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.

An apartment property management group has raised a number of concerns about the rise of Airbnb in New Zealand.

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.

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.

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".