Install
OneRoof enhances New Zealand’s latest real estate with the latest property and market insights to help make your property decisions easier.
- 49articles · 30d
- 9+ hour agolatest article
- Aug 15, 2026earliest in window
- 94%with images
- 373avg words
- RE 38
- HHO 33
- economy business and finance 30
- human interest 12
- FIB 10
- lifestyle and leisure 4
- arts culture entertainment and media 2
- HG 2
Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
Tony Alexander: Where house prices will rise first and why
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (498+ words) therefore to see some price pressure soon. All four South Island locations and Queenstown in particular have...
The crucial thing Kiwis overlook when building their dream home
2+ week, 5+ day ago (881+ words) brand. Laurie has run his franchise in the deep south for 12 years – it was the first in the South Island – and in that time has worked with hundreds...
Try before you buy: Shortland Street’s bad boy has a bold fix for Auckland’s apartment slump
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (1090+ words) - First-home buyers can trial Olympus apartments for 12 months before deciding whether to purchase. - They pay $700 weekly, with their $10,000 deposit refundable if they withdraw under scheme terms. - Half of rent paid during the trial counts towards deposits for buyers who complete…...
City Rail Link: Warning working from home could limit Auckland property gains
2+ week, 2+ day ago (748+ words) - The $5.5b City Rail Link opens September 13, promising faster journeys across Auckland. - CBRE warns hybrid working may weaken the property-value gains typically associated with major rail projects. - Rail patronage remains below pre-pandemic levels, though Auckland Transport expects CRL trips to rise…...
Airbnb rules a ‘mess’: Could crackdown send house prices tumbling in NZ’s newest tourism mecca?
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (1413+ words) The housing market in central Christchurch is facing a predicament, and even experts don’t know how it will end. While house prices in the wider city are rising, the outlook for real estate in the CBD is uncertain after a…...
‘It’s s***, it’s really, really tough’: Desperate agents turn to side hustles to pay the bills
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (725+ words) - Real estate agents are taking side jobs and selling possessions during a severe property downturn. - Licensed salespeople rose to 12,850, but 3012 licences are inactive. - Lower prices, fewer listings and cautious buyers have squeezed commissions and delayed sales. Real estate agents are…...
New Christchurch apartments with Airbnb consent, All things property, under OneRoof
1+ week, 2+ day ago (502+ words) It’s one building and one chance to secure an entire inner-city Christchurch collection in a single move. Twenty-four brand-new one-bedroom apartments in Madras Street, bound by Armagh Street and Oxford Terrace and adjacent to the Margaret Mahy Playground, each carry…...
Offshore buyers return to growing hotel market
2+ week, 1+ day ago (584+ words) New Zealand's hotel investment market is entering a new growth phase, supported by improving tourism fundamentals, renewed interest from international capital and a favourable supply and demand backdrop. Peter Hamilton, Director of Capital Markets - Hotels at CBRE, said the recovery…...
Open home horror stories: ‘A Great Dane jumped on the wife and started humping her’
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1864+ words) Open homes are a necessary staple of a real estate agent’s weekend, but they are not always smooth sailing. That depends on whether the people who attend abide by a myriad of unwritten rules, and while most do, some do…...
Why a ‘code-compliant’ home is a lower bar than you think
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (898+ words) When you buy a newly built home, it’s reasonable to assume it will be warm, dry, healthy and comfortable year-round. But if the home has not been modelled, builders and buyers are largely basing this on guesswork. Typically, a new…...