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Following problems in the sub-prime lending market in the US , uncertainty has now hit Japan . In the last seven days, Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up and Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some of its branches. Yesterday,…more

With all the statistics being thrown around by the media to explain the state of the market lately, and the fact that I want to start posting real estate statistics here on the blog,  I thought it might be prudent to have something on…more

I Just completed a quick search on www.realestate.co.nz for properties for sale in the Ashburton district and it returned a search result of over 400 properties, including sections and lifestyle properties. A similar search through the REINZ sales statistics show for Oct 2008, 29…more

Article by Sue Newman, as reported in Ashburton Guardian 27/11/2008 A commitment to continuing high quality care for older people in Ashburton was made yesterday at the rebranding of Cameron Courts. The Qualcare facility has joined with others in its stable and facilities owned…more