Christchurch Earthquake Restoration Scores UNESCO Recognition
The meticulous heritage restoration of two buildings receives recognition for cultural heritage conservation. Continue →
Browsing: Property Trends
Drury centre stage with infrastructure support
The South Auckland settlement of Drury is quickly becoming the major centre of development activity in the Auckland region with over $2 billion of infrastructure and numerous developments planned. Continue →
Better yields for Investec in New Zealand property
The Investec Australia Property Fund has bought its first New Zealand property, paying $111 million for Wellington’s tallest building — The Majestic Centre in the New Zealand capital’s “Golden Mile”. Continue →
Nice idea but knock out the road blocks
Leading property players seek solutions to systematic road blocks if the government hopes to achieve Kiwi Build targets. Continue →
Medium-density housing badly needed but badly understood
In the future, living in medium-density housing in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch may become as common as in Sydney or London. Continue →
Curbs on China flight capital to property havens
There are plenty of politicians who would like to claim credit for cooling the New Zealand property market but the truth may be that the plaudits belong to the Chinese government itself. Continue →
Still not enough to go around in year to October 2017
The value of New Zealand’s commercial property sales so far this year is lower than recent years, but this isn’t a surprise, says the November Research Report from Colliers International. Continue →
The rise of workspace on demand
In the past 12 months the global hybrid and co-working office space market has grown by 18 percent. Continue →
New tool estimates if solar panels are economic
A new tool is available to help Auckland households and businesses work out whether it makes financial sense to install solar panels on their roofs. Continue →
New construction technologies on the horizon
The construction sector has the lowest productivity gains of any industry according to international management consultants McKinsey. Continue →
Residential prices rise despite challenging conditions
Median residential property prices across New Zealand have increased by 1.2 per cent year-on-year to $525,000 according to the latest data from the Real Institute of New Zealand (REINZ). Continue →
Landmark Nelson pub peninsula property for sale
A landmark Nelson peninsula property, home to well-known pub The Honest Lawyer, is on the market for sale. Continue →
Collaborative consents process exactly what is needed
A new aligned, online consents building process brings the coordination and consistency between councils necessary to enable successful development and maintenance of New Zealand homes, Property Council New Zealand believes. Continue →
Apartment living sparks self-storage boom
The increasing number of apartment dwellers is driving corresponding growth in Auckland’s self-storage market sector. Continue →
Simply Group make Deloitte’s business awards finals
Two Simply Group businesses have been named as finalists in Deloitte’s Fast50 2017 regional awards. Continue →
First Etherum blockchain real estate purchase
Global property store and decentralized title registry Propy has made the world’s first real estate transaction on the distributed public blockchain network Ethereum. Continue →
New non-invasive ground improvement solution
Advances in relevelling products and processes for buildings are creating cost-effective and less invasive alternatives to traditional underpinning methods. Continue →
First modular construction building code drafted
A strategic partnership between Monash University, the Victorian Government, Engineers Australia and industry has delivered the world’s first Modular Code of Construction Handbook for industry best practice. Continue →
Post-quake office markets facing opposite pressures
Christchurch now has a surplus of office space as the CBD rebuild winds down, while seismic issues have left Wellington with almost no available prime space. Continue →
Shipping containers come ashore in Southland
The largest provider of shipping containers in Australasia has opened an office in Invercargill to meet growing demand for container building solutions and portable storage in Southland. Continue →