Two Auckland homes were sold five times in four days as investors 'flipped' the properties for huge profits.

Asked to forecast the outlook for the housing market this year, an economist recently made an important point.

A legal highs baron whose synthetic cannabis product was blamed for causing severe health effects and psychotic episodes is building a luxury waterfront home.

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

Gary Groves of Sanctuary Group is changing the ex-Fonterra headquarters on Princes St from commercial usage to residential, selling apartments from $1 million each and said while some apartment schemes had been cancelled, teams were at work on The International at 9 Princes St opposite the Hotel Pullman Auckland, beside the Northern Club.

The Australian apartment report follows funding issues hitting four big Auckland apartment developments.

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.

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Deep South could be the place to get a property bargain as prices in traditional hotspots plateau at a level beyond the reach of many first home buyers.

Home ownership has hit a record low with the least number of Kiwis living in their own home in 66 years.

Here's how a young couple have avoided paying rent in notoriously expensive Manhattan.

Building approvals in Australia were down 4.8 per cent over the 12 months to November.

Doomsday company Vivos, is preparing its 5000-person Armageddon-resistant community in South Dakota with 585 bunkers.

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

Anyone who has ever rented out their property - or is thinking about it - will find this story incredibly unsettling.

As the housing crisis puts the pinch on accommodation, older people are being forced to find 'flatties'.

Stigma of uncertainty could linger for homeowners 15 years after repairs, researchers find.

Precinct Properties chief executive Scott Pritchard discusses what will affect business in 2017.

Hoping to pay off your mortgage quicker or simply ease the burden of repayments? Getting housemates could be the way.

Corazon Miller talks to three generations of one family who all own property in Supercity about why they chose to buy and the sacrifices they made.

Property prices have climbed to dangerous levels in several advanced economies, posing grave risks, the OECD warns.

A luxury penthouse that once played host to America's Next Top Model has changed hands for $7 million more than two years after being listed for sale.

A growing army of Kiwis discover extreme downsizing means mortgages and utility bills all but disappear.

Corporate presence within the arts and creative industries is no coincidence.

Dealing with publicity around housing affordability was the toughest public relations job of 2016, according consultancy firm BlacklandPR.

Kiwi superstitions' seem to be stretching into real estate, with research indicating addresses with no.13 are of lesser value in certain suburbs and regions.

Housing credit growth continued to lose momentum in November, according to fresh figures from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

The Supreme Court has criticised leaky homes legislation as slow and "tortuous" and ruled in favour of a Whangarei homeowner.

The government has joined forces with the Hamilton City Council to beef up housing supply in the city.