The city's real estate market has finally turned and properties usually bought by investors are going for up to 30 per cent less, experts say.

Almost all of New Zealand has had a "hotspot" feeling to it this year, but one part of Auckland is about to boom with 254 per cent growth.

Watch NZH Focus: Up to 75 per cent of Auckland properties going under the hammer are failing to sell.

Hellaby shares trade below takeover price as Bapcor war of words grinds on.

WATCH: Take a virtual tour of Auckland's billion-dollar motorway expansion known as the Western Ring Route.

Super-investor Ron Hoy Fong discloses how his students get into property by using their parents' house and help.

WATCH: Demolition of Auckland's Downtown shopping centre is finishing and construction on the $850 million Commercial Bay is beginning.

Auckland households earning over $104,950 are cut out of new affordable housing developments.

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Property boss defends apartment developers asking for more money from off-the-plan buyers.

An Auckland apartment buyer now faces forking out $1 million for a unit he had agreed to buy for $775,000.

Auckland Council is yet to loan $15 million for the upgrade of the city's historic St James Theatre and no public money is at stake in the troubled project.

Further checks are needed to Deloitte House in Wellington after the earthquake.

The site removes the need for agents and for vendors to pay commissions.

Queenstown's building boom has pushed crane numbers up 600 per cent in the last few months.

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Anti-Trump Americans are engaging New Zealand's top residential agency to find properties here.

One of Auckland's biggest inner-city apartment projects has been hit with funding issues and buyers have been asked to fork out more.

IAG, Tower expect claim inquiries to mount

Advice for quake victims from New Zealand's biggest insurer and the Earthquake Commission.

Thousands of people who work in two huge Wellington buildings can't get in this morning because of earthquake damage.

Sally Ridge is now a licensed real estate agent with her first listing for sale in Auckland.

Business people are upset about Queen St's homeless but they're being called on to help.

Auckland economic update shows the city's extremely strong performance

RMA specialist litigator wins two top Property Council awards

American golfers visiting luxury Tara Iti club have been enquiring about moving permanently to New Zealand.

New Zealand real estate site had a spike in Americans looking at property here in the days leading to the US election.

One of New Zealand's most controversial citizens is linked to the 50-unit Albany project where financial problems were revealed.

The mortgagee of an apartment development has seized 50 almost-finished units after the business behind the project hit "financial difficulty".

Westpac's full-year annual profit fell 7 per cent or A$567 million which the bank blamed on "a number of significant infrequent items".

An apartment buyer is being asked for an extra $50,000 for his place at New Zealand's biggest new multi-unit apartment project.

PledgeMe is hosting workshops in the regions, with plenty of tips and tricks for successful crowdfunding. Made with funding from NZ On Air.