builders 2017 House of the Year Awards for the East Coast. Continue →
Export-led property boom for Hawke’s Bay
A “surging” Hawke’s Bay’s economy is reflected by widespread commercial-industrial development activity, says Turley & Co’s latest Property Market Report for Hawke’s Bay. Continue →
Early childhood centres offer investment opportunities
The rapidly changing early childhood education sector is bringing new opportunities for commercial property investors, a sector specialist says. Continue →
Precinct posts revaluation gain – with more to come
Precinct Properties NZ Ltd says its $89 million valuation gain in the year to June lifted the portfolio value over the $2 billion mark. Continue →
Small home designs impress award judges
A panel of architectural practitioners and experts has revealed small homes are the stand-out entries in the 2017 ADNZ | Resene Architectural Design Awards. Continue →
Colliers launches new peer-to-peer lending service
A new Colliers International service is providing an alternative to traditional bank funding solutions by matching commercial property investors to development and investment opportunities. Continue →
H&M to open first Wellington store in Lower Hutt
Expanding Swedish fashion retailer H&M (H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB) will open its first Wellington store at the Queensgate shopping centre in Lower Hutt this year. Continue →
NZL Group moving to Mt Maunganui business estate
Freight and logistics company NZL Group is moving from Mt Maunganui to a $20 million purpose-built facility at the Tauriko Business Estate. Continue →
Industry leaders capturing timber’s advantages
Australian companies are moving ahead of their New Zealand counterparts in commercial building, with wood one of the key factors in the advantages they have gained. Continue →
Auckland price growth slowing but regions continue strong
New Zealand’s property market is showing all the signs of being a two-tier system. Continue →
Please sir, can we have some more?
Auckland will get $300 million from the government’s new Housing Infrastructure Fund and will also receive extra funding later to help overcome the council’s balance sheet constraints. Continue →
Government funding welcome but much more needed
The government’s $1 billion financing of much-needed growth infrastructure is very welcome, but better planning, funding and delivery systems are required to meet the challenge says Infrastructure New Zealand Chief Executive Stephen Selwood. Continue →
Getting on with the job of getting more homes built
Property Council New Zealand has welcomed the government’s decisions on where the $1 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund will be spent. Continue →
New design tool to encourage accessibility
The Auckland Design Manual has introduced a new tool to support architects and designers incorporate ways to cater for people of all physical abilities and stages of life when they are designing buildings and public spaces. Continue →
Ten thousand more houses in the Waikato
The Housing Infrastructure Fund will provide 10,700 more houses across two major new subdivisions in the Waikato, Finance Minister Steven Joyce and Building and Construction Minister Dr Nick Smith say. Continue →
Five councils to receive extra infrastructure funding
Five of New Zealand’s fastest-growing councils will have infrastructure projects funded through the government’s $1 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund. Continue →
Bay of Plenty architecture design winners announced
Mt Maunganui’s Jonathan McAlpine of Thorne Group Architecture was the standout designer at the 2017 Bay of Plenty Regional ADNZ | Resene Architectural Design Awards. Continue →
Using data to better understand housing affordability
A new online interactive dashboard launched by MBIE will make it easier for councils to better understand demand and supply issues underpinning housing affordability issues. Continue →