More than three-quarters of Auckland landlords intend to hike rents in response to hefty rates increases announced by Auckland Council.

Auckland Council's 1400 pensioner homes look set to pass to a new community-controlled entity to be redeveloped into more intensive housing, partly for sale to private buyers.

Nearly 6000 new apartments are set to be built across Auckland over the next three years, with most planned for suburban and city fringe areas, new research reveals.

Anger is building about the poor condition of rental properties in New Zealand writes Dr Bryce Edwards.

An Auckland takeaway owner has been landed with a $110,000 rent hike demand.

Landlords say they're being left thousands of dollars out of pocket by errant tenants, forcing up rents for law-abiding Kiwis.

Editorial: As winter's cold and damp begins to bite, Auckland's renters have far more reason than most to feel disgruntled.

Sexual discrimination, illegal fees, tenants turfed out and filthy, expensive homes - Joanna Mathers finds life has never been harder for renters.

Brian Tamaki has sold his Maraetai mansion and moved into a rental across the road - and his new landlord is MP Judith 'Crusher' Collins.

The IRD has released a summary of commonly made mistakes by non-professional property investors.

Investor association slams Reserve Bank’s bid to rein in Auckland house prices, saying it will push up rents and ruin first home buyers' chances.

New lending rules targeting Auckland residential property investors will cool the market - but the city's "gravitational pull" will counter any impact, John Key says.

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.

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

Behaviour associated with an inner city Dunedin flat has upset a nearby business owner, who claims racial and sexual taunts have been hurled at her from drunken revellers.

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.