Auckland house prices are running hot but in parts of Australia's biggest city the market is something else.

Auckland apartment buildings, which would have added 2044 units to the city's residential supply, have been shelved, a new report says.

An Auckland real estate agent was surprised when the St Heliers house he was marketing went for more than double its CV.

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Cats and dogs damaging rental properties are among the cases prompting the Government to clarify when tenants must pay up.

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A man whose family trust sold an art deco house in Takapuna is upset about its demolition.

The off-the-plan residences would start selling from $425,000.

The Flo Apartments project in Avondale has been called off, and one first-home buyer has been left devastated.

An Auckland house with a $2.2 million price tag is being marketed as 'affordable Remuera' but a valuer questioned that.

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Auckland's biggest real estate agency says sales activity was subdued last month and spring failed to spark activity.

House listing have risen in Auckland and the run could last until Christmas.

Wellington house values rose 21 per cent in the last year, outstripping Auckland's 15 per cent, but Queenstown values are rising fastest.

Couples earning $1582.57 per week after tax are struggling to buy an Auckland house.

Two separate surveys show Kiwis are keen on buying property in the next year.

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Auckland property prices are rising rapidly but rents are heading in the opposite direction, unlike other parts of New Zealand.

One of New Zealand's largest shopping mall owners has put a big Auckland property on the market via an Australian real estate agency.

Some of the features include imported Italian kitchens, a 170sq m heated outdoor pool and a podium deck sprawling across a third of a hectare.

More than a third of people overseas who own NZ properties are escaping the tax net, an Opposition MP says.

Latest sales figures from the Real Estate Institute show a national median house price rose 5.8 per cent annually.

Off-the-plans buyers in two big apartment complexes have been on-selling for big profits.

A shakeup of the laws New Zealand's $40 billion apartment sector is imminent.

Landlords should be able to do their own meth-testing of rental properties, says this Auckland man.

Soaring house prices have seen a second Auckland suburb click over the $2 million mark, with only five suburbs left with an average price under $500,000.