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House for sale

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House for sale

A real estate company sign on a Wellington street in 2009 advertises a house for sale. As two-thirds of New Zealand households are owner-occupied, residential sales dominate the urban real estate market.

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Bob Hargreaves, Real estate – The real estate market, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21316/house-for-sale (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Bob Hargreaves, published 12 April 2010.