Press Release – Trade Me Property Houses are selling like hotcakes with the average kiwi home taking just 27 days to sell, the latest Trade Me Property data shows. Trade Me Property Sales Director Gavin Lloyd said the site had analysed the time a property spends onsite to determine …
Houses are selling like hotcakes with the average kiwi home taking just 27 days to sell, the latest Trade Me Property data shows.
Trade Me Property Sales Director Gavin Lloyd said the site had analysed the time a property spends onsite to determine how fast they’re selling. “Prior to the Covid-19 lockdowns, in February last year, the average time onsite for a property was 45 days. In the past month, that’s dropped 40 per cent and houses are now spending less than a month on the market.
Former National MP Maurice Williamson toying with a return to politics on Auckland Council
16 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Former National MP Maurice Williamson cannot understand why National does not stand candidates at local elections. Photo / File
Former National MP Maurice Williamson cannot understand why National does not stand candidates at local elections. Photo / File
Maurice Williamson, the politician turned diplomat, is toying with the idea of a political comeback by standing for Auckland Council next year. Only months after returning to his home in east Auckland from being New Zealand consul-general in Los Angeles, Williamson said locals are asking him to get elected to council and shake things up.
Living in the sky isn’t as scary as you might think.
OPINION: People were alarmed when my wife and I decided to move into a high-rise apartment sitting more than 25 storeys up from street level in central Auckland. “Isn’t that a bit too high?,” was the most common reaction. The question wasn t totally unjustified. If the fire alarms at our new apartment building went off nearly as often as at our previous apartment in Wellington we would face a regular and punishing staircase descent of more than 25 floors any time our neighbours encountered a culinary misadventure. Choosing a place to live involves tradeoffs between risks and rewards, and our willingness to take on this particular risk wasn t simply because we made a calculation that Auckland apartment dwellers were less likely to burn their toast.
Rethinking retail - Rob Bell on the high street.
Our Business Live columnist turns to consumerism and the commercial property it operates from
07:30, 12 APR 2021
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Born in Halifax, brought up in Hull, Rob Bell has worked in over 30 countries across the globe, having operated in ports, logistics and marketing in the private sector and advised governments. Here he writes for Business Live.
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