The amount of money invested in KiwiSaver has topped $36 billion despite a turbulent end to the year for markets.

Retirement giant Metlifecare has been hit by leaky building issues at four villages, and some elderly residents have had to leave their homes.

Auckland and Hamilton house values are not only rising more slowly, but they are now dropping in some parts of the city.

COMMENT: Who earns interest on bank holidays? And what's the best use of cash? Mary Holm answers your questions.

COMMENT: This is an ideal moment to get your money humming for the year.

Pressure on employers to boost workers' wages is not going to be enough to cover the rising cost of mortgage rates, warns an economist.

The collective value of the two homes soared $550,000 in less than a week.

Kiwis are putting more on their credit card than ever before, raising concerns about how quickly that debt will be paid back.

It's a radical transformation: from protected heritage ex-Auckland Council's headquarters into new apartments. The first visuals

Billionaire New Zealand citizen Peter Thiel has been reported to be President Trump's potential ambassador to Germany.

The IRD recently released information regarding income distributions of NZ individual taxpayers from 2007 to 2015 which makes interesting reading.

An Auckland businessman jailed for failing to pay his taxes knew his obligations, says IRD.

Controversial American billionaire, Trump donor and venture capitalist Peter Thiel has taken NZ citizenship and quietly acquired a Wanaka lakefront estate.

A US$90 billion ($123b) wave of mortgages, leftover debt from the 2007 lending boom, is laying bare the weak links in the U.S. real estate market.

Spontaneous purchases and splurging on avoidable items such as booze and cigarettes are hindering household budgets.

Wealthy Americans are preparing for a potential doomsday by buying property in New Zealand.

Unusual feature of new $15m heritage apartment project revealed

Breaking his campaign promise, Donald Trump will not be releasing his tax returns - so WikiLeaks said they will instead.

Auckland has gone from the world's fifth least affordable city to its fourth, now behind Hong Kong, Sydney and Vancouver as the least accessible housing market.

COMMENT: Kiwis love a good freebie. In the cut-through world of credit cards banks fight hard to grab our attention with juicy perks.

Giapo, Auckland's radical icecream business, is on the move.

Peter Alexander, chief executive of NZX listed landlord Stride Property, is optimistic about the upcoming general election.

COMMENT: We all like to think that when our children grow up they will have a better standard of living than us.

Connal Townsend, Property Council chief executive, gives his take on the year ahead.

A new business thinks it has found a way to get more first-home buyers into the property market.

A community action group says big opposition to a retirement village in Devonport hasn't stopped the council granting consent.

Presidential attention didn't just change the rules for financial advisers. It helped change how investors shop for financial help.

Homeowners will find themselves in trouble if interest rates rise by as little as 0.5 per cent. And it's the young and rich most at risk.

Kiwis are more likely to let their credit card payments slip in the first three months of the year.

Where in the country are house prices cooling and rising?