It is notoriously hard to fix up a leaky building that has been poorly designed or built to start with.

Pip Cheshire writes on the pitfalls of good urban design in Auckland planning.

Homeowners are being targeted by advertisers using private information from building consent applications to solicit sales.

Commercial project managers need to take responsibility for the mess their activity leaves behind, writes Tim Greer.

Speaker Lockwood Smith has confirmed the Beehive's roof is not watertight and there is no money available to fix it.

The average asking price for new listings fell 3.6 per cent to $407,349 during May, latest figures show.

The Government has embarked on a path to abolish building depreciation on virtually every building type and could hit depreciation claims on commercial building fit-outs in future, says Bayleys Valuations director John Freeman.

The trend for new housing consents jumped 15.5 per cent in April, to reach the highest level in two years, says Statistics New Zealand.

Phil Goff rejected mayoral pleas to reduce the height of the Mt Eden Prison development when he was Minister of Corrections in 2007.

A $218 million prison development towering over Auckland's Southern Motorway has horrified residents, principals and community leaders.