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.

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.

Three years before these Aussie millennials bought their first property, they had $15,700. Now they have a portfolio worth more than $10.5 million.

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

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.

Ten days to pay or you're going to prison.

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.