A real estate agent rented a house to a colleague at a discounted rate and paid the difference so he could use its garage for storage - without the owners' knowledge.

At what point does Generation Rent start using its votes to change those politicians, Bernard Hickey asks.

Regulatory moves to curb bank lending to residential property investors are a live possibility, says Reserve Bank deputy governor Grant Spencer.

Tenants feel heat as population growth creates shortage of rental properties.

About 1400 private bach owners on the Coromandel face being stung with a new council charge if their properties are rented out as short-term holiday accommodation.

Landlords have hit back at Reserve Bank consultation on their sector, threatening to punish tenants by hiking rents if a tougher lending regime is ushered in.

Soaring house prices and tighter lending rules mean ever-increasing numbers of New Zealanders are becoming long-term renters.

National rents have risen 9 per cent in the past 12 months, the biggest increase recorded in five years and "grim news for tenants".

Renters can strike a bargain when moving into a vacant property but they won't avoid rental price increases, a property expert says.

Scrapping over who is best-suited to pay someone else's mortgage isn't the ideal start to the year, but it's a January ritual for many Auckland renters.

Thousands of Auckland tenants could be in for a big shock as experts predict rents will continue to rise rapidly this year.

Auckland Council has undertaken a review of guidelines for methamphetamine-contaminated properties and developed tough new proposals to be implemented next month.

A new study has found that two-thirds of children in private rental housing in Auckland and the Waikato move house within their first two years.

Landlords with properties in Otara, Mangere, Glen Innes and Mangere Bridge are reaping Auckland's highest returns.

As a society, how did we allow residential property to become just another investment asset class?

Fire Service bosses are seeking law changes making it compulsory for rental properties to have smoke alarms installed and maintained.

The Government today launched a new service to speed up the settlement of rental disputes between tenants and landlords.

A coastal Northland property purchased for just $9000 in 1974 is commanding a price tag around $1.6 million.

The lawyer of woman who defended Cornwall Park Trust Board’s $170k lawsuit over back rent suspects her opponents may appeal.

Barfoot and Thompson has just released its annual landlord survey - and it revealed most are planning to put rents up by about 5 per cent.

Owning your own home is the "Kiwi dream" but it's becoming out of reach for a lot of people. But fear not, here's ten reasons why you might prefer to stay renting.

The Maori Party would make a warrant of fitness for all rental properties compulsory within three years if it gets into government.

Auckland landlords are hiking rents amid fears of big rates increases next year on the back of spiralling property values.

A "warrant of fitness" scheme for all rental housing may be on the agenda whoever wins the election in September, a new survey has found.

Landlords are too lenient when a tenant falls behind in rent or causes damage, property managers say.

A landlord whose property was left in squalor by a tenant owing more than $6k rent and another who caused $28,000 damage, says renting is risky.

For rent: a $220 a week room on Auckland's North Shore complete with a "summer kitchen".