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.

Stratford mayor Neil Volzke refused to give house sale prices to Trade Me saying prices "should not be anyone else's business".

An agent who sold a couple's house twice on the same day for a $100,000 mark-up has had his licence to practise real estate cancelled.

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.

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

A real estate agent engaged in unsatisfactory practice when he guessed the recent sale price of a neighbouring house.

Coastal Auckland waterfront properties boasting spectacular views can still be snapped up for $500,000 - but there's a catch.

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.

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.

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