Trade Me Property says the Auckland housing market has shown its first sign of easing in 18 months. The average asking price of Auckland residential properties listed on the website in the three months to July was $756,700, down $16,650 (2.2%) compared to the average asking price of $773,350 in the three months to June. "While a single month doesn't confirm a trend, the asking price is a lead indicator of the market based on thousands of listings added to Trade Me Property by real estate agents Read more [...]

KILLEEN (August 6, 2015) The building that houses Killeen City Hall has been added to the National Register of Historic Places after the Texas Historical Commission nominated the site for inclusion because of its architectural and historical significance. The building, which opened in 1924, is listed as Killeen High School, although most longtime residents knew it as the Avenue D School. It Read more [...]

Roh's property this week was the huge white duplex at 1627-1629 Beach Street in the Marina. Roh co-lists the property with its owner, who is also one of his colleagues. She explains that she is too emotionally attached to the home to have the listing by herself. They list it for $4.6 million on the show, which is a mere rounding error from its real-life price of $4.595 million, although it was at one point listed for $5.3 million. Roh worries that the home is dated but manages to draw a big Read more [...]

A fundraising campaign to get Capel Aberfan back up and running is set to launch later this month after an official committee is formed tomorrow (Fri). The committee will be made up of an architect, building surveyor, plasterer, accountant, the chapel owner and representatives from the village in Merthyr Tydfil, among others, will form a board for the Capel Aberfan Fire Rebuild Fund. The building was gutted after a fire ripped through the listed building in the early hours of Saturday, July 11. Read more [...]