ANZ and KiwiBank have cut their mortgage rates as speculation grows the Reserve Bank will cut the OCR.

Head of Auckland's biggest new housing precinct says people looking for short-term fix aren't welcome.

Thursday's Budget will be judged just as much by what is missing from the document as by what it actually contains.

Agents have welcomed new measures to track foreigners buying property but say tougher moves on money laundering are needed.

Moves to crackdown on property speculators have been welcomed as a step in the right direction by market commentators but one analyst says the changes may be too little too late.

The Government's property speculator tax crackdown will lead to large-scale real estate dumping before its October 1 start and widespread evasion and avoidance, experts say.

Economists are divided over the likely impact on the Auckland property market of new tax moves to target speculators.

Prime Minister John Key all but conceded that pressure from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand for action on house prices was a catalyst for recent announcements.

The new tax rules will do little to cool Auckland's property market, according to John Key. The city needs more houses.

Mark Keating writes: The Government has been arm-twisted by its critics into a tax response to address Auckland property prices.

The Government has surprised the market with a stronger than expected move on property tax, writes Liam Dann.

The Auckland residential property boom has developed some of the characteristics of the Dublin bubble a decade ago, writes Brian Gaynor.

Whatever lies ahead, your best bet is to avoid any position in which you have to sell - mortgagee sale or not, advises Mary Holm.

When Graeme Wheeler introduced the Reserve Bank's new rules for property investment in Auckland, he said that it was only one tool to manage the housing crisis.

Head of Auckland's biggest real estate company wants urges $500k deposit for homes worth over $1.5 million and ditching LVR for homes under $500k.

Dampening highly geared speculators' appetite for the Auckland cash-box housing market got the thumbs up from many quarters yesterday.

Editorial: The Government continues to insist unaffordable prices are entirely caused by a shortage of houses, but the bank has long recognised that demand has to be tackled too.

A second banking chief has denied Auckland has a housing bubble, saying many factors were combining to drive prices up including the city's sheer desirability.

Desperate home-buyers have resorted to sleeping in cars overnight in the hope of securing one of 12 sections when they go up for sale this morning.

Andrew King of the NZ Property Investors Federation outlines the main concerns around housing in Auckland - and clears up some of the facts.

An investment company that failed to build nearly $10m worth of new homes has finally succumbed to creditors' pressure and entered liquidation.

Homeowners look set to enjoy further interest rate cuts, with a broker tipping historic lows within 12 months.

QV's latest figures show the average property value for the Auckland region has now broken into the $800,000s, fuelled by Auckland City-South.

New Zealand is the second-cheapest country in the world for Chinese property shoppers but also one of the most popular, according to a Chinese real estate site.

Head-to-head bidders are paying tens of thousands of dollars more at auctions than they would for fixed price homes, new figures reveal.

Amidst the debate around the effects of a capital gains tax on the Auckland property market, TV show 'Our First Home' has proven useful.

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.

A three-bedroom North Shore "do-up" has earned its owner nearly $1000 a day - just shy of the salary of a High Court judge - in Auckland's red-hot property market.