COMMENT: Chief executives understand need to intervene to cool property market, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Residential building consents fell for a second month, according to new figures from Statistics New Zealand.

Watch NZH Focus: A time capsule full of cinema relics is on the market, along with a personal cinema.

Love doesn't appear to conquer all in China. With couples lining up to divorce amid fears of limits on how many properties married couples can own.

Couples earning $1582.57 per week after tax are struggling to buy an Auckland house.

Hansen compares team's reputation with that of major NZ real estate agency

This year's Mood of the Boardroom found more concern about the housing market than might have been expected from business leaders.

An Auckland company that was told to pay a 10 per cent deposit on a cancelled $7.3m property purchase is appealing the court's decision.

Two separate surveys show Kiwis are keen on buying property in the next year.

It's time the Government did more to dampen house price inflation, say 70 per cent of NZ chief executives.

Lending to property investors buying homes in Auckland fell 18 per cent in August after the Reserve Bank imposed new lending restrictions

Parties at loggerheads over plans for Three Kings quarry must now meet and attempt a resolution.

Appeal dismissed in Tuscany Towers case

First home buyers should be exempt from loan-to-value restrictions, says the Property Institute.

The new owners of the sprawling mansion once home to internet mogul Kim Dotcom paid $32,500,000 million for the rural retreat.

More than one million renters are locked out of the home ownership dream because they can not afford the deposit.

Mansion is set to rise on one of Auckland's most scenic spots

Asian investors who refused to settle on Queenstown apartments during the global financial crisis have won a landmark case.

COMMENT: Twyford says that overseas investors who reported losses of $300m are causing a loss to New Zealand of $100m in tax - this is untrue.

Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

Auckland property prices are rising rapidly but rents are heading in the opposite direction, unlike other parts of New Zealand.

Fashion designer Pierre Cardin's $500 million home in the French Riviera is on the market.

Some of the features include imported Italian kitchens, a 170sq m heated outdoor pool and a podium deck sprawling across a third of a hectare.

It's becoming harder for Aucklanders to borrow money for a new house if they haven't already sold their current home.

COMMENT: If everything goes according to the Unitary and Govt plans, Auckland is about to embark on an apartment building spree like it has never seen.

COMMENT: Couple want to know how to invest their property windfall.

David Russ says it "beggars belief" he has to foot the bill for damage caused to his property by renter Amanda Stewart and her pet.

The dream pad has a high stud, floor-to-ceiling windows and stunning views from the Coromandel ranges to the Sky Tower.

More than a third of people overseas who own NZ properties are escaping the tax net, an Opposition MP says.

Revealed: Ryman's Devonport retirement village plans