Cheaper to buy a small business than a home – sales data

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date December 6, 2020

Young people locked out of the housing market are being encouraged to save for their first business instead.

Tory Whanau may have to sell Wellington mayoralty to make ends meet September 20, 2024
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Ukrainian militia receives defective shipment of pagers that just send and receive messages September 18, 2024
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Government directs Te Puni Kōkiri to conduct Māori Language Week in English September 17, 2024
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Government celebrates fact that New Zealand’s healthcare is so good people are queuing up for it at 5am September 17, 2024
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Heartwarming: Thoughtful driver uses indicator to tell you what they’ve just done September 17, 2024
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NPC teams will now be allowed to actually use the Ranfurly Shield in play September 17, 2024
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Police say they won’t respond to bomb threats anymore as ‘it’s never anything’ September 16, 2024
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Air New Zealand flight attendant named CEO after one year on job November 30, 2021
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National Party board denies it unanimously agreed to Collins’ Faustian bargain with Satan November 26, 2021
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Super Saturday recap: Patrick Gower doesn’t know what he’s supposed to do October 16, 2021
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Properties still unable to use water after fuel leak at Christchurch Men's Prison June 23, 2025
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Brother's death spurred desire to succeed June 23, 2025
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Donation moves sporting complex a step closer June 23, 2025
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'A potentially nasty combo': Could we get a petrol 'double whammy'? June 23, 2025
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Property where Christchurch woman found had been empty for years June 23, 2025
Flowers and candles laid on the driveway of a property on Gracefield Ave, where police found Elisabeth Nicholls' body. Photo: RNZ / Anna Sargent Christchurch police have confirmed a body found at a property in the central city on Sunday is missing woman Elisabeth Nicholls.

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