Two real estate bosses have now backed a foreign buyers' register.

Developer Willis Bond has taken deposits on more than half of its planned 164 new Wynyard Quarter apartments.

The reason the Chinese are singled out is because of a handful of well-publicised transactions, writes Christopher Niesche.

A national portfolio of 19 supermarkets leased by Progressive Enterprises and located from Auckland to Invercargill has been put on

Initial geotechnic testing has been carried out on the site for the 52-level NDG Auckland Centre and construction might begin next year.

Phil Twyford writes: Here's the thing. We do need to have a mature public debate about Chinese foreign investment in New Zealand real estate.

It's being heralded as "the world's smallest gelato store" but it might also scoop the title of nation's smallest shop.