The owners of a historic church in a picturesque rural setting near Wānaka who performed their own Grand Designs renovation on it almost 30 years ago have now put it up for sale.
A Blenheim auction room erupted with whoops and cheers as two bidders fought over a lifestyle property which eventually sold for $2.015m - $500k more than its RV.
A Christchurch man hoping he had bought a tired but spacious Merivale townhouse for $1.2 million ended up having to shell out another $275,000 to beat off some stubborn auction competition.
Almost a dozen offers were made on a three-bedroom home in Christchurch with first-home buyers back and buying in some of the city’s more affordable suburbs.
A renovated Christchurch home that no one wanted 12 months ago was in hot demand last week, with four people fighting over it within seven days of it hitting the market.