Waiheke's biggest landowner has lost a challenge over the zoning on parts of its holdings on the island's eastern tip and on a nearby island.

The reduced dairy payout and the high Kiwi dollar are being carefully assessed by potential farm buyers, says the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand.

Mt Albert residents who feared an 80-unit Housing NZ scheme in their neighbourhood have been told of much smaller plans.

Many owners of big apartment blocks are going through their second leaky building repair project, after the first fix-up failed.

Auckland Council's City Centre Integration team has just released a map showing the huge public and private investment planned for the next decade.

A real estate company owner in a dispute with an agent over use of a brand name has tried to have two members of Parliament give evidence in the case.

As Auckland City corporates move on up to flash new high-rise towers nearer the waterfront, their dated, cast-off offices are being snapped up.

Massey University is planning to spend more than $130 million in the next year to double the student capacity of its Albany campus.

A big state-owned site in Auckland once earmarked for social and affordable housing is being carved up for sale.

Downtown Auckland faces big traffic and public transport challenges with construction on the $2.5 billion underground railway to Mt Eden starting soon.