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Does Auckland's property market really have a problem with "ghost houses"?

Figures on empty houses in a new survey vary from the last Census.

Sally Lindsay
Wed, 28 Feb 2018

Despite anecdotal stories of thousands of "ghost houses" across Auckland’s suburbs, a new survey shows scant evidence large numbers of landlords are leaving their properties empty while taking advantage solely of capital gains.

Only 3% of respondents to a survey by property management company

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Sally Lindsay
Wed, 28 Feb 2018
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