Connal Townsend, Property Council chief executive, gives his take on the year ahead.

A new business thinks it has found a way to get more first-home buyers into the property market.

A community action group says big opposition to a retirement village in Devonport hasn't stopped the council granting consent.

Some Devonport residents opposed Ryman Healthcare's proposed retirement village that would provide accommodation for up to 400 people.

Where in the country are house prices cooling and rising?

Mark Francis, managing director of NZX listed Augusta Capital, gives his take on the year ahead.

Wellington rents jumped 9.8 per cent annually while Auckland's rose only 3 per cent, falling slightly last month, according to the latest stats.

While some projects are cancelled, work has begun to convert a 17-level office block in to apartments.

Latest figures show Auckland's growth rate halving over past 12 months and insiders expect further slowing in 2017.

As the country's property prices finally flatten off, this town is bucking the trend with people buying up the city's houses in their droves.

Auckland house sales and prices fell last month as the country's biggest city continued to enjoy a glut of properties on the block.

Where to for the New Zealand and Auckland housing markets? Experts give their views on what's ahead in 2017.

New apartments, construction of the five-star $200 million hotel, offices and transformed streetscapes: The urban renewal of Auckland's waterfront in 2017.

Law changes are planned to clean up the country's $50 billion apartment sector, dogged by disputes, power struggles and financial issues.

Difficult lending conditions cited in cancellation of apartments project.

Napier builder Matt Symonds says the election of Donald Trump as United States President has had a local spin-off.

An entity associated with Gary Paykel of Fisher & Paykel fame bought the Waiheke Island property.

Three years before these Aussie millennials bought their first property, they had $15,700. Now they have a portfolio worth more than $10.5 million.

Chambers & Station, a heritage apartment project in Mt Eden, has brought a new use to old buildings.

Vendors expecting high prices has been cited as the reason half of properties at a major Auckland auction didn't sell under the hammer.

A $1.1 billion planned sale of many New Zealand properties could be this year's biggest if official consent is granted.

Three separate organisations have confirmed a change in the Auckland housing market this month.

The commercial arm of Auckland's largest iwi, Ngati Whatua, has released its annual report for the June 30, 2016 year revealing a

A projected five-year $12 million job to fix leaks at one of Auckland's best-appointed retirement villages begins in a few weeks.

Real Estate Institute data released today showed Auckland house prices have fallen 4 per cent and sales have dropped 5 per cent.

Job losses have been blamed for falling property values in this area.

Countdown Mt Eden was 3650sq m but is now 5000sq m: too far to walk?

Six Auckland suburbs have been revealed to be the most popular with first home buyers.

New Zealand's biggest supermarket chain has opened four new supermarkets across the North Island in the last four months.

New report out on Wellington CBD buildings damaged by last month's earthquake reveals who is worst affected and which buildings are shut.