Market defies gloomy forecasts as buyers fight over meagre property pool.

Ask anyone who has bought a house recently if Kiwi homes are affordable. It's a bit of a no-brainer.

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.

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

If you scratch your head at the ups and downs of property prices, you're not alone.

Trust is to the successful sale of a house as location is to buying one.

Great parks and schools make this a family favourite.

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.

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

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

A new era of seriousness has begun for finance companies, which now require credit ratings in order to operate.