A couple who quietly donated to charity have done the same in death - and bequeathed proceeds from the sale of their Remuera home to those in need.

The Reserve Bank has delayed the start of changes to investor loan-to-value restrictions (LVRs) nationwide from 1 September to 1 October

COMMENT: As the housing bubble spreads out of Auckland, most New Zealanders understand that one of its underlying causes is speculation.

COMMENT: The evil which is land banking can be laid squarely at the feet of the now-defunct Auckland Regional Council.

The owners sold the three-bedroom house for a $216,000 profit 18 months after buying it.

An Auckland real estate agent who has racked up more disciplinary breaches than any other has now admitted reckless misconduct and his licence is on the line.

As Government comes under pressure to cut immigration levels, a new study finds migrants are not primarily responsible for rising house prices in Auckland.

COMMENT: Auckland's housing bubble has spread to Tauranga and Hamilton: it's time to act

A meeting to make final decisions on a new blueprint for Auckland took a major twist this morning when members of the Maori Statutory Board opted out of the process.

Labour housing spokesman Phil Twyford has called for a bank lending loophole to be closed, saying it is accidentally capturing people

A family trust that wants to allow housing on a South Auckland volcano says the housing could be around $500,000-$700,000 - aimed at low- and middle-income earners.

WATCH: Liam Dann and Anne Gibson make sense of all the different property data that's released each month.

A Cape Cod-style beachside home on Auckland's North Shore of 'exceptional quality'.

A proposal to build homes on one of Auckland's most prized volcanoes has alarmed environmentalists.

Protesters say The Block NZ promotes property speculation at a time of housing crisis

Cecil Sinclair has lost his building licence and copped a record three-year ban.

The home-sharing site arranges merchant walks to curry support from businesses.

The number of people looking at houses in the country's biggest city on industry website realestate.co.nz has dropped from the same time last year.

A community group says even the top bracket of income earners eligible for the Government's HomeStart programme cannot afford a property in Auckland.

Overseas residents bought 1749 out of the 57,678 homes sold in New Zealand between April and June, newly-released data shows.

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But sooner or later prices will burst. Confidence can drop suddenly and unpredictably when nervous or smart money bails. Be ready.

They're mostly a tired bunch of very average homes in some of the city's poorest neighbourhoods.

New Zealand's richest man Graeme Hart can sleep easy knowing his $31 million Auckland mansion has escaped rezoning for intensive housing.

Speculators, investors and homeowners cashing in on Auckland's property market made close to $200m in under 18 months.

A character villa gutted by fire is on the market - with suggestions the 1900s classic could be saved.

Activity in Auckland and surrounding regions has pushed residential building consents to their highest annual total in more than a decade.