A US$90 billion ($123b) wave of mortgages, leftover debt from the 2007 lending boom, is laying bare the weak links in the U.S. real estate market.

Wealthy Americans are preparing for a potential doomsday by buying property in New Zealand.

Unusual feature of new $15m heritage apartment project revealed

Auckland's worsening housing affordability could be eased by freeing up more development land, one business leader says.

Auckland has gone from the world's fifth least affordable city to its fourth, now behind Hong Kong, Sydney and Vancouver as the least accessible housing market.

Giapo, Auckland's radical icecream business, is on the move.

Peter Alexander, chief executive of NZX listed landlord Stride Property, is optimistic about the upcoming general election.

Connal Townsend, Property Council chief executive, gives his take on the year ahead.

A new business thinks it has found a way to get more first-home buyers into the property market.

Where in the country are house prices cooling and rising?

Mark Francis, managing director of NZX listed Augusta Capital, gives his take on the year ahead.

Wellington rents jumped 9.8 per cent annually while Auckland's rose only 3 per cent, falling slightly last month, according to the latest stats.

While some projects are cancelled, work has begun to convert a 17-level office block in to apartments.

Latest figures show Auckland's growth rate halving over past 12 months and insiders expect further slowing in 2017.

The Property Institute of New Zealand takes a look at the crystal ball to see what's in store for housing in 2017

Consent has been granted for an application from a Thai business to acquire an interest in the towering Metropolis in Auckland's CBD.

As the country's property prices finally flatten off, this town is bucking the trend with people buying up the city's houses in their droves.

Auckland house sales and prices fell last month as the country's biggest city continued to enjoy a glut of properties on the block.

Law changes are planned to clean up the country's $50 billion apartment sector, dogged by disputes, power struggles and financial issues.

Difficult lending conditions cited in cancellation of apartments project.

Napier builder Matt Symonds says the election of Donald Trump as United States President has had a local spin-off.

An entity associated with Gary Paykel of Fisher & Paykel fame bought the Waiheke Island property.

Three years before these Aussie millennials bought their first property, they had $15,700. Now they have a portfolio worth more than $10.5 million.

Auckland Council's new property boss looks to the UK for ideas for Super City.

"We had a lot of people both in New Zealand and overseas who couldn't get here before Christmas so we have extended the sale date."

Chambers & Station, a heritage apartment project in Mt Eden, has brought a new use to old buildings.

Vendors expecting high prices has been cited as the reason half of properties at a major Auckland auction didn't sell under the hammer.

A $1.1 billion planned sale of many New Zealand properties could be this year's biggest if official consent is granted.

Three separate organisations have confirmed a change in the Auckland housing market this month.

The commercial arm of Auckland's largest iwi, Ngati Whatua, has released its annual report for the June 30, 2016 year revealing a