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.

If an investment fund started buying up NZ dairy farms and dairy factories and wanted to staff them with workers imported from low wage countries this should ring alarm bells, writes Peter Lyons.

Evidence of a cooling in the Auckland property market is growing - but there's plenty of reasons to think there may be life left in the boom yet.

Auction clearance rates have dropped and attendance rates are down as soaring prices flatten out.

I am in KiwiSaver and have decided to pump funds into it until I buy my first home at about 65.

Barfoot & Thompson says high number of applications is unusual for this time of the year.

The words "double Grammar zone" plastered across a real estate billboard is enough to make any red-blooded agent salivate, writes Bernard Hickey.

On the face of it, inheriting a property sounds great. But there can be costs to be aware of, warns Diana Clement

Land bankers have become increasingly active around Auckland's fringe - many waiting to cash in on areas earmarked for future development.

The IRD IS proposing a withholding tax of 33 percent of a vendor's gain on a sale, or 10 percent of the total purchase price.

Sir Michael Bear visited Auckland today to raise interest in investing in £100 billion worth of regeneration projects.

Foreign firms play an important role but we need good rules in place, writes Brian Gaynor.

After years of increases, New Zealand rents stalled last month, says Trade Me Property.

Regional leaders say they want foreign investment, but not in their houses, despite claims by Prime Minister John Key to the contrary.

Figures showing bank loans to investors outnumbering first-home buyers by three to one are hard evidence of what has undoubtedly been happening for a long time.

Two major Australian banks have lifted interest rates for property investors in a bid to cool the country's property boom.

Exclusive: A wealthy couple who have donated generously to the National Party are cashing up more than $26 million of property in Auckland.

John Key does not need know how many Auckland houses are sold to foreign buyers to see banning such sales is a bad policy, writes Jamie Whyte. Foreign buyers make New Zealanders altogether better off. The more the better.

The Property Institute has vowed to find out how many foreigners are buying Auckland houses and what influence they are having on the market.

There is a important debate to be had about foreign investment in NZ because we are a small, open economy and a big shift in global trends can have a disproportionate impact, writes Liam Dann.

A 12m-wide sliver of land wedged between two houses is up for sale in Ponsonby.

Colliers' advertising in China for Auckland apartments talks up soft rules.

Both an open door and tight controls on foreign home ownership have dangers, but with no figures we can't have a debate.