13+ hour, 17+ min ago   (924+ words) - Tokoroa first-home buyers captured 36% of sales, well above the 28% national average. - Affordable homes and improved roads attract buyers priced out of Hamilton and Rotorua. - Agents reject Tokoroa’s gang-town reputation, describing a friendly community with homes averaging $418,000. It has a bad…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (564+ words) - Receivership sale of 1.1ha Waiheke headland offers buyers the chance to buy waterfront property for $830,000. - Development remains possible, but coastal hazards, landslide risks, archaeology, and difficult access create major consenting hurdles. - The property is next to some of Waiheke’s most expensive…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (588+ words) This freshly renovated and move-in ready turn-of-the-century Grey Lynn villa has had quite the transformation. It wasn’t a case of doing up the worst house on the best street, though it was rather run-down when Dean Starnes and his mother…...