The Securities Commission has nearly completed their inquiry into the Hanover Group and may lay criminal charges in the new year.

Kiwibank has cut its 2 year fixed mortgage rate to 6.59pc, to try and spice up housing demand.

In the year 2010, nearly 22 years after one of New Zealand's biggest corporate collapses, it's a little unnerving to call accountant

Not many aspiring Auckland property magnates can claim Donald Trump's right-hand man as their mentor.

A real estate agent who bought a $1.27 million home with a complete stranger was a victim of an elaborate property scam and has been left with a $600,000 debt.

A former Auckland Barfoot & Thompson real estate agent has been found guilty of mortgage fraud totalling $13 million.

REINZ has reported 3903 properties were sold last month - the lowest October total since its records started in 1992.

The impact of a higher GST rate has been felt in the supermarket, said Statistics NZ, with food prices rising 2.2 per cent in October.