Residential building consents fell 11 percent in July, partly reversing a spike higher in June.

A Waikato couple say they are willing to sell their beloved 103-year-old church to the right buyer for a discounted rate.

An real estate agent faces criminal charges over transactions in which investigators say he personally benefited.

A Christchurch-based property chief expressed shock at the scale of Canterbury building company liquidations.

John Key has defended the cost of housing, saying under his Govt house prices have gone up only 43pc nationwide.

An Auckland real estate has sold the same Remuera home a staggering five times, new figures reveal.

Developers who pushed for fast-track development rights in some of Auckland's special housing areas are now walking away from the process.

An analyst says it's "safe to assume" the average Auckland house price will pass $1 million this month.

COMMENT: An idea for Govt: Slap a foreign property buyers' tax on all transactions made in Auckland.

Labour has renewed calls to ban foreigners buying New Zealand houses.

Global ratings agency S&P says New Zealand's rapidly rising house prices are cranking up economic risks.

The Matakana Country Park is at the centre of a property fight between a couple who have separated.

A lawyer says foreigners buy 29 per cent of New Zealand properties, not 3 per cent as reported in official state data.

A third of Aucklanders have considered moving out of the city.

Stirling Women is the latest addition to a growing cluster of fashion retailers positioning themselves in the vicinity of Ponsonby

The number of home loans and amount being borrowed has dipped ahead of further lending restrictions, but one mortgage broker says

Auckland median rents are now $510/week, up 3 per cent annually.

Queenstown mayoral candidate Jim Boult is to be investigated in relation to the collapse of Stonewood Homes New Zealand Ltd, something

COMMENT: It's tempting to join the sinophiles who slapped "Adam" for suggesting Chinese speculators were building the Auckland property bubble.

A new four-bedroom, suburban, brick and tile family home in Papamoa has sold for $1 million - a price that ''beat all expectations'' of the company that built it.

Aaron Drever admitted his second misconduct charge last week before the Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal in connection with the sale of three West Auckland homes.

Advertisements are being placed at supermarkets by people wanting to live in cars seeking "driveway and shower" arrangements.

Special housing areas, it turns out, are not making many more houses more "affordable".

An Auckland man has gone to unprecedented lengths to try and break into the city's notorious housing market - by selling a high five.

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Porirua Mayor Nick Leggett says Labour leader Andrew Little's plan to upgrade all rental properties has some large gaps.

Looming lapse of the affordability rule in up to half of special housing areas sparks land-banking accusations.

Almost a third of homes now valued at more than $1 million as new estimates show the proportion of "affordable" homes in the super-city has tumbled dramatically.

It's the weakest housing sentiment result since early 2012.

New data has revealed the earning power of home renovations - with Mt Wellington topping the list of Auckland affordable suburbs.