A former market garden and holiday area offers coastal, community-oriented living at a reasonable price.

In Auckland, you'll need $40,000 or so as a deposit to scrape into some suburbs at entry level.

The world has just experienced its greatest financial crisis since the 1930s, with international credit availability all but ceasing for a period late in 2008.

Among the provincial towns and pasture, it was a sea of red.

Before you start house-hunting, you need to figure out how much you can afford to borrow.

Relaxed coastal suburb attracts a range of residents.

The life of the registered valuer is often lived in the shadows of property transactions, and can therefore be mistaken to be a profession in its infancy.

Pat Baker, a $10 million landlady and grandmother, is bristling about being blamed for wrecking the economy.

Investors in property-related finance companies were like lambs to the slaughter.

Auckland's largest real estate company says average sale prices for February were up by 3.2 per cent.

The number of new properties on the market surged in February but with buyers "cagey", the number of unsold houses has ballooned.