A former rich-lister recently discharged from bankruptcy is heading back to court, facing charges including misleading authorities and concealing property.

The average Auckland house sale price and volumes achieved by the city's biggest real estate agency dropped from $725,708 in March to $708,603 last month.

Dealing with tenants is one of the biggest banes of many landlords' lives. Many break the rules, break things, or call in the middle of the night complaining about plumbing or rats in the roof.

A big new Takapuna beachfront development started a few weeks ago has left an Auckland councillor unimpressed

The figures for Auckland rental properties are out. So where are the most expensive places to rent in the city - and where can you get a bargain?

NZ could have had a superannuation pot of gold worth $278b by next year had it kept a compulsory savings scheme set up in 1974, a financial industry body claims.

A spokesman for the jailed South Korean developer says "personal" issues should not hinder or harm any of the business interests left behind here.

New Zealand is on a list of the top 10 most searched for countries by Chinese house-hunters, figures compiled from China's largest property search engine reveal.

Auckland landlords are making more capital gains off their rental properties than those elsewhere, a trend predicted to speed up in the next few years.

A former chief executive of Bluechip and director Viaduct Capital Nick Wevers has died and criminal charges filed against him have now been withdrawn.

Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler has signalled an aggressive, front-loaded start to the interest rate cycle now under way.

The $1.6 billion landlord Precinct Properties expects to start redeveloping its Downtown Shopping Centre site in Auckland's CBD above the new Central Rail Link in two years.

A new book is out to help landlords, with a series of forms ranging from notices to increase rent to a dog clause document.

This five-bedroom bungalow has seen five generations through it, but you wouldn't know it.

On paper, it looks like Andy Davies owns half of Auckland. In real life, the $75 million-plus man wears holey jerseys and lives in a Freemans Bay 'do-up'.

The value of New Zealand investment buildings sold last year was back to pre-global financial crash levels.

An 8.6 per cent stake in giant listed landlord and Sylvia Park owner Kiwi Income Property Trust is now in play.

Rules slash number of low-deposit mortgages but house buyers still encouraged to ask.

The ground floor of the first block of Auckland apartments to rise since the global financial crisis is due to be poured on Saturday.

The number of first home buyers in the market since the introduction of new Reserve Bank mortgage restrictions last month has plummeted, real estate agents are reporting.

A Kiwibank mortgage manager has been reined in after wrongly telling a customer it was pulling low deposit pre-approvals.

Much-publicised, long awaited changes to Auckland's canyon-like Federal St car rat run.

Finance companies could make a comeback in the wake of the Reserve Bank's clampdown on low deposit lending by banks.

Experts say tighter mortgage lending rules will only a partially ease house prices, writes Jamie Gray.

A four-bedroom home in Epsom has sold for more than $1 million - or 82 per cent - above valuation.

The Government has set a deadline of 20 years for assessing 193,000 buildings for earthquake risk and strengthening them.