There was 7.3pc increase in house listings last month, but a big glut of unsold real estate is still weighing heavily on the market.

Hanover Finance has called in the lawyers to pursue Allied Farmers over allegedly attempting to "evade various contractual obligations to Hanover."

Auckland property developer Patrick Fontein has been declared bankrupt.

New property developers are finding it harder to get bank funding.

Not many aspiring Auckland property magnates can claim Donald Trump's right-hand man as their mentor.

The Securities Commission has added its weight to the Reserve Bank's call for mum and dad investors' to be cautious about new private equity property investments.

A real estate agent who bought a $1.27 million home with a complete stranger was a victim of an elaborate property scam and has been left with a $600,000 debt.

A former Auckland Barfoot & Thompson real estate agent has been found guilty of mortgage fraud totalling $13 million.