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.

New Zealand house prices will rise another 17 per cent before peaking late next year, say economic consultancy Infometrics.

Bay of Plenty first home buyers are being pushed out of the new house market. But why?

COMMENT: Banks robust enough to weather storms, so term deposits still the best bet.

Like their New Zealand neighbours, Australians are being shut out of the property market by soaring house prices, writes Christopher Niesche.

More than $1.5 billion of property has been sold in Tauranga this year with almost 1 in every 5 properties snapped up by Aucklanders.

The Government has wrapped its entire supply-led strategy for dealing with Auckland's housing crisis/challenge into the Auckland Unitary Plan.

Two Auckland real estate agents and their boss are awaiting punishment for their part in two deals where homes were on-sold for huge mark-ups.

Property deals involving two Auckland houses have seen the Real Estate Agents Authority take action.

A blueprint to build more houses on smaller sections for Auckland's ballooning population is days away from being unveiled.

COMMENT: Real danger is house prices, not low inflation.

All four big banks are now applying new lending restrictions to home loans - six weeks ahead of the Reserve Bank's official September deadline.

Reaction to ANZ bank chief David Hisco’s comments on the overheated NZ housing market.

COMMENT: If the Government needed another wake-up call it's got one.

More interest rate cuts are on the way, says the Reserve Bank - as prospects for world growth diminish.

A three-bedroom rental for less than $400 per week is becoming a rare find in the wider Auckland area.

A top banker's dire warning about Auckland's house prices shows there is a "complete crisis" in the property market, economist Shamubeel Eaqub says.

David Hisco, artist/ANZ CEO paints a very gloomy future of the housing market and the economy.

A house sold forcibly last year by Auckland Council over unpaid rates has been resold less than a year later for a monster profit of $233,000.

The chief executive of New Zealand's largest bank has warned that the property market may face a "messy end".

Westpac will no longer accept new loan applications from property investors who have less than a 40 per cent deposit.

Rents are rising fast in regions around Auckland, adding more fuel to the theory that the city's overheated property market is affecting other parts of the country.