Housing stories
Former British Gas MD, Ian Peters, appointed as Chairman of London-based data consultancy Sagacity, ahead of a predicted period of substantial growth in 2024.
Tauranga’s push for taller Mount Maunganui buildings has reignited debate over whether greater density will ease the city’s housing squeeze.
Manchester start-up Flowlio disrupts the market with an innovative SaaS solution and fundamentals training course, transforming project management practices across various sectors.
Consumers are being urged to stop using Serene bathroom heaters after safety failures linked to fires and overheating widened the recall.
Without demolitions data, councils cannot tell how much new housing is really being added, especially in brownfield areas such as Auckland.
If approved by ministers, the revised District Plan could open more sites for housing and upzone rail corridors across Wellington.
Could ease the housing shortage by letting developers build higher on larger merged sites, even as councils opt out of existing upzoning rules.
More than 5,000 residential property managers in New Zealand could soon face minimum standards under a bill backed by REINZ.
Stronger planning rules are still needed to stop homes being built on land prone to landslides and coastal erosion after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Five Paerata Rise builders placed in the top 100 nationwide, with Capital Homes taking first at the 2023 Registered Master Builders Awards.
Symmetry, a Bristol-based cloud accounting software provider, plans to accelerate growth in 2024 by targeting new business sectors and expanding its use of machine learning.
Justdial's How India Searched report reveals search activities in small towns overtook large cities as digitalisation bridges India's urban-rural divide.
Extra Sydney Metro West stations could unlock tens of thousands of homes, with a Rosehill proposal alone centring on 25,000 new dwellings.
More vendors returned to the market in November as government and OCR certainty lifted buyer confidence and steadied asking prices.
A Houston-style street vote could let homeowners opt out locally, easing resistance to higher-density housing rules across New Zealand.
The 350-apartment scheme will add rental supply to Takapuna, with building consents next due in late 2024 after approval this month.
New research says the model could help low-income families and key workers secure homes for generations in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Analysis by PointData has identified 870,000 profitable new affordable homes and 425,000 new social housing dwellings across mainland Australia.
Rental supply is set to grow as major developers and iwi back long-term homes, with new rules helping unlock more Build to Rent schemes.
Empty or underused urban land could be pushed back into housing, as economists argue TOP’s tax would make speculation less profitable.
