Bridging Auckland's wealth gap

Papakura couple Craig and Carla Bradley will be able to go to a movie this Valentine's Day for the first time since they married, exactly three years ago.Even though Craig works three jobs, earning a total of about $900 a week (almost...

Monster Profits: How One Firm Cracked The Kid Code

With Moshi Monsters, Michael Acton-Smith has built one of the biggest digital entertainment brands for children. What he does next determines if he's got a Disney or a Furby.

Will being self-employed impact on our ability to get a mortgage?

Q My wife and I have received an offer for our house. We haven't found anywhere to move to yet, and as there is very little around at the moment we are contemplating renting while we find our dream family home. However, our mortgage situation is a little complicated and I am nervous about selling and renting, effectively taking us off the housing ladder, in case I then find myself unable to get ...

Divorcing couples struggle with negative equity in their homes

Life used to be much simpler for Kim Surratt, a family law attorney in Reno. Back when home prices were rising steadily, the divorcing couples with whom Surratt works would agree to sell their house, split the profit and get on with their lives. But now that thousands of home-owning couples owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, Surratt and other professionals face the baffling ...

Divorcing couples struggle to deal with negative equity in homes

Life used to be much simpler for Kim Surratt, a family-law attorney in Reno. Back when home prices were rising steadily, the divorcing couples with whom Surratt works would agree to sell their house, split the profit and get on with their lives. But now that thousands of home-owning couples owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, Surratt and other professionals face the baffling ...