The hardest part of the process of selling your home is letting go.

Market defies gloomy forecasts as buyers fight over meagre property pool.

Trust is to the successful sale of a house as location is to buying one.

Great parks and schools make this a family favourite.

Inner-city apartments can be a great investment if you do your homework.

In Auckland, you'll need $40,000 or so as a deposit to scrape into some suburbs at entry level.

The world has just experienced its greatest financial crisis since the 1930s, with international credit availability all but ceasing for a period late in 2008.

Relaxed coastal suburb attracts a range of residents.

The life of the registered valuer is often lived in the shadows of property transactions, and can therefore be mistaken to be a profession in its infancy.

Eat your heart out, Remuera. The tree-lined streets of Auckland's most noted, refined suburb.

Investors in property-related finance companies were like lambs to the slaughter.

Auckland's largest real estate company says average sale prices for February were up by 3.2 per cent.

The number of new properties on the market surged in February but with buyers "cagey", the number of unsold houses has ballooned.

New Zealand home affordability improved slightly in January after a fall in median house prices more than offset a small increase in fixed mortgage rates.

Housing confidence is on the rise in Auckland, while a new survey is showing growing uncertainty about tax changes and rising interest rates.

Blue Chip co-founder Mark Bryers admits failing to keep accounting records in the lead-up to the collapse of his property empire.