Have you ever dreamed of living in a scene from your favourite Christmas movie?

The luxurious Helena Bay Lodge in Northland has been named the world's best new hotel.

Law changes are planned to clean up the country's $50 billion apartment sector, dogged by disputes, power struggles and financial issues.

Private landlords are preparing to lobby the government to sell them unwanted state houses.

Difficult lending conditions cited in cancellation of apartments project.

COMMENT: Blaming market forces, new PM Bill English suggests the role of housing minister is Mission Impossible.

Napier builder Matt Symonds says the election of Donald Trump as United States President has had a local spin-off.

Buoyant residential building activity has pushed up the average price for top structural logs this year rise to the highest in more than two decades.

An entity associated with Gary Paykel of Fisher & Paykel fame bought the Waiheke Island property.

"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."

All Blacks great Richie McCaw and fiancee Gemma Flynn have splashed out on a spectacular $2.5m family home.

Dubbed as the "spaceship" and the "igloo" by locals, this quirky home in Australia is on the market for $1.45 million.

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.

Imagine having a tropical island all to yourself. The only house on an island in northern Queenstland is for sale.

From taxing ghost profits to the implosion of Pumpkin Patch, these are the biggest stories from the business year.

New Zealand farm sales rose 7.4 per cent in the three months ended November 30.

The value of residential building work put in place rose at a slower pace in the third quarter of 2016, reflecting a more modest pace in Auckland and Canterbury.

Project AucklandPhil Goff hopes Auckland gets a good share of the Government's $1b housing fund, writes Tim McCready.

COMMENT: The path to development lies to Auckland's south, writes Stephen Selwood.

The property market outside Auckland continues to heat up.

A Canadian pension fund has bought into AMP Capital-run NZ property portfolio.

Three separate organisations have confirmed a change in the Auckland housing market this month.

The commercial arm of Auckland's largest iwi, Ngati Whatua, has released its annual report for the June 30, 2016 year revealing a

A projected five-year $12 million job to fix leaks at one of Auckland's best-appointed retirement villages begins in a few weeks.

The squeeze by the UK Government on home owners and business premises means Britain has the highest property taxes in the world.

The summer property season is in full swing in the Bay of Plenty.

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

There's only a handful of suburbs left in all of Auckland where first home buyers can get a helping hand from the government.

The top 10 sales in the country this year went for a combined total of $148.1 million - $47.23m above their collective capital value.