Ever wanted to own a castle with flag-flying turrets, a stag hall, moat, New Zealand's largest toy collection - and name it after yourself?

Airbnb is open to paying bed taxes here if required, and already does so in other parts of the world.

A Devonport villa is being removed, replaced with an Onehunga villa, raising blood pressure on both sides of the bridge.

Disquiet expressed on latest monthly figures of Auckland building growth.

Auckland has a $4 billion funding shortfall needed for infrastructure, transport and services in the next decade, Mayor Phil Goff says.

Auckland's biggest realtors say house sales have dropped to the lowest monthly total in six years.

Two inner-city Auckland apartments sold for under $300,000 at City Sales' auction yesterday.

An apartment project, where units are priced from $375,000 for Auckland, is selling out fast.

An Auckland real estate agent has been fined $6000 for falsifying a rent appraisal document.

Markets have cooled in our larger cities but regional New Zealand is heating up.

A bigger scheme proposed last year drew opposition from the Waiheke Island community.

A super crane nearly a quarter of a kilometre tall will be erected in Auckland CBD.

Costs to fix a Browns Bay apartment complex could new rise

Metlifecare's leaky building bill has more than doubled from just over $20 million to $44.1m.

Results from Barfoot & Thompson auctions last Tuesday and Wednesday, give an insight into action from the auction room floor.

New Zealand's second largest listed retirement business recorded a 33 per cent change in the fair value of its investment properties.

Blenheim home owner enraged to find her rented home faces a huge decontamination bill for P.

Analyst estimates one-off loss on large building project cost company $30 million.

The biggest insurer in New Zealand says the Kaikoura earthquake produced a net claim cost after reinsurance of $117 million.

"We're seeing definite signs that the super city is taking its foot off the gas," the head of Trade Me Property says.

WestCity mall in Henderson has been sold by Scentre Group for A$147 million.

Auckland mayor Phil Goff's housing taskforce meets for the first time today, the first step in his plan to respond to fast-paced growth out-stripping housing supply.

Although it's still seen as a bad time to buy - particularly in Auckland - it's better than it has been, according to today's ASB Housing Confidence Survey.

Family sells last remaining slice of rural land next to Auckland Airport, ending a resistance that began in 1986.

A top disaster recovery expert from New Zealand's biggest insurer flew down to Christchurch this morning in response to the Port Hills fires.

Thousands of eye specialists will come to Auckland in 2020 for the first conference at the $700 million NZ International Convention Centre.

Precinct's tax bill fell from $6.9m in the half-year to only $600,000 in the more recent six months.

Chinese migrant, Auckland landlord and ex-video game addict Gary Lin started out with a $200,000 wedding gift from his father in late 2009.

Two New Zealand First MPs have taken a swipe at a new luxury golf estate and housing project at Te Arai north of Auckland.

Plans for a 200-berth marina and floating carpark on Waiheke Island have been scaled back.