Property stories
Ratepayers and taxpayers will help fund buyouts and flood defences for homes in areas hit by severe weather after years of underinvestment.
Tenants can keep choosing their own retailer as building owners and body corporates turn privately owned power lines into recurring income.
Owners of unsafe buildings can face deadlines of 7.5 or 15 years to strengthen or demolish them, with council support available.
Property activity is likely to soften as recession, rising unemployment and a spring listings surge test demand in coming months.
Limited prime office stock is pushing Auckland CBD rents and yields higher, as hotel conversions leave developers short of sites.
Private lenders are poised to back KiwiBuild, but officials must set clear rules if the scheme is to deliver 100,000 homes on time.
Neighbouring buildings and utilities can be left at risk when retaining walls fail, making rapid drainage and stabilisation critical on site.
IDeaS unveils the G3 RMS Portfolio Navigator, an innovative tool aiming to redefine large-scale revenue management, giving multi-property hospitality leaders the power to manage revenue strategies with confidence and consistency.
Motorola Solutions acquires IPVideo, NY-based firm behind the HALO Smart Sensor, enhancing safety and security tech.
Darabase targets a revolutionary stride in AR advertising with a platform to transform physical properties into AR adverts.
Enlighted, a Siemens company, introduces AI enhancements to improve asset tracking accuracy in Location Services solution.
iDenfy, an identity verification and fraud prevention platform, announces a new partnership with June, a property-tech company.
Australian proptech start-up 'FLK it over' capitalises on $2.5 million funding boost to fuel rapid growth, aiming to streamline the tenant signing process for real estate agents and diversify services.
Australian Payments Plus' initiative, ConnectID, teams up with property management platform, RentBetter, aiming to boost privacy, and control for rental agents and tenants amid Australia's rental crisis.
Relevance AI bags AU$15M in Series A funding to help businesses build and democratise AI workforces across the globe.
McGrathNicol Advisory has partnered with SentinelOne to enhance cybersecurity capabilities, using the Singularity Data Lake for threat intelligence.
Nearly 50% of UK businesses suffered a cyber attack in 2023, marking a 9% rise from the previous year, says Hiscox.
Lime, in collaboration with One Tree Planted, launches a reforestation initiative planting 20,000 trees in Queensland.
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise has partnered with Telecom to improve connectivity in Australia's property developments.
CoreLogic Australia teams up with Snowflake to launch Market Trends solution on Snowflake Marketplace, offering seamless access to 40 years of property metrics.