The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.

Auckland property one of several Ben Cook has been trying to sell.

New figures show where Kiwis are looking to buy.

First-home buyers' purchase power has jumped overnight.

Beach town starting to feel the heat.

Historic cottage launched the campaign to bring the Games to Aro by 2078.

Do-up Ponsonby villa bought at market peak heading to auction four years later.

Agent says sprawling home is a hidden gem.

Variety performer whose extraordinary talent for whistling moved to NZ in the 1980s.

He's willing to take almost $2m below the RV.

Falling interest rates are likely to kickstart the market.

“It’s cheaper than Pauanui and Whangamata and it’s a better beach."

Some renters are handing over nearly half of their earnings to their landlord.

Art Deco home was once filled with merry-go-round horses and rides.

Agent says savvy buyer can capitalise on his client's "misery".

“When they saw it, their eyes lit up."

Couple made headlines in 2018 when they made the move to Otago.

Developers are fighting over "as is, where is" properties in Christchurch's top suburbs.

Retreat was built by one of NZ's first female surf lifeguards.

Developers out shopping for prime sites in affluent neighbourhoods.

The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.

Agents say investors and developers are quietly back in the market.

Why families are paying big bucks for trophy homes in Te Puna.

What the country's leading names in design would like to see more of.

Empty site bought by Kiwi architect living in Australia.

Open home blows out from 30 minutes to an hour and a half.

Penthouse in $250m 51 Albert development dressed with fine art.

Agent found herself demonstrating all its features during open homes.

Agents says $10m isn't impossible in Wellington's prestige apartment market.

They have shot to the top in record time - they just don't see eye to eye on supercars.