Market conditions are constraining prospects for rental growth in Kiwi Income Property Trust's (KIPT) retail portfolio.

Auckland house prices will rise by almost 30pc in the next three years putting the city ahead of every other region, a study predicts.

House prices will rise by 24pc over the next three years due to low interest rates and a shortage of new housing, report predicts.

After a tumultuous 18 months, the real estate market seems to be shaking off some of its malaise.

For the first time in 18 months, more people think NZ house prices will rise than those expecting a fall, says ASB Bank.

While news channels still report the daily stock market moves from the floor of the exchange, the real US trading action is increasingly taking place in "dark pools" managed by computers.

Auckland's biggest real estate firm says the average sale price rose $10,000 in July on the same month last year and look set to stabilise.