Plans for Tuscan-influenced Isola Estate clashed with recession.

House prices rose a modest 1.4 per cent in December, but ended the year nearly 10 per cent up from the year before.

The century-old male infirmary ward at Greenlane Hospital has been saved from demolition.

Building consent stats released this morning show a 3.1 per cent jump in the number of new homes authorised for construction in November - the highest level since May 2008.

The Herald continues a series in which prominent Aucklanders from different backgrounds nominate their favourite buildings built since 2000.

The closure of the US embassy in Yemen highlights how vulnerable embassy facilities and its workers are in the age of the suicide bomber writes Patrick Cockburn.

The Herald is running a series previewing how life might be in 2030. Today, Beck Vass looks at the homes of the future.

The Government is moving on with its plans to help leaky home owners and says it is up to councils whether they participate or not.

Mark Hotchin has received dispensation to exceed the building coverage and impermeable surface area on his $30m property.

The Auckland City Council is offering the services of its property enterprise board to help dig Ponsonby's failed $250 million Soho project out of a hole.