Property sales are down across New Zealand, with Auckland house prices barely lifting in July.

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

New Zealand house values have just exceeded $600,000 for the first time while Auckland values climbed towards $1 million

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.

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.

Shoebox apartments could be back in Auckland after they were banned in 2007.

Residents in wealthy suburbs along Tamaki Dr are gobsmacked at plans to rezone their traditional single-house properties for more intensive housing.

A couple who moved from London to raise their young family in New Zealand are "devastated" by the latest plan.

Thinking of renting out that spare room via AirBnB to earn a bit of spare cash? You might want to check with your insurer first.

Auckland has made heavy weather of its plain need for dense development.

Auckland's Unitary Plan will be transformative for the city with proposals allowing enough commercial and industrial development to let business thrive: expert.

More urban sprawl and greater intensification have been recommended in a new rulebook for Auckland released today. See how you be affected.

Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei wants house prices to drop.

The pipeline of new Auckland housing will underpin a longer construction boom for the country.