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.

Where to for the New Zealand and Auckland housing markets? Experts give their views on what's ahead in 2017.

New apartments, construction of the five-star $200 million hotel, offices and transformed streetscapes: The urban renewal of Auckland's waterfront in 2017.

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.

Real Estate Institute data released today showed Auckland house prices have fallen 4 per cent and sales have dropped 5 per cent.

Job losses have been blamed for falling property values in this area.

Countdown Mt Eden was 3650sq m but is now 5000sq m: too far to walk?

Six Auckland suburbs have been revealed to be the most popular with first home buyers.

New Zealand's biggest supermarket chain has opened four new supermarkets across the North Island in the last four months.

New report out on Wellington CBD buildings damaged by last month's earthquake reveals who is worst affected and which buildings are shut.

Four sections in a rare slice of Tauranga beachfront land were snapped up in two hours.

The third stage of a subdivision next to Jack's Point golf course sold for between $250,000 and $300,000.

COMMENT: In most cases tenants are responsible people, but sometimes the opposite is true and an investment can soon be trashed.

Foreigners' appetite for NZ land rose 442 per cent in the first 10 months of this year compared to the same time last year, official data shows.

NZX listed landlord Augusta Capital has complained that fellow listed landlord NPT is delaying a meeting but NPT says they're playing a "fast game".

This town's residential values hit a new $1 million average.