The best-read property stories of 2014
A year of controversy over Auckland house prices, Chinese buyers and an attempted Trade Me boycott.
A year of controversy over Auckland house prices, Chinese buyers and an attempted Trade Me boycott.
1. Auckland house prices continue their relentless rise
2. NZ third-most over-valued housing market in world - Deutsche Bank
3. Huka Lodge not laughing at Auckland councillor's April Fool’s joke
4. Auckland Council rejects 'cheey' $75m offer for carpark building
5. 'I don't care how many houses you own' — Little
6. Aucklanders get new property valuations — and commentator immediately appeals, saying his is too high
7. How much does the average agent earn? Surprisingly little
8. Paihia supermarket land owner takes possession of premises and stock
9. Ban on foreign ownership of farms, homes a bottom line - Peters
10. China’s Shanghai Pengxin seeks approval to buy Lochinver Station
11. Auckland housing 'could screw the whole economy' — English
12. Greens want cheap $15K loans for solar panels - with debt attached to house, not person
13. Chow brothers place company into voluntary liquidation, owe $300k to builder for unpaid invoices
14. Court of Appeal finds $10.5 million sale of vacant land fraudulent
15. Chinese buy five vineyards
16. Huka Lodge: Winston lies and pushes racism
17. Foodstuffs retaliates for lease loss by taking over Takapuna development
18. Developer’s wife, facing bankruptcy, argued wrong court case
19. Agents' boycott of Trade Me hurting vendors
20. Rich-listers sued over leaky luxury apartments
21. Juwai CEO sees huge growth in Chinese buyers of NZ property