Auckland Council's new property boss looks to the UK for ideas for Super City.

"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.

A new website that compares mortgage rates across banks in an instant was founded by two Aucklanders struggling to get their first home.

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.

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.

The expansion of Chinese residential development outside China has impacts on a number of levels, from property prices through to regional diplomacy.

Reefton and Westport are worst hit on West Coast.

Job losses have been blamed for falling property values in this area.

Six Auckland suburbs have been revealed to be the most popular with first home buyers.

Chow Group, the NZAX-listed vehicle controlled by property developers John and Michael Chow, has reported a net profit of $114,029

Three years after an Auckland couple purchased an Otahuhu home, they are still waiting for the keys.

Four sections in a rare slice of Tauranga beachfront land were snapped up in two hours.

A big building project has been proposed for Karangahape Rd but one neighbour is fuming about it.

The Auckland property market appears to be "turning" after seven years of constant price rises, says the city's biggest real estate agency.

The third stage of a subdivision next to Jack's Point golf course sold for between $250,000 and $300,000.