Deposit-payers might be asked for 15 per cent more.

House sales in Mount Maunganui/Papamoa rose year-on-year last month while Tauranga sales volumes dropped.

Wanaka's population gain has underpinned a boom in house prices with properties on the verge of the $1 million mark.

Watch NZH Focus: Property editor Anne Gibson has the latest on Auckland house sale prices jumping $280 a day, according to data from the Real Estate Institute.

Latest sales figures from the Real Estate Institute show a national median house price rose 5.8 per cent annually.

Chinese buyers are showing a growing appetite for New Zealand properties, with inquiries jumping by 50 per cent.

Did the creation of an 'urban boundary' cause Arrowtown prices to go through the roof?

Brent Bastin juggles fruit and rides little kids' bikes - all to sell homes in the red hot Tauranga property market.

Australia has roughly "six weeks" to prevent a housing market collapse caused by banks, a US report says.

It wasn't the agent putting pressure on us - it was the Auckland Housing Fever.

Police research concludes a loophole is being increasingly used to launder $1.6 billion in dirty money annually.

Property values in one former gold mining town have hit the roof.

A shakeup of the laws New Zealand's $40 billion apartment sector is imminent.

New Zealand's largest listed retirement village operator has had its application to build a huge new village in the Auckland suburb

Housing Minister Nick Smith is accusing Labour of immaturity after they hijacked his urgent changes to housing policy.

Washington D.C.'s most famous builder of micro homes is going national.

An Auckland couple have cashed in on their dated home and moved to Rotorua where they bought a "top of the range" property for less.

Prime Minister John Key says he will back the Reserve Bank to introduce further controls on housing demand if house prices continue to rise.

It is too soon to say the market has turned, but it might be wise to wait and see.

Looming lending rules for investment properties may be behind a jump in Auckland property listings last month.

Auckland's economic growth is far outstripping the rest of New Zealand's. Here's why.

It's not just Aucklanders scrambling to afford property.

Soaring house prices have seen a second Auckland suburb click over the $2 million mark, with only five suburbs left with an average price under $500,000.

Auckland property developers fear that a sudden tightening of bank lending may "throttle" new housing projects despite the city's desperate housing shortage.

The largest penthouse in the yet-to-be completed Alexandra Park housing and retail development has sold for $4.75 million.

John Key says young Aucklanders need to look to apartments as a first home option as they do in big Australian cities.

It's a first home buyer's dream - as long as you're happy to live on a beached shipwreck.

Queenstown is not in danger of having too many shops, a developer says, as as a $100m project is unveiled.

Property listings volumes have fallen nationally, with Auckland the only exception.

Auckland Council is in urgent need of dozens of qualified building inspectors.