The High Court has dismissed a claim by Whangarei pensioners Judy and Bruce Bartle that GE Money acted wrongly when it lent them money to buy a Blue Chip apartment.

It's harder than ever to get into a new home, a study released today by interest.co.nz reveals.

Top economists are warning potential home buyers to proceed with caution as another bank drops its variable mortgage rate to the lowest in 40 years.

A mortgage broker is one of three men allegedly involved in a massive mortgage and property price scam.

House values are climbing back towards last year's levels but the rise may be just temporary, one valuation company says.

ASB's floating home mortgage rate is the cheapest on the market and is thought to be the lowest available to home buyers for decades.

Auckland has enjoyed a huge boom in real estate sales over the past 12 months, says Barfoot & Thompson.

SFO alleges deception involved inflating the purchase price of property.

The biggest problem the tax system faces is that in a globalised era we are taxing all the wrong things.

Real estate figures for July show small price rises and a five per cent jump in the number of sales.

Auckland house prices will rise by almost 30pc in the next three years putting the city ahead of every other region, a study predicts.

House prices will rise by 24pc over the next three years due to low interest rates and a shortage of new housing, report predicts.

First-time homebuyers are being told to set aside suburb snobbery if they want to get on to the property ladder.