The easing of mortgagee sales is still some way off with the January figures up 31 per cent on the same month last year.

Shareholders in rural services company Allied Farmers stand to lose out over an estimated $24 million mortgage on the Jack Nicklaus-designed Kinloch Golf Club near Lake Taupo.

The Blue Chip failure changed the lexicon. A 'blue-chip' opportunity will never mean the same again in New Zealand. Phil Taylor traces the decline and fall of the company.

Blue Chip founder Mark Bryers is believed to have access to at least $1 million in trusts, despite the collapse of his business empire.

Luxury houses at the top end of the property market are selling fast, with renewed interest in multi-million-dollar homes.

Firms were given a break when investors allowed them to delay payments. So how are they faring now, asks Tamsyn Parker.

Revenue Minister Peter Dunne has tipped a new property investment tax and lower personal taxes in this year's Budget.

Supermarket, health and retirement businesses are queuing to buy Soho Square, Ponsonby's Strategic Finance-funded five-level eyesore.

The average Kiwi has to work nearly three times harder to pay off the average house than they did 50 years ago.

House prices were stable in February, says the Real Estate Institute, while the number of properties sold recovered from a poor January.

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.

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.

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.

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

Top-selling agents from four of Auckland's biggest real estate agencies give their assessment of how the market has been tracking in the past few months and, more importantly, where they think it's going.

A former market garden and holiday area offers coastal, community-oriented living at a reasonable price.