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Tauranga house prices reach record $937,000, Rotorua $630,000
16 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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Is the boiling property market starting to simmer? Photo / File
Tauranga and Rotorua are topping the charts with more property sales than any other district in the region for the past few months.
But is the boiling property market starting to simmer down? Bay of Plenty agents say although multi-offers and low-interest rates still exist the rush to buy property is easing and there was definitely a change in the air .
As listings tighten people were waiting to list their properties until they could buy one to move into.
Suburb Spotlight: Bethlehem median house price more than $1 million, agent not surprised
16 May, 2021 07:00 PM
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Bethlehem has become one of the latest Tauranga suburbs to join the $1 million club. Photo / Andrew Warner
Bethlehem has become one of the latest Tauranga suburbs to join the $1 million club. Photo / Andrew Warner
Bethlehem has become one of the latest Tauranga suburbs to join the $1 million club but a real estate agent is surprised it took this long. Property sale figures provided by OneRoof show the median value was $1,120,000 as of last week 70 per cent more - or $460,000 higher - than five years ago.
Umbilical cord blood banking: Should I do it for my baby?
15 May, 2021 05:00 PM
17 minutes to read
Simone Anderson, Laura McGoldrick and Megan Papas.
Umbilical cord blood banking is appearing on social media feeds now pregnant influencers are promoting it - and it has rubbed some experts up the wrong way. Alanah Eriksen asks if the costly practice is worth doing?
The pregnant influencer looks down at the product, her husband cradling her burgeoning belly.
Clad in crisp white pants with immaculate makeup and slicked back hair, she holds a small white box. Inside it, a kit to collect precious blood from her unborn child s umbilical cord.