Auckland residents and ratepayers can now see if their suburbs are destined for new multi-storey developments.

Auckland Council is understood to be releasing maps tomorrow showing large swathes of suburban Auckland being rezoned for multiple townhouses and apartments.

Interest rates might be sinking but council rates are rising and that could drive rents up.

Housing's perfect storm as cost of renting a typical home in Auckland hits new high.

In a raging property market, it's possible to have a million-dollar home and no cash, writes Joanna Mathers.

ANZ, Westpac, Kiwibank and BNZ have now cut mortgage rates after the Reserve Bank reduced the OCR to a record low of 2.5 per cent.

More than 11 new retirement villages will need to be built annually to cater for our aging population.

A $50 million-plus housing project at Albany identified as the site of a shoddy-building video has been issued with four notices by Auckland Council to fix work.

Auckland's property market showed signs of slowing last month, with a 7.7 per cent fall in sales and new listings dropping by a similar amount.

Twenty years ago they bought a 4ha lifestyle block in Whenuapai's Brigham Creek Rd for $285,000. This month they sold it for $7 million.

Just imagine if someone told you the ratepayers of Auckland and the taxpayers of New Zealand were giving billions of dollars to the wealthiest property owners.

We all know what's it's like to have no self-control in the two Fs - that's food and finances.

Auckland tenants could be in for a New Year shock.

A new housing ventilation scheme aims to improve the state of housing for rental properties.

Saddling yourself with debt for poor gross yield is dopey, says expert.

Auckland's biggest real estate agency says median house prices dropped 1.3 per cent last month and its chief also acknowledged auction clearance rates had "slowed".

The head of one of Auckland's largest body corporate managers wants those in charge to be regulated but holds little hope of change.

From November 1, people borrowing to buy a residential investment property in Auckland will need at least a 30 per cent deposit, the Reserve Bank has decreed.

Official cash rate to remain at 2.75 per cent but bank worried about effects of China slowdown.

Once upon a time, everyone pitched their tents on the lawn and shared a loo. Now, writes Joanna Mathers, big business is taking over.

An "alarming" number of landlords remain largely ignorant of new Reserve Bank LVR rules which demand Auckland investors have 30 per cent deposits.

Auckland residential rents have risen by an average of $2000 over the last year - a 9 per cent hike.

Interests associated with marina investor and developer Simon Herbert have bought Auckland's Pine Harbour Marina for $22 million.

$50 million-plus housing project in Auckland has been identified by a property investor as the site of shoddy building.

NZ house prices have hit a new record high but why?

Auckland property market rebounds, with average prices jumping from $821,079 in August to $836,275 last month.

Moves to take the heat out of the Auckland housing market appear to be having an effect.

Falling interest rates and static prices is making Auckland housing more affordable, say Massey University lecturers.

My town actually went backwards in the last QV figures, with one real estate company listing a solid three-bedroom home for $45,000, writes Mark Ebrey.