Today, Friday 17 October

17th October 2025 By Staff Reporter | news@propertyticker.co.nz | @propertyticker

The Ticker’s daily roundup of national and international property industry news, views and analysis.

National

Icon wins $201m Precinct Properties’ contract for NZ’s tallest new student accommodation tower
NZH

Developers to new mayor: Show us ‘proof’ Hamilton is open for business
WT

Building cost growth slows in third quarter
RNZ

Why rising house prices are a bad thing
RNZ

Mortgage rates may breach 6% if Reserve Bank goes too far, Infometrics warns
Post

Fieldays to rebuild Mystery Creek services building
RN

International

Former JLL HR chief to sue after being fired ‘in haste’
AFR

Japan’s Sapporo nears deal with KKR-PAG group to sell real estate business
Nikkei

A look at the priciest US hotel deals in the third quarter
CoStar

US office markets enter growth cycle as vacancy rates decline: JLL
FD

Why New York City’s mayoral frontrunner rattles the commercial real estate industry
CoStar

Developer lodges plan to build 34-storey residential tower above derelict Broadway Hotel in Woolloongabba
ABC

Jack in the Box to sell Del Taco for a fraction of what it paid
CoStar

Bangkok’s ‘prime’ northern district to host Central’s $640m megamall
Nikkei

Insurer Travelers misses revenue estimates on slower commercial property growth
Reuters

Harrow and Wates get go-ahead for 1,000-home London scheme
PW

Cohort, King Street partner with Apollo for £348m London hotel loan
IPE

Bangkok’s ‘prime’ northern district to host Central’s $640m megamall
Nikkei

Miami Beach Developers Sell Waterfront Site for $270 Million
Bloomberg