Couples earning $1582.57 per week after tax are struggling to buy an Auckland house.

The proposed European-headquartered project will be situated behind Auckland's city library.

Parties at loggerheads over plans for Three Kings quarry must now meet and attempt a resolution.

Appeal dismissed in Tuscany Towers case

Auckland property prices are rising rapidly but rents are heading in the opposite direction, unlike other parts of New Zealand.

Some of the features include imported Italian kitchens, a 170sq m heated outdoor pool and a podium deck sprawling across a third of a hectare.

A landlord is appealing a ruling that stated the woman living in his rental property did not have to pay to replace carpets that her dog urinated and defecated on.

David Russ says it "beggars belief" he has to foot the bill for damage caused to his property by renter Amanda Stewart and her pet.

More than a third of people overseas who own NZ properties are escaping the tax net, an Opposition MP says.

A shakeup of the laws New Zealand's $40 billion apartment sector is imminent.

John Key is being slammed for saying first home-buyers should look at apartment living. Are there actually reasonably-priced apartments for sale?

Auckland's economic growth is far outstripping the rest of New Zealand's. Here's why.

An apartment property management group has raised a number of concerns about the rise of Airbnb in New Zealand.

Labour has renewed calls to ban foreigners buying New Zealand houses.

A lawyer says foreigners buy 29 per cent of New Zealand properties, not 3 per cent as reported in official state data.

The number of home loans and amount being borrowed has dipped ahead of further lending restrictions, but one mortgage broker says

Advertisements are being placed at supermarkets by people wanting to live in cars seeking "driveway and shower" arrangements.

An Auckland man has gone to unprecedented lengths to try and break into the city's notorious housing market - by selling a high five.

COMMENT: One clear advantage of selling is that you can dial down the risk level.

Labour Housing Spokesman Phil Twyford says removing negative gearing is needed to squeeze property speculators out of the housing market.

Overseas residents bought 1749 out of the 57,678 homes sold in New Zealand between April and June, newly-released data shows.

Tenancy Tribunal hears all kinds of horror stories - including Featherston rental cat-astrophe.

COMMENT: You think it's easy being a landlord? All we do is sit around and randomly put up rents when our Jags need servicing, writes Ron Goodwin.

All four big banks are now applying new lending restrictions to home loans - six weeks ahead of the Reserve Bank's official September deadline.

COMMENT: It's clear our laws protecting tenants have not kept up with changes in the market which have tipped the balance further to landlords' benefit.

Shared spaces, co-working, hot-desking, desk-surfing. Whatever you call it, there is no denying it's a growing trend.

One real estate agent is worried that Airbnb is taking much needed rental properties off the Auckland market.

A woman who abandoned her leasehold Auckland property and was ordered to pay $175,000 has won the right to go the Supreme Court.

Housing New Zealand is demolishing a multi-million dollar state housing complex in Onehunga because of leaky building issues.